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Improved data reveals higher global burden of tuberculosis
WorldHealthOrganization: Recent intensive efforts to improve collection and reporting of data on tuberculosis (TB) are shedding new light on the epidemic, revealing that there are almost half a million more cases of the disease than previously estimated.
- October 23, 2014
- | Filed under International, International, and Public Health
WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Nigeria
WorldHealthOrganization: On October 20, Nigeria reached the 42-day mark of having no new cases of Ebola detected and has thus been declared free of Ebola transmission.
- October 23, 2014
- | Filed under Africa, International, and Public Health
WHO congratulates Senegal on ending Ebola transmission
WorldHealthOrganization: WHO officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Senegal over and commends the country on its diligence to end the transmission of the virus.
- October 20, 2014
- | Filed under Africa, International, and International
European Leaders Scramble to Upgrade Response to Ebola Crisis
NewYorkTimes: Now, with Europe grappling with the first case of Ebola transmitted on its soil after news on Monday that a nurse in Madrid had been infected, European leaders are scrambling to coordinate and ramp up their response to the lethal disease. As public anxieties grow, politicians on the far right are seizing on the Ebola crisis to demand sharp Read More »
- October 9, 2014
- | Filed under Europe and International
WHO statement on the Seventh Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding MERS-CoV
WorldHealthOrganization: The seventh meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) regarding the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was conducted with members and advisors of the Emergency Committee through electronic correspondence from 26 September 2014 through 30 September 2014. The WHO Secretariat provided an update on Read More »
- October 2, 2014
- | Filed under International, Countermeasures, and International