Health Alerts

Cases of a bacterial infection that predominantly affects children have been increasing across Australia, which is also being reported globally. Cases are…

Indonesia's health ministry reported two more cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases, raising its total since October 2022 to…

Oxfam has warned that cholera cases are surging in Yemen, with 1,336 suspected cases and 11 associated deaths recorded in the south of the country; however,…

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has stated that transmission of the Zika virus is a current health risk in Thailand. Thailand's Bureau of Epidemiology has…

Bangladesh has reported its highest number of Nipah virus deaths in seven years, with 14 Nipah virus cases in 2023, 10 of them fatal. People are typically…

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has reported that Indonesia and Mauritania both have new cases of vaccine-derived polio. In Indonesia's case,…

Cities in Southeast Asia are requesting a return to wearing masks and using scanners as a COVID-19 wave is seeing cases rise rapidly in Singapore, Malaysia and…

Taiwan is seeing a rapid surge in dengue fever infections, with other Asian countries also reporting increased infection rates. These include Thailand,…

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) recently confirmed six countries reporting further polio cases in 2023. These countries include Pakistan, which…

The Ministry of Health of Cambodia has notified the World Health Organisation (WHO) of two confirmed cases of human infection with influenza A (H5N1) from the…

The district medical officer and a rapid response team have visited the area intensifying preventive measures and education. Pregnant women with any symptoms…

Bangladesh is currently suffering from its deadliest outbreak of dengue fever ever recorded. In 2023, 223,564 cases, which include 1,086 deaths from dengue,…