Weekly Bulletins on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies 2018

The Weekly Bulletins focus on public health emergencies in the WHO African Region, including acute disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and humanitarian crises. The bulletins cover new and ongoing events. Brief summaries of all currently monitored events are presented. For selected key events, a longer description with public health measures implemented and an interpretation of the situation are provided.

Keywords

Blood tests, Cellulitis, Cholera, Cholera vaccines, Community action, Dengue, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Disasters, Dracunculiasis, Ebola, Exposure to forces of nature, Financial assistance for health, Food contamination, Health aid, Health education, Hepatitis E, Household water treatment, Hygiene, Incidence, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Insecticide-treated bednets, Livestock, Malaria, Malnutrition, Measles, Meningitis, Meningococcal meningitis, Mpox, Neglected tropical diseases, Polio, Preventive interventions, Rabies, Rift valley fever, Rotavirus, Rubella, Scabies, Shigellosis, Stool tests, Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, Vector control, Water supply, Whooping cough, Yellow fever, Zika

Citation

Contributors

World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO)

Publisher

World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO)

Publication year

2018

Suggested citation

World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO). Weekly Bulletins on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies 2018. Brazzaville, Congo: World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO), 2018.

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