African Health Ministers commit to ending cholera outbreaks by 2030
Forty-seven African countries adopted the Regional Framework for the Implementation of the Global Strategy for Cholera Prevention and...
Samoa rolls out triple drug therapy to accelerate elimination of lymphatic filariasis
Samoa has become the first country to implement the new triple drug regimen recommended by WHO for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis...
Measles cases hit record high in the European Region
Over 41 000 children and adults in the WHO European Region have been infected with measles in the first 6 months of 2018. The total...
Paraguay interrupts vector transmission of Chagas in the home
Paraguay has succeeded in interrupting the vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the home, the parasite that causes Chagas disease....
Ebola vaccination begins in North Kivu
The Ministry of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo today announced the launch of Ebola vaccinations for high risk...
Cluster of presumptive Ebola cases in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced today that preliminary laboratory results indicate a cluster of cases of...