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Communicable disease threats report, 5 - 11 November 2023, week 45
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and ...

ECDC and WHO launch new surveillance tool for respiratory viruses to improve early detection
ECDC and World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe have jointly developed the Eu...

Communicable disease threats report, 15-22 October 2023, week 42
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and ...

Diphtheria-Guinea
On 5 September 2023, the Ministry of Health notified WHO of a diphtheria outbreak in Guinea. From...

Communicable disease threats report, 24-30 September 2023, week 39
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and ...

Measles and rubella vaccine arrives in Kyrgyzstan to help stop measles outbreak
To help stop the spread of the measles virus in Kyrgyzstan, the country received 755 500 dos...

Dengue Situation Report # 5: 25 September 2023
This reporting week, 20 041 cases including 87 deaths have been reported compared to 19 356 cas...

Multi-country outbreak of cholera, External situation report #8 - 2 November 2023
Since the last situation report on the multi-country outbreak of cholera was published on 5 Octob...

New analysis confirms world seeing an upsurge of cholera
Comprehensive cholera statistics for 2022, published by WHO today, shed light on the scale and ...

WHO releases step by step guide to help countries develop their national genomic surveillance strategy for pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of genomics in our public health toolkit to prep...

Suspected triple outbreak of typhoid fever, shigellosis and cholera – Congo
The Ministry of Health and Population (Ministère de la Santé et de la Population - MSP) of the Re...

Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report#28 – 19 September 2023
This is the 28th situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides details on ...

Annual meeting of ECDC's National Focal Points (NFP) for Preparedness and Response, and for Threat detection, EWRS and IHR
Seven nominated experts – Observer NFPs from the Western Balkans and Türkiye - attended the annua...

UNHCR, WHO warn of deteriorating health conditions as 1,200 children die of suspected measles, malnutrition in Sudan
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization (WHO) are again sounding the alar...

Annual meeting of Strategic & Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards with Pandemic and Epidemic Potential (STAG-IH) - 2023
STAG-IH provides independent advice and analysis to WHO on the infectious hazards that may pose a...

Rabies outbreak response: Accelerating a One Health approach in East Nusa Tenggara
Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease that is 100% vaccine-preventable, yet it continues to claim th...

Respiratory Disease Season Outlook
CDC expects the upcoming fall and winter respiratory disease season will likely have a similar nu...

Legionellosis - Poland
As of 11 September 2023, a total of 166 cases of legionellosis, including 23 deaths, have be...

Influenza A (H1N1) variant virus - the Netherlands
On 2 September 2023, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands notified t...

Diphtheria-Nigeria
Since epidemiological week 26, ending 2 July 2023, Nigeria has recorded an unusual increase in ca...