Fourth Meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) regarding Microcephaly, Other Neurological Disorders and Zika Virus

Who Director-general Summarizes the Outcome of the Emergency Committee regarding Clusters of Microcephaly and Guillain-barré Syndrome

1 february 2016-I convened an Emergency Committee, under the International Health Regulations, to gather advice on the severity of the health threat associated with the continuing spread of Zika virus disease in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Committee met today by teleconference. In assessing the level of threat, the 18 experts and advisers looked in particular at the strong association,...

Who Statement on the First Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (ihr 2005) Emergency Committee on Zika Virus and Observed Increase in Neurological Disorders and Neonatal Malformations

Update on Zika Diagnostic Tests and WHO’s Related Activities

On 1 February 2016, WHO declared the clusters of microcephaly and neurological disorders and their potential link with Zika virus outbreaks in Brazil and French Polynesia to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHIC). Since then, there are 75 countries and territories reporting continued mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus, with 69 countries experiencing a first outbreak...

Concern over Zika virus grips the world.

Worldwide concern over Zika virus (panel) and its temporal and geographical association with clusters of birth and neurological conditions escalated this week, with WHO declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. No doubt not wanting to repeat mistakes made in the west African Ebola outbreak, WHO was quick to raise the alarm. Briefing the WHO Executive Board on Jan 28, WHO Dir...

First International Workshop on Zika Virus Held by Oswaldo Cruz Foundation FIOCRUZ in Northeast Brazil March 2016 – A Meeting Report

In the first two days of March 2016, an International Workshop on Zika Virus was held in the city of Recife, Brazil, hosted by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). The workshop took place at the Research Institute Aggeu Magalhaes (IAM), the state of Pernambuco research branch of Fiocruz, responsible for hosting the meeting and its organization. Representatives from several institutions workin...