Weekly Epidemiological Record articles from August 2006

Weekly Epidemiological Record archives from August 2006

Completion of a national laboratory inventory for wild poliovirus containment, WHO European Region, June 2006/ Achevement d'un inventaire des laboratoires nationaux de confinement des poliovirus sauvages, Region europeenne de l'OMS, juin 2006.(Report)
August 25, 2006... In May 1999, the World Health Assembly reaffirmed WHO's commitment to eradicate poliomyelitis globally and urged all Member States to begin the process leading to the laboratory containment of wild polioviruses. (1) The national containment...

Antigenic and genetic characteristics of H5N1 viruses and candidate H5N1 vaccine viruses developed for potential use as pre-pandemic vaccines/Caracteristiques antigeniques et genetiques des virus H5N1 et des virus vaccins H5N1 candidats mis au point en vue d'une utilisation possible au cours de la phase prepandemique.
August 25, 2006... The development of representative pre-pandemic H5N1 candidate vaccine viruses by the WHO Global Influenza Programme (1) is being conducted as one step in an overall strategy for pandemic preparedness. This summary presents the current status...

Japanese encephalitis vaccines (1)/Vaccins contre l'encephalite japonaise (1).(Disease/Disorder overview)
August 25, 2006... WHO Position Paper In accordance with its mandate to provide guidance to Member States on health policy matters, WHO is issuing a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines and vaccine combinations against diseases that have...

International health regulations/Reglement sanitaire international.(Brief article)
August 25, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 11 to 17 August 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 11 au 17 aout 2006 Cholera / Cholera ...

Yellow fever situation in Africa and South America, 2005/ Situation de la fievre jaune en 2005 en Afrique et en Amerique du sud.(Report)
August 18, 2006... In 2005, laboratory-confirmed cases of yellow fever were declared in 5 countries in South America and 8 in Africa. In comparison with 2004, the number of cases and deaths remained stable in South America but increased markedly in Africa, on...

International health regulations/ Reglement sanitaire international.(Brief article)
August 18, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 11 to 17 August 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 11 au 17 aout 2006 Cholera / Cholera ...

Global leprosy situation, 2006/Le point sur la lepre dans le monde, 2006.
August 11, 2006... Introduction The Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (Plan Period: 2006-2010) has evolved from the WHO Strategic Plan for the Elimination of Leprosy 2000-2005. The new...

WHO web sites on infectious diseases--updated on 11 August 2006 */Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses--mis a jour le 11 aout 2006 *.(World Health Organizations)(Table)
August 11, 2006... WHO web sites on infectious diseases--updated on 11 August 2006 * Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses--mis a jour le 11 aout 2006 * Avian influenza http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_ ...

International health regulations/Reglement sanitaire international.(Brief article)
August 11, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 4 to 10 August 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 4 au 10 aout 2006 Cholera / Cholera ...

Cholera 2005/Cholera, 2005.(disease outbreaks)
August 4, 2006... There has been a sharp increase in the number of cholera cases reported to WHO during 2005 (Table 1). A total of 131 943 cases, including 2272 deaths, have been notified from 52 countries (Map 1). Overall, this represents a 30% increase...

WHO web sites on infectious diseases/Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses.(World Health Organizations)(Table)
August 4, 2006... WHO web sites on infectious diseases Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses Avian influenza http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_ influenza/en/index.html Buruli ulcer...

International Health Regulations/ Reglement Sanitaire International.(mortality rates of cholera)(Table)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 28 July to 3 August 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 28 juillet au 3 aout 2006 Cholera / Cholera ...