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Information as of August 15, 2025
Improving access to maternal health care in Burkina Faso|09 August 2025|African Region
“During my first pregnancy three years ago, I had to travel 45 km just to have get an ultrasound. I had to pay for transport, wait for an appointment and sometimes even go to a private clinic and pay 10 000 CFA francs. Between the cost of transport and the time lost, a lot of women gave up,” says Kindo, a mother of two.
Epidemiological Update Oropouche in the Region of the Americas – 13 August 2025|13 Aug 2025 |Pan American Health Organization
In 2025, between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 30, 12,786 confirmed cases of Oropouche were reported in the Americas Region. Confirmed cases were reported in eleven countries in the Americas Region: Brazil (n= 11,888 cases), Canada (n= 1 imported case), Chile (n= 2 imported cases), Colombia (n= 26 cases), Cuba (n= 28 cases), the United States of America (n= 1 imported case), Guyana (n= 1 case), Panama (n= 501 cases), Peru (n= 330 cases), Uruguay (n= 3 imported cases), and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (n= 5 cases).
Sustaining efforts to end mpox outbreaks in Africa|14 August 2025|African Region
One year since World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), African countries have scaled up response measures and made progress to curb the spread of the virus.
Nipah virus infection|6 August 2025|India
The first patient was an adult woman from Malappuram district with symptom onset on 25 April. The patient was admitted in critical condition to a local hospital in Malappuram with fever, cough, and respiratory distress due to worsening of symptoms. She was transferred to intensive care on 2 May due to acute encephalitis syndrome. Samples were collected and tested positive for NiV at Calicut Medical College on 6 May. Confirmatory testing was conducted by the National Institute of Virology, Pune, and results confirmed on 8 May.