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Highlights
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Liberia and Guinea step up coordination to stem new cases of Ebola
April 2016 -- WHO and Ministry of Health teams in Guinea and Liberia have established epidemiological links between new Ebola cases in Liberia and a current flare-up of Ebola in neighbouring Guinea following intensified case investigations and contact tracing.
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WHO Director-General visits Angola; urgent action needed to contain yellow fever outbreak
April 2016 -- The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, arrived today in Angola’s capital Luanda for a two-day visit to assess the situation of the current outbreak of yellow fever virus.
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General Assembly proclaims the Decade of Action on Nutrition
April 2016 -- The United Nations General Assembly today agreed a resolution proclaiming the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition from 2016 to 2025. The resolution aims to trigger intensified action to end hunger and eradicate malnutrition worldwide, and ensure universal access to healthier and more sustainable diets.
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The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) celebrates 90 years
April 2016 -- On 1 April 1926, epidemiologists in the Health Office of the League of Nations, Geneva created the first WER. The publication's mission was to provide the world with information about disease hazards that, at that time, mostly travelled by sea: plague, cholera, yellow fever, typhus and smallpox.
Disease outbreak news
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Yellow Fever – Kenya
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Yellow Fever – China
6 April 2016 -
Microcephaly – France - Martinique
1 April 2016 -
Yellow Fever – China
29 March 2016
Emergency reform
WHO is reforming its work in outbreaks and emergencies with health and humanitarian consequences to ensure the Organization can respond rapidly to future crises.
Zika virus and complications
After a spike in cases of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome, strongly suspected to be associated with Zika virus, WHO declared a public health emergency.
Commentary
Stories from countries
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Austria: Measles in the spotlight
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WHO Director-General visits Angola; urgent action needed to contain yellow fever outbreak
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Helping people with diabetes manage their health and lives in Brazil
4 April 2016 -
In Thailand, universal health care eases the impact of diabetes
4 April 2016 -
E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital in Liberia: striving to help people with mental illness get well
4 April 2016
Events
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UNGASS 2016: Special Session on the World Drug Problem
19-21 April 2016
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World Immunization Week 2016: Close the immunization gap
24-30 April 2016
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World Malaria Day: End malaria for good
25 April 2016
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World Humanitarian Summit
23-24 May 2016
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