Health Alerts

Haiti: Diphtheria on the rise. Diphtheria is making a comeback in Haiti due to a gap in vaccination of children; there have been at least 300 cases reported in the last 12 months countrywide. National surveillance shows that for the period 2014-2017, more than 90 cases were notified with a mortality rate of 30%. Most of the deaths were aged between 5 and 14 years old. Read more