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In light of the ongoing spread of poliovirus and the detection of polio disease in various countries, the Forty-second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations was recently convened by the WHO Director-General.
The Emergency Committee reviewed data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV) in the context of the global goals to interrupt WPV1 transmission and achieve certification of its eradication by 2027.
As well as to interrupt and certify the elimination of cVDPV2 by 2029.

The People's Republic of China recently launched targeted measures in Guangdong Province, including citywide cleanup efforts, to effectively curb the spread of Chikungunya fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease.
Local health authorities had reported a total of 5,155 confirmed cases of Chikungunya fever in 2025.
Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, with about 9 million residents, reported 2,940 new local cases of Chikungunya, with 2,882 cases occurring in Foshan.

The arbovirus Oropouche (OROV) has caused significant outbreaks in the Region of the Americas, especially in the Amazon region, and beyond.
In 2024 and 2025, the number of OROV cases increased significantly. Despite its expanding geographic reach, diagnostic and therapeutic tools for OROV remain limited as of late July 2025.
Current diagnostic strategies rely almost exclusively on molecular detection methods.

Since 1967, when the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) was first identified in West Germany, highly lethal outbreaks have affected various countries.
Recently, African countries such as the Republic of Tanzania have experienced how this Ebola-like disease can disrupt a health system.

While hepatitis A (HepA) infections occur in 150 million people annually, most European high-income countries now have low endemicity.
However, the Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is confronted with a significant surge in Hepatitis HepA cases and fatalities.
As of July 21, 2025, Czechia health officials are reporting 928 Hep A subgenotype IB cases, including ten deaths this year.

While outside the historic outbreak areas, countries in southern Africa are grappling with a sharp rise in malaria cases, with Botswana, eSwatini, Namibia, and Zimbabwe reporting significant outbreaks in July 2025.
In Zimbabwe, the Africa CDC (ACDC) recently recorded 111,998 cases and 310 deaths by week 23 of 2025, up from 29,031 cases and 49 deaths in 2024. Mashonaland Central and Manicaland provinces account for 32% of cases and 25% of deaths, respectively.
Additionally, Botswana reports 2,223 cases and 11 deaths in 2025, with Okavango hardest impacted.