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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

26 September 2022 | Marburg virus disease - Ghana

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26 September 2022 | Ebola Disease caused by Sudan virus - Uganda

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14 September 2022 | Detection of circulating vaccine derived polio virus 2 (cVDPV2) in environmental samples– the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America

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13 September 2022 | Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) - Algeria

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5 September 2022 | Legionellosis - Argentina

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2 September 2022 | Yellow fever - African Region (AFRO)

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25 August 2022 | Ebola virus disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo

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12 August 2022 | Leptospirosis - United Republic of Tanzania

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3 August 2022 | Dengue in Rohingya refugee/Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) camps in Cox’s Bazar - Bangladesh

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22 July 2022 | Marburg virus disease - Ghana

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20 July 2022 | Cholera - Somalia

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12 July 2022 | Severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children - Multi-country

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4 July 2022 | Ebola virus disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo

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27 June 2022 | Multi-country monkeypox outbreak: situation update

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24 June 2022 | Severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children - Multi-country

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23 June 2022 | Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) - Mozambique

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17 June 2022 | Multi-country monkeypox outbreak: situation update

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17 June 2022 | Cholera - Pakistan

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10 June 2022 | Multi-country monkeypox outbreak: situation update

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4 June 2022 | Multi-country monkeypox outbreak: situation update

 

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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.