Weekly Epidemiological Record, 22 December 2017, vol. 92, 51/52 (pp. 781–788)

The International Health Regulations (IHR) – 10 years of global public health security

Index of countries/areas

Index, Volume 92, 2017, Nos. 1–52



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 15 December 2017, vol. 92, 50 (pp. 761–780)

Review of global influenza activity, October 2016– October 2017

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-October 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 8 December 2017, vol. 92, 49 (pp. 749–760)

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: number of people treated in 2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 1 December 2017, vol. 92, 48 (pp. 729–748)

Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, October 2017 – conclusions and recommendations



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 24 November 2017, vol. 92, 47 (pp. 717–728)

Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication: Pakistan, January 2016–September 2017

Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 17 November 2017, vol. 92, 46 (pp. 701–716)

Global routine vaccination coverage, 2016

Progress in rubella and congenital rubella syndrome control and elimination – worldwide, 2000–2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 10 November 2017, vol. 92, 45 (pp. 681–700)

Progress report on the elimination of human onchocerciasis, 2016–2017

Country Immunization Information System Assessments (IISAs), in Kenya (2015) and Ghana (2016)



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 3 November 2017, vol. 92, 44 (pp. 661–680)

Update on vaccine-derived polioviruses worldwide, January 2016–June 2017

Progress with the implementation of rotavirus surveillance and vaccines in countries of the WHO African Region, 2007–2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 27 October 2017, vol. 92, 43 (pp. 649–660)

Progress towards regional measles elimination – worldwide, 2000–2016

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-September 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 20 October 2017, vol. 92, 42 (pp. 625–648)

Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2018 southern hemisphere influenza season

Zoonotic influenza viruses: antigenic and genetic characteristics and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 13 October 2017, vol. 92, 41 (pp. 609–624)

Executive summary of the 9th meeting of the WHO working group RT-PCR for the detection and subtyping of influenza viruses

Executive summary of the 6th meeting of the WHO Expert Working Group of the GISRS for Surveillance of Antiviral Susceptibility

Continuing risk of meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C in Africa: revised recommendations from a WHO expert consultation

Progress towards eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: elimination of transmission in the north-east focus of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 6 October 2017, vol. 92, 40 (pp. 589–608)

Summary of global update on preventive chemotherapy implementation in 2016: crossing the billion

Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: progress report, 2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 29 September 2017, vol. 92, 39 (pp. 573–588)

Armenia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan certified malaria-free

Malaria elimination: report from the inaugural global forum of countries with potential to eliminate malaria by 2020

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-August 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 22 September 2017, vol. 92, 38 (pp. 557–572)

Global leishmaniasis update, 2006–2015: a turning point in leishmaniasis surveillance

Control of visceral leishmaniasis in Somalia: achievements in a challenging scenario, 2013–2015



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 15 September 2017, vol. 92, 37 (pp. 537–556)

Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, June 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 8 September 2017, vol. 92, 36 (pp. 521–536)

Cholera, 2016

Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2017

The International Health Regulations (IHR) – 10 years of global public health security



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 1 September 2017, vol. 92, 35 (pp. 501–520)

Global leprosy update, 2016: accelerating reduction of disease burden



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 25 August 2017, vol. 92, 34 (pp. 477–500)

Cholera vaccines: WHO position paper – August 2017

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-June 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 18 August 2017, vol. 92, 33 (pp. 453–476)

Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication: Afghanistan, January 2016–June 2017

Human cases of influenza at the human-animal interface, January 2015–April 2017

Health conditions for travellers to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj), 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 11 August 2017, vol. 92, 32 (pp. 437–452)

Deployments from the oral cholera vaccine stockpile, 2013–2017

442 Yellow fever in Africa and the Americas, 2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 4 August 2017, vol. 92, 31 (pp. 417–436)

Diphtheria vaccine: WHO position paper – August 2017

WHO African Region Immunization Technical Advisory Group: Call for nominations



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 21 July 2017, vol. 92, 29/30 (pp. 405–416)

Progress towards measles elimination in Bangladesh, 2000–2016

Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 14 July 2017, vol. 92, 28 (pp. 393–404)

Meeting of the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 7–8 June 2017

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January– May 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 7 July 2017, vol. 92, 27 (pp. 369–392)

Hepatitis B vaccines: WHO position paper – July 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 30 June 2017, vol. 92, 26 (pp. 357–368)

Index of countries/areas

Index, Volume 92, 2017, Nos. 1–26

WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020: progress report on elimination of trachoma, 2014–2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 23 June 2017, vol. 92, 25 (pp. 345–356)

Yellow fever vaccine: WHO position on the use of fractional doses – June 2017

Global polio eradication: progress towards containment of poliovirus type 2, worldwide 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 16 June 2017, vol. 92, 24 (pp. 333–344)

Validation of maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination in Equatorial Guinea, 2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 9 June 2017, vol. 92, 23 (pp. 321–332)

The International Health Regulations (IHR) – 10 years of global public health security

Japanese encephalitis: surveillance and immunization in Asia and the Western Pacific, 2016

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January– April 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 2 June 2017, vol. 92, 22 (pp. 301–320)

Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, April 2017 – conclusions and recommendations



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 26 May 2017, vol. 92, 21 (pp. 293–300)

Virologic monitoring of poliovirus type 2 after OPV2 withdrawal in April 2016: an important advance in eradicating poliomyelitis and eliminating live oral poliovirus vaccines worldwide, 2016–2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 19 May 2017, vol. 92, 20 (pp. 269–292)

Dracunculiasis eradication: global surveillance summary, 2016

Fact sheet on Ebola virus disease (updated May 2017)



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 5 May 2017, vol. 92, 18 (pp. 229–240)

Progress towards measles elimination – African Region, 2013–2016

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January– March 2017



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 14 April 2017, vol. 92, 15 (pp. 181–192)

Immunization and Vaccine-related Implementation Research Advisory Committee (IVIR-AC): summary of conclusions and recommendations, 1–2 February 2017 meeting

Zika virus: an epidemiological update



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 7 April 2017, vol. 92, 14 (pp. 165–180)

Surveillance systems to track progress towards polio eradication worldwide, 2015–2016

Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2017

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January– December 2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 31 March 2017, vol. 92, 13 (pp. 145–164)

Epidemic meningitis control in countries of the African meningitis belt, 2016

Ensuring the timely supply and management of medicines for preventive chemotherapy against neglected tropical diseases



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 24 March 2017, vol. 92, 12 (pp. 129–144)

Zoonotic influenza viruses: antigenic and genetic characteristics and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 17 March 2017, vol. 92, 11 (pp. 117–128)

Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2017–2018 northern hemisphere influenza season



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 3 March 2017, vol. 92, 9/10 (pp. 97–116)

Roadmap to elimination standard measles and rubella surveillance

Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, November 2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 24 February 2017, vol. 92, 8 (pp. 89–96)

Continued endemic wild poliovirus transmission in security-compromised areas – Nigeria, 2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 17 February 2017, vol. 92, 7 (pp. 77–88)

Human rabies: 2016 updates and call for data



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 3 February 2017, vol. 92, 5 (pp. 45–52)

Early warning, alert and response system in emergencies: a field experience of a novel WHO project in north-east Nigeria

Fact sheet on Guillain-Barré syndrome (updated October 2016)



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 27 January 2017, vol. 92, 4 (pp. 37–44)

Detection of influenza virus subtype A by polymerase chain reaction: WHO external quality assessment programme summary analysis, 2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 20 January 2017, vol. 92, 3 (pp. 21–36)

Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination: validation in Punjab Province, Pakistan, November 2016

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January– November 2016



Weekly Epidemiological Record, 13 January 2017, vol. 92, 2 (pp. 13–20)

Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 30 November – 1 December 2016

