WHO & Regionals [to 19 April 2014]

Posted on by

WHO & Regionals [to 19 April 2014]
http://www.who.int/en/

WHO: Global Alert and Response (GAR) – Disease Outbreak News [to 19 April 2014]
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_03_12/en/index.html
:: Ebola virus disease, West Africa – update 17 April 2014
Excerpt
Guinea
As of 18:00 on 16 April, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 197 clinical cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), including 122 deaths…
Mali
The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Mali has on the 16th April reported that the clinical samples on the 6 suspected cases have tested negative for ebolavirus…
Liberia
As of 16 April the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) of Liberia has reported a cumulative total of 27 clinical cases of EVD, including 13 deaths attributed to EVD….
Sierra Leone
On 15 April, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) provided a consolidated report of surveillance activities conducted in that country from 19 March onwards…
…WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Guinea, Liberia, Mali or Sierra Leone based on the current information available for this event.

:: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – update 17 April 2014
Excerpt
On 17 April 2014, the Ministries of Health of Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reported an additional 5 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)…
…This is the first case with MERS-CoV infection in the country [Malaysia]. The Ministry of Health reported that so far no human-to-human transmission has been observed amongst close contacts and in health-care facilities in Malaysia…
…Globally, from September 2012 to date, WHO has been informed of a total of 243 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, including 93 deaths.
WHO advice
Based on the current situation and available information, WHO encourages all Member States to continue their surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and to carefully review any unusual patterns….