Reports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The adverse impacts of climate change are already affecting the lives and the livelihoods of many communities in all parts of the world. National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are at the forefront of…

Current major event Strategic framework for ending cholera in the Region The strategic framework for ending cholera as a public health threat in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region has been developed to establish effective and efficient cholera prevention…

Cholera in children in Somalia During 2019, Somalia has recorded majority of cholera cases as occurring in children below 5 years of age and more so in children under 1 year of age. At the same period,…

Disease outbreaks in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), January to December 2019 In 2019 alone, eight countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) experienced major outbreaks of high threat pathogens. Some of these outbreaks started during previous year…

Diphtheria situation update: Sudan Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) Sudan reported an upsurge of diphtheria cases, starting from epidemiologic week 33-2019. Till the reporting date (week 02-2020), a total of 98 suspected diphtheria cases with 13 associated…

Resurgence of Arboviruses in EMR Epidemiology of Arthropod– borne viruses (Arboviruses) is changing in EMR. Emergence and resurgence observed trends of arboviruses could be attributed to several factors including viral mutation and recombination, urbanization, global population movements,…

Current major event Arbovirus diagnostics EQAP In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a global external quality assessment program (EQAP) for arbovirus diagnostics to determine proficiency in countries to adequately detect the priority arboviruses, dengue virus (DENV),…

Current major event Diphtheria in Sudan Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) Sudan reported an outbreak of diphtheria, starting from epidemiologic week 33. Till the reporting date (week 49), a total of 63 suspected diphtheria cases with 11 associated…

Current major event Fifth Meeting and Second Scientific Conference of EMARIS WHO, in collaboration with US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), organized the Fifth Meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean Acute Respiratory Surveillance (EMARIS) Network in conjunction…

Editorial note WHO supports Member States in the region to implement the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework and enhance their capacities to detect, prepare for and respond to pandemic influenza. One of the main objectives of PIP…