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By Ahmed Elumami, Ayman al-Warfali and Emma Farge DERNA, Libya/GENEVA (Reuters) - Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna ...
For the Pandemic Accord to be effective, member states must urgently focus negotiations to define its scope, including its definition of “pandemic,” and ensure the definition avoids the pitfalls of past mistakes, argue Noor Shakfeh, Fifa Rahman, and Katri Bertram Member states of the Intergovernmental Negotiation Body (INB)1 have roughly nine months left before they need to present a draft outcome to the World Health Assembly in May 2024. While their negotiations to date have understandably focused on provisions related to access and benefit-sharing, and distribution of countermeasures, th...
Date: Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 13:00–14:00 CEST This webinar will give an overview of the current global Zika situation and the speakers will discuss the latest evidence available and lessons learned from the PHEIC that are key for preparedness. Interpretation will be available in Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and French. Speakers: Dr Sylvie Briand, Director, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, WHO Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Unit Head, WHO Dr Diana Rojas Alvarez, Technical Lead, Zika and chikungunya, WHO Dr Masaya Kato, Programme Are...
The warmed environment has been conducive to the expansion of the habitat of ticks that can carry and transmit the nairovirus that causes CCHF.
The World Health Organization has warned that the outbreak of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) could become the "next pandemic." Unfortunately, this virus is actually deadly and will be noticeable if the outbreak worsens.