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On 12th December 2018, an expert meet-ing on one health framework for action on emerging zoonotic infections was held in Amman, Jordan. The meeting, orga-nized by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Eastern Mediterrane-an [WHO EMRO], reviewed the frame-work in the light of improving efficient and coordinated multisectoral "one health" approach among human health, animal and environment sectors to pre-vent, detect and respond to emerging zoonotic infection
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Communicable Diseases , One Health , Mediterranean RegionABSTRACT
Since 2012, human infections with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been reported from 27 countries. Despite majority of cases being locally-acquired within the Arabian peninsula, 227 travel-associated cases were reported from 19 other countries
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Coronavirus Infections , Travel-Related IllnessABSTRACT
The Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman reported an outbreak of dengue fever, which started during second week of December 2018, and till 12th January 2019, a total of 48 dengue fever cases were reported and these cases are proba-bly the first locally-acquired dengue fever cases ever reported from Oman
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Humans , Travel-Related Illness , Neglected Diseases , Densovirinae/virologyABSTRACT
Seasonal influenza has a substantial public health and economic burden. In 2018, no major upsurge of cases or influenza epidemics were reported from the countries of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
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During the month of January 2019, the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman reported a cluster of five cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome [MERS] infection from the North Batinah Governorate. Two cases from this cluster were fatal
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Cases of multiple drug-resistant Salmonella typhoid [MDR S. Typhi] fever continue to report from Pakistan. Between November 2016 to February 2019, a total of 5 853 MDR typhoid fever cases were reported from different districts of Sindh province. Currently, there are a number of knowledge gaps which is hindering effective control of this out-break
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In February 2019, the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia reported a cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) infection in Wadi Aldwaser city. Between 29 January and 16 February 2019, a total of 42 cases of MERS including 5 deaths were reported (CFR: 11.9%) from this cluster. Of these cases, 9 are healthcare workers
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In February 2019, WHO has recommended influenza viruses for inclusion in the seasonal influenza vaccines for the countries of northern hemisphere for 2019-2020. These recommendations are based on the antigenic and genetic analysis of the circulating seasonal influenza viruses shared by the countries with WHO through the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS)
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A cluster of 13 deaths among children with the signs and symptoms of neurological manifestations of unknown illness has been reported from Red Sea state in Sudan in recent time
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In 2018, WHO, FAO, OIE and GARC developed and published a Global strategic plan to end human deaths from dogmediated rabies by 2030, through extensive consultation with affected countries globally
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In 2019, Ministry of Public Health and Population Yemen reported a total of 4 183 suspected dengue fever cases with 10 associated deaths (CFR; 0.23%) from 20 (out of 23) governorates of the country. This continuation of the reported cases is seen since 2016
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In 2019, Ministry of Public Health and Population, Yemen reported an increase in the reported cholera cases from the beginning of the year. A total of 108 889 suspected cholera cases including 190 related deaths have been reported as of week 11-2019
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In March 2019, WHO launched the Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 to enhance global and national pandemic preparedness, combat the ongoing threat of zoonotic influenza and improve sea-sonal influenza prevention and control in all countries
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PIP is an international agreement to improve global pandemic preparedness and response. It brings countries, industry, and society together. It includes a benefit-sharing mechanism called Partnership Contribution [PIP-PC] to improve pandemic preparedness and response. Currently 7 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [EMR] are benefiting for PIP-PC
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Rapid Response Team [RRT] is a technical, multi- disciplinary team that is readily available for quick mobilization and deployment in case of emergencies. The RRTs are at the frontline of the global health security and it is vital to reinforce their capacity and skills
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As a part of cholera preparedness activities, the WHO Country office, Turkey, in collab-oration with the WHO EMRO and EURO, three-day workshop on surveillance and response to water borne diseases [WBD] was held in Gaziantep, Turkey from 8-10 April 2019
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The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, in partnership with the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in Atlanta [US-CDC] and the Oman Medical Journal [OMJ], is launching the Second Scientific Conference on Acute Respiratory Infections in parallel with the Fifth meeting of the EMARIS network
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Between 29th of March and 17th of April, the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia reported a total of 13 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS including 6 associated deaths from Al-Khafji city. More than 60% [8] of the cases acquired the infection from health care contact and a total of 5 healthcare workers were in-fected as well
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Monitoring the seasonal influenza activity is one of the main objectives of influenza surveillance systems. Currently, 19 out of 22 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [EMR] of WHO are reporting regularly through at least one of the global or regional platforms
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As the scale up of response to the ongoing cholera outbreak in Yemen continues, the Ministry of Public Health [MoPHP] and partners with the support of WHO and other partners conducted the first round of cholera vaccination campaigns in seven districts between February and April 2019. A total of 1,721,291 people were targeted by the campaigns in southern and northern governorates of Yemen