March 2022 – Maritime Health Trainings for Seafarers and Doctors

Month 26: January 2022

Q2-Task 3. ORKA continued to create e-learning training modules in 2D/3D animation

O3- Task 4. Testing and finalizing was continued to perform.

Q3-Task 5. Creating of mobile smartphone application of MariHEALTH (MariHEATH app) was continued.

WHO Investment Round: culminating moment at G20 Summit as leaders pledge November 19, 2024
The first-ever Investment Round of the World Health Organization (WHO) reached a culminating moment during the G20 Leaders' Summit today in Rio de Janeiro, chaired by the President of Brazil, H.E. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Heads of state and government at the G20 voiced strong support for a sustainably funded WHO, additional financial pledges were […]
WHO adds LC16m8 mpox vaccine to Emergency Use Listing November 19, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for the LC16m8 mpox vaccine, making it the second mpox vaccine to be supported by WHO following the Director-General’s declaration of an mpox public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 14 August 2024.This decision is expected to facilitate increased and timely access to […]
WHO and partners rally cervical cancer elimination efforts November 16, 2024
As world leaders arrive in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20 Summit this weekend, the city’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue will be illuminated in the colour teal. The Brazilian advocates behind this effort are among many around the globe joining the World Health Organization (WHO) to mobilize efforts on a worldwide “Day of […]

Joint ECDC-EFSA rapid outbreak assessment – Prolonged multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 linked to consumption of tomatoes in the EU/EEA and the UK November 12, 2024
A cross-border outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 is ongoing in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK).
Implications of the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda for the EU/EEA, 2024 October 10, 2024
This threat assessment addresses the implications of the ongoing Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda for the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA).
Risk assessment for the EU/EEA of the mpox epidemic caused by monkeypox virus clade I in affected African countries August 16, 2024
The monkeypox virus (MPXV) clade I epidemic that has been affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since November 2023 has recently spread to several other African countries including Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya.