Emergencies

Disease Outbreak News (DONs)

Latest WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs), providing information on confirmed acute public health events or potential events of concern.

 

Disease Outbreak News

27 April 2022 | Cholera - Malawi

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27 April 2022 | Multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chocolate products – Europe and the United States of America

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25 April 2022 | Yellow Fever – Uganda

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23 April 2022 | Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children

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15 April 2022 | Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 – Israel

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15 April 2022 | Acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology – the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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7 April 2022 | Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia

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25 March 2022 | Yellow fever - Kenya

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24 March 2022 | Extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei infections - Europe - European Region (EURO)

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24 March 2022 | Lassa fever - Togo

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3 March 2022 | Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) - Malawi

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21 February 2022 | Lassa Fever – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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14 February 2022 | Lassa Fever - Nigeria

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10 February 2022 | Measles – Afghanistan

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4 February 2022 | Dengue - Timor-Leste

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25 January 2022 | Cholera – Benin

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17 January 2022 | Hepatitis E - Chad

Disease Outbreak News

14 January 2022 | Influenza A (H5) - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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23 December 2021 | Yellow Fever - West and Central Africa

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23 December 2021 | Hepatitis E Virus – Republic of South Sudan

 

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The criteria for Disease Outbreak News

Disease Outbreak News (DONs) are published relating to confirmed or potential public health events, of:

  • Unknown cause with a significant or potential international health concern that may affect international travel or trade;
  • A known cause which has demonstrated the ability to cause serious public health impact and spread internationally;
  • High public concern which may lead to disruption of required public health interventions, or could disrupt international travel or trade.