Health Alerts

The extent of air pollution across Asia has been laid out in a new report, with 99 of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution located in Asia. The…

Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection has reported more H9N2 avian flu infections. The infections raise the country's number of H9N2 infections to four in…

Reports of two wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases from the districts of Balochistan, Pakistan. The cases had theonset of paralysis on 22 February 2024 and 29…

According to the National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC), Odisha, on the Bay of Bengal, had a reported 42,000 cases of malaria in 2023.…

Health officials in Vietnam's Khanh Hoa province have confirmed a 21-year-old university student with an H5 avian flu infection. Another case is a 37-year-old…

More than 20 people have been reported dead from rabies from January to February 2024, and health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have issued an urgent alert…

At least 14 people have confirmed anthrax bacterial infection in two districts in the southern Champassak province of Laos. Authorities have imposed…

Children under age 10 are the most affected due to a large number of parents refusing to immunise due to religious reasons and/or lack of trust in the quality…

Monkey fever, or Kyasanur Forest Disease, is a tick-borne haemorrhagic fever. 49 positive cases and two deaths have been reported in the state of Karnataka.…

Health officials are urging Philippine communities to adopt the 4S strategy to prevent dengue infection. 4S stands for: 1. Search and destroy breeding sites. 2…

In the first two months of 2024, Vietnam has recorded almost 70,000 people requiring rabies vaccination after animal bites, and 18 deaths from rabies have been…

Cambodia's health ministry has reported another human infection from H5N1 avian influenza in the Kamoot province in southern Cambodia. An investigation found…