Epidemic

During this year Mexico has been affected by an increasing dengue outbreak due to floods, especially in the states of Veracruz, Tabasco and Jalisco.

As the extension of the ongoing H1N1 pandemic, Mongolia has been experiencing a serious epidemic of H1N1 since October 12 and as of November 9, the latest available statistics from the Ministry of

PAHO in Nicaragua has called all the sectors to help the gov't in its actions against dengue as 8 have died already and more than 1562 people have been affected.

The Cook Islands is experiencing a dengue outbreak, with up to 994 cases reported on the main island of Rarotonga as of 20 May 2009.

Despite the efforts to strengthen surveillance and scale up immunization, the country has suffered a second setback following confirmation of four Polio cases in Turkana North district.

According to WHO spokesperson, an outbreak of swine flu has killed 57 people in Mexico. 7 cases have been registered in the USA.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Cholera in Kasese district - south Western Uganda.

In 2009 there have been 26 cases of Polio which 3 have been in Angola, 5 in Uganda and 18 in Sudan.

Across 7 West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d?Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Togo) there have been 38 cases of wild polio reported in 2008 and an additional 13 cases so far in 2009.

Across 7 West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d?Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Togo) there have been 38 cases of wild polio reported in 2008 and an additional 13 cases so far in 2009.