WER 2006 Index

• 15 December 2006, vol. 81, 51/52 (pp 469–480)
  Index, Volume 81, 2006, Nos. 27–52
  Index of countries/areas
  Notifications of diseases subject to the Regulations
  Global distribution of measles and rubella genotypes – update
  Renewal of paid subscriptions
  Influenza
  International Health Regulations
  
• 8 December 2006, vol. 81, 49/50 (pp 465–468)
  Conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication, Geneva, 11–12 October 2006, Part II
  International Health Regulations
  
• 1 December 2006, vol. 81, 48 (pp 453–464)
  Conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication, Geneva, 11–12 October 2006, Part I
  Revision of HIV testing strategies for surveillance
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  International Health Regulations
  
• 24 November 2006, vol. 81, 47 (pp 445–452)
  WHO Position Paper on Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines
  Corrigendum to No. 43, 2006
  International Health Regulations
  
• 17 November 2006, vol. 81, 46 (pp 433–444)
  Incidence of neonatal tetanus in Kano State, Nigeria, 2006
  Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2006
  Health conditions for travellers to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
  Addendum
  International Health Regulations
  
• 10 November 2006, vol. 81, 45 (pp 425–432)
  Outbreak of type-1 wild poliovirus in adults, Namibia, 2006
  Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB): recommendations for prevention and control
  International Health Regulations
  
• 3 November 2006, vol. 81, 44 (pp 417–424)
  Summary and recommendations of the 12th informal consultation of the WHO Global Polio Laboratory Network, June 2006
  Health conditions for travellers to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  International Health Regulations
  
• 27 October 2006, vol. 81, 43 (pp 409–416)
  Outbreak news
  – Chikungunya, India
  – Poliomyelitis, Kenya
  – Yellow fever, Côte d’Ivoire
  Human cases of influenza A(H5N1) infection, in eastern Turkey, December 2005–January 2006
  International Health Regulations
  
• 20 October 2006, vol. 81, 42 (pp 397–408)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  – Plague, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Vaccine-derived polioviruses – update
  Influenza in the world, February–September 2006
  Case definition for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
  Influenza
  International Health Regulations
  
• 13 October 2006, vol. 81, 41 (pp 385–396)
  Outbreak news
  – Acute watery diarrhoeal syndrome, Ethiopia
  – Avian influenza, Egypt – update
  – Botulism, Canada and United States
  Addressing the threat of tuberculosis caused by extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2007 influenza season
  International Health Regulations
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  
• 6 October 2006, vol. 81, 40 (pp 373–384)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  Informal consultation on preventing disability from lymphatic filariasis, WHO, Geneva, August 2006
  International Health Regulations
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  
• 29 September 2006, vol. 81, 39 (pp 365–372)
  Impact of measles control activities in the WHO African Region, 1999–2005
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  International Health Regulations
  
• 22 September 2006, vol. 81, 38 (pp 357–365)
  Epidemic alert and verification: summary report 2005
  Dengue haemorrhagic fever: early recognition, diagnosis and hospital management
  International Health Regulations
  
• 15 September 2006, vol. 81, 37 (pp 349–356)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  – Poliomyelitis, Ethiopia and Somalia
  Cost effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines and other interventions for diarrhoeal diseases: meeting report 2006
  Assessment of maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination in Kerala state, India
  International Health Regulations
  
• 8 September 2006, vol. 81, 36 (pp 341–348)
  Measles outbreak and response in Fiji, February–May 2006
  346 Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2005–2006
  
• 25 August 2006, vol. 81, 34/35 (pp 325–340)
  Completion of a national laboratory inventory for wild poliovirus containment, WHO European Region, June 2006
  Antigenic and genetic characteristics of H5N1 viruses and candidate H5N1 vaccine viruses developed for potential use as pre-pandemic vaccines
  Japanese encephalitis vaccines
  International Health Regulations
  
• 18 August 2006, vol. 81, 33 (pp 317–324)
  Yellow fever situation in Africa and South America, 2005
  International Health Regulations
  
• 11 August 2006, vol. 81, 32 (pp 309–316)
  Global leprosy situation, 2006
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  International Health Regulations
  
• 4 August 2006, vol. 81, 31 (pp 297–308)
  Cholera 2005
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  International Health Regulations
  
• 28 July 2006, vol. 81, 30 (pp 293–296)
  Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
  International Health Regulations
  Onchocercose (cécité des rivières)
  Règlement sanitaire international
  
• 21 July 2006, vol. 81, 29 (pp 285–292)
  Wild poliovirus isolation from a Nigerian child with acute flaccid paralysis seeking medical care in Singapore
  Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in India, January 2005 to June 2006
  Influenza
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  International Health Regulations
  
• 14 July 2006, vol. 81, 28 (pp 273–284)
  Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 6–7 June 2006
  International meeting on preventing and controlling plague: the old calamity still has a future
  International Health Regulations
  
• 7 July 2006, vol. 81, 27 (pp 261–272)
  WHO consultation on global monitoring of adverse events following immunization, 9–10 January 2006
  Validation of neonatal tetanus elimination in Viet Nam by lot quality-assurance cluster sampling
  International Health Regulations
  
• 30 June 2006, vol. 81, 26 (pp 249–260)
  Epidemiology of WHO-confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) infection
  Index, Volume 81, 2006, Nos. 1–26
  Index of countries/areas
  Notifications of diseases subject to the Regulations
  International Health Regulations
  
• 23 June 2006, vol. 81, 25 (pp 241–248)
  Outbreak news
  – Malaria, Bahamas
  – Plague, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Progress towards polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan, January 2005 to May 2006
  WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization: request for nominations
  International Health Regulations
  
• 16 June 2006, vol. 81, 24 (pp 237–240)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  – Cholera, Angola – update
  – Poliomyelitis, Namibia
  Dracunculiasis eradication: ministerial meeting, Geneva, 25 May 2006
  International Health Regulations
  
• 9 June 2006, vol. 81, 23 (pp 233–236)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2005-2006
  International Health Regulations
  
• 2 June 2006, vol. 81, 22 (pp 221–232)
  Global programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
  
• 26 May 2006, vol. 81, 21 (pp 209-220)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Egypt – update
  – Cholera, Angola – update
  Meeting of the immunization Strategic Advisory Group of Experts, Geneva, 10–11 April 2006: conclusions and recommendations
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  International Health Regulations
  
• 19 May 2006, vol. 81, 20 (pp 197–208)
  Outbreak news
  – Cholera, Angola
  Tetanus vaccine
  International Health Regulations
  
• 12 May 2006, vol. 81, 19 (pp 189–196)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Egypt – update
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  Challenges in global immunization and the Global Immunization Vision and Strategy 2006–2015
  Influenza
  International Health Regulations
  
• 5 May 2006, vol. 81, 18 (pp 173–188)
  Dracunculiasis eradication
  Human avian influenza in Azerbaijan, February–March 2006
  International Health Regulations
  
• 28 April 2006, vol. 81, 17 (pp 165–172)
  Progress towards interruption of wild poliovirus transmission in 2005
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  International Health Regulations
  
• 21 April 2006, vol. 81, 16 (pp 145–164)
  Schistosomiasis and soiltransmitted helminth infections – preliminary estimates of the number of children treated with albendazole or mebendazole
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  International Health Regulations
  
• 14 April 2006, vol. 81, 15 (pp 137–144)
  Inactivated poliovirus vaccine following oral poliovirus vaccine cessation
  International Health Regulations
  
• 7 April 2006, vol. 81, 14 (pp 129–136)
  Avian Influenza Fact Sheet
  International Health Regulations
  
• 31 March 2006, vol. 81, 13 (pp 117–128)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Cambodia
  – Botulism, Thailand
  – Cholera, southern Sudan – update
  – Meningococcal disease, African meningitis belt, epidemic season 2006
  – Poliomyelitis, Somalia Validation of neonatal tetanus elimination in Nepal by lot quality assurance-cluster sampling
  Influenza
  International Health Regulations
  
• 24 March 2006, vol. 81, 12 (pp 105–116)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Azerbaijan
  – Avian influenza, Egypt
  – Chikungunya and dengue,south-west Indian Ocean
  Prevention and control of avian influenza in humans in China: achieving the national objectives of the WHO Global Influenza preparedness Plan.
  Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2004–2005
  International Health Regulations
  
• 17 March 2006, vol. 81, 11 (pp 97-104)
  Future directions for research on enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli vaccines for developing countries
  Ports designated in application of the International Health Regulations
  International Health Regulations
  
• 10 March 2006, vol. 81, 10 (pp 89–96)
  Outbreak news
  – Cholera, southern Sudan – Meningococcal disease, Kenya
  Progress in reducing global measles deaths: 1999–2004
  Influenza in the world
  International Health Regulations
  
• 3 March 2006, vol. 81, 9 (pp 81-88)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Nigeria
  Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2006–2007 influenza season
  The Global Plan to Stop TB, 2006–2015: summary
  International Health Regulations
  
• 24 February 2006, vol. 81, 8 (pp 69–80)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza – spread of the virus to new countries
  – Avian influenza, India
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia update
  – Avian influenza, Iraq – update
  Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): epidemiological update
  International Health Regulations
  
• 17 February 2006, vol. 81, 7 (pp 61–68)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, China – update
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  – Meningococcal disease, Uganda – update
  Resurgence of wild poliovirus type 1 transmission and effect of importation into polio-free countries, 2002–2005
  International Health Regulations
  
• 10 February 2006, vol. 81, 6 (pp 49–60)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  – Avian influenza, Iraq – update
  – Meningococcal disease, Sudan
  Future needs and directions for Shigella vaccines
  Development and evaluation of new diagnostic tests for human African trypanosomiasis
  International Health Regulations
  
• 3 February 2006, vol. 81, 5 (pp 41–48)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, China – update
  – Avian influenza, Iraq
  – Avian influenza, Turkey – update
  – Meningococcal disease, Uganda
  International standards for tuberculosis care
  Influenza
  International Health Regulations
  
• 27 January 2006, vol. 81, 4 (pp 33–40)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, China – update
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  Confirmation of the elimination of neonatal tetanus in Togo by lot quality assurance-cluster sampling
  UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections: statement on the use of the BED assay for the estimation of HIV-1 incidence for surveillance or epidemic monitoring
  International Health Regulations
  
• 20 January 2006, vol. 81, 3 (pp 20–32)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia– update
  – Avian influenza, Turkey – update
  Diphtheria vaccine – WHO position paper
  International Health Regulations
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases
  
• 13 January 2006, vol. 81, 2 (pp 12–20)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, China
  – Avian influenza, Turkey
  Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 1–2 December 2005
  New tuberculosis therapy offers potential shorter treatment
  International Health Regulations
  
• 6 January 2006, vol. 81, 1 (pp 1–12)
  Outbreak news
  – Avian influenza, China – update
  – Avian influenza, Indonesia – update
  Conclusions and recommendations from the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts to the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
  International Health Regulations
  WHO web sites on infectious diseases