WHO continues to support the Ministry of Public Health and other national authorities in Madagascar to monitor and respond to the outbreak of plague.
Due to concerted national and international response the current and unprecedented outbreak of plague in Madagascar, which started on 1 August 2017, has been contained.
On Monday, 27 November the Ministry of Health of Madagascar officially announced the containment of the acute urban pneumonic plague outbreak. However, because plague is endemic in Madagascar and the plague season lasts from September to April, more cases of bubonic and sporadic pneumonic plague are expected to be reported until April 2018. WHO and other stakeholders will continue to support the Ministry of Health of Madagascar to maintain vigilance and to sustain a strong alert and response system to rapidly detect and respond to new plague cases as they emerge.
- WHO external Situation report 14 - 04 December 2017
- WHO external Situation report 13 - 27 November 2017
- WHO external Situation report 12 - 20 November 2017
- WHO external Situation report 11 - 17 November 2017
- WHO external Situation report 10 - 14 November 2017
- WHO external Situation report 9 - 9 November 2017
- WHO external Situation report 8 - 6 November 2017
- WHO external Situation report 7 - 31 October 2017
- WHO external Situation report 6 - 26 October 2017
- WHO external situation report 5 - 20 October 2017
- WHO external situation report 4 - 17 October 2017
- WHO external situation report 3 - 12 October 2017
- WHO external situation report 2 - 9 October 2017
- WHO external situation report 1 - 4 October 2017
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