OPCW Director-General in Syria to discuss chemical weapons elimination

The Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias, recently visited Damascus to meet with Syria's interim President,...

Mpox outbreak declared in South Sudan

The Ministry of Health has announced an outbreak of Mpox in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. This follows confirmation by the National Public...

WHO Executive Board: Polio eradication needs urgent action

The WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva expressed serious concern about the increasing incidence of wild poliovirus transmission in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last...

New Hampshire MPOX imported case

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has reported a Mpox clade I infection in a resident who returned from a trip...

Update on diphtheria outbreak in Niger

The WHO African Region Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and other Emergencies: Week 7 (10–16 February 2025) reported a total of fifty-eight new cases of...

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