Écrit par WHO | 19 Novembre 2014

Ebola situation assessment - 18 November 2014 - The goal of interrupting chains of Ebola virus transmission depends heavily on laboratory support. This support is needed to confirm or discard suspected cases, guide triage and clinical decisions, aid contact tracing, and facilitate the early detection of cases in people with an exposure history. The WHO goal of aggressive case detection and...

Écrit par WHO | 19 Novembre 2014

NEW YORK, GENEVA, November 19, 2014—Global efforts to provide improved water and sanitation  for all are gaining momentum, but serious gaps in funding continue to hamper progress, according to a new report from the World Health Organization on behalf of UN-Water.

The UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS 2014), published biannually, presents...

Écrit par OMS | 18 Novembre 2014

Disease outbreak news  - 14 November 2014 - Separate circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses confirmed in South Sudan and Madagascar

In separate and unrelated events, circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPVs) have been confirmed in South Sudan and Madagascar. South Sudan

In South Sudan, 2 cases due to cVDPV type 2 (cVDPV2) have been confirmed. The strains were isolated from 2...

Écrit par WHO | 18 Novembre 2014

GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that progress towards the elimination of measles has stalled.  The number of deaths from measles increased from an estimated 122 000 in 2012 to 145 700 in 2013, according to new data published in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Report and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...