Discover how the DHIS2 Maps app helps you explore, analyze, and visualize data geographically: dhis2.org/events/deep-...

#DHIS2 #Epidemiology #DiseaseSurveillance

As war escalates, Iran’s universities face increasing fire Attacks have destroyed or damaged a wide range of academic and commercial research centers

#BiologicalWeapons #Biosecurity #DiseaseSurveillance #Iran #War #USA
As war escalates, Iran’s universities face increasing fire
www.science.org/content/arti...

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For Iranian science, the attack on Pasteur, Iran’s highest profile research center, is “the biggest tragedy of this ...

🤝 𝗡𝗲𝘄 #𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: 𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!

Together , will understand the impact of #weather and #ClimateChange on health, strengthen #DiseaseSurveillance and #OutbreakResponse and improve early warning capabilities of health systems.

Looking forward to working together! 🙌

𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗛 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴!

On March 25, the Health Directorate hosted the #PHRESH project's General Assembly in #Luxembourg, where #SORMAS is the national #DiseaseSurveillance system.

👉 Learn more: santesecu.public.lu/en/espace-pr...

Congrats to the MedGemma Impact Challenge winners! Their AI turns community health workers’ scribbles into real‑time WHO data, boosting disease surveillance. Curious how machine learning powers this health tech leap? Read more! #MedGemma #AIHealth #DiseaseSurveillance

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South America’s dengue season is beginning: the region is trending below average overall, with 377,020 cases reported in 2026 as of the end of February. However, Guyana and Suriname are above average. Updated 16 Mar 2026: globaldengueobservatory.org

#Dengue #DiseaseSurveillance #GlobalHealth #LSHTM

Emerging zoonotic diseases are shaped by ecological change and global connectivity. Advances in artificial intelligence and surveillance are improving how epidemics and pandemics are tracked.
Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
#ZoonoticDiseases #ArtificialIntelligence #DiseaseSurveillance #Epidemiology

#BiologicalWeapons #DiseaseSurveillance #Detection #Training
Training Course on Pathogen Detection and Biosecurity for experts from Central #Asia and #Mongolia at #ICGEB in Italy
disarmament.unoda.org/fr/updates/t...

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The training course was targeted at early/mid-career scientists with a ...

🔦𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗡𝗶𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘆 𝗔𝗴𝘆𝗲𝗶 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗚𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮!

👉 Read the full interview here: www.sormas.org/learn/news/c...

#Ghana #CommunitySpotlight #Users #SORMAS #DiseaseSurveillance

Spanish Lab Leak Investigation Raises Questions About Transparency in Biological Security Exclusive Analysis: How AI Monitoring Could Have Changed the African Swine Fever Investigation Dr. Robert W. Malone When dead wild boars infected with African swine fever were discovered...

#Biosecurity #LaboratoryAccident #Spain #AfricanSwineFever #ArtificialIntelligence #DiseaseSurveillance
Spanish Lab Leak Investigation Raises Questions About Transparency in Biological Security
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A Strain That Shouldn’t Exist in Nature

The first red ...

Pinelands Commission science staff report long-term water-quality shifts and rising disease risk for snakes Commission scientists reported long-term groundwater and surface-water monitoring showing recent dry-period lows and a statistically significant upward trend in stream pH and conductance at many sites; staff also detailed extensive snake and turtle monitoring and flagged snake fungal disease prevalence and a timing conflict with permitted Enduro events.

Decades of monitoring in the Pinelands reveal alarming shifts in water quality and rising disease threats to snakes, prompting urgent calls for conservation action.

Learn more here

#NJ #CitizenPortal #NewJerseyConservation #DiseaseSurveillance #WaterQuality #WildlifeMonitoring

Northern Nevada Public Health reports pertussis jump, readies TB clinic and warns surveillance capacity is strained District Health Officer Dr. Chad Kingsley told commissioners that pertussis cases rose from eight in 2024 to 40 in 2025, that the new ARPA-funded tuberculosis clinic is on track to open in April, and that disease surveillance and workforce limits may constrain contact tracing and response this year.

Pertussis cases in Northern Nevada skyrocketed from 8 to 40 in just one year, raising alarms about public health readiness and surveillance capacity.

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#WashoeCounty #NV #PublicHealth #CitizenPortal #DiseaseSurveillance #MentalHealth

Northern Nevada Public Health outlines budget savings, service metrics and solvency concerns District Health Officer Dr. Chad Kingsley updated Sparks council on public-health activities including $1.5M in budget savings from vacancies, a $2M state funding appropriation in the governor's budget for FY27–28, increased respiratory and whooping-cough activity in 2025, and an insolvency warning for next year.

Northern Nevada's public health agency has secured $2 million in state funding but faces potential insolvency next year—what's really at stake for the community?

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#SparksWashoeCounty #NV #CitizenPortal #HealthBudget #PublicSafety #SparksPublicHealth #DiseaseSurveillance

To find more about the project:

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#PhDdefence #MCIDresearch #DiseaseSurveillance #SARSCoV2

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Protecting Americans from Biological Threats As the risks of biological threats rise, Congress and the administration can bolster biodefenses by modernizing biosurveillance, ensuring biosafety and biosecurity, rebuilding the U.S. biodefense ente...

#Biodefence #DiseaseSurveillance #PublicHealth #USA
Protecting Americans from Biological Threats
www.csis.org/analysis/pro...
[ #OpenSource - PDF available]

Congress and the executive branch have a responsibility to defend the United States against a growing range of biological risks from ...

CDFW tells San Benito commissioners: no chronic wasting disease detected; expanded surveillance, mountain‑lion and bobcat work planned California Department of Fish and Wildlife staff briefed the San Benito County Fish and Game Advisory Commission on expanded deer and elk monitoring, near‑term mountain lion capture efforts, a planned bobcat study and increased disease surveillance; staff reported no detected chronic wasting disease in the district to date.

Great news for San Benito County! The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reports no chronic wasting disease detected and exciting wildlife monitoring efforts are on the way.

Learn more here!

#SanBenitoCounty #CA #CommunityEngagement #WildlifeConservation #DiseaseSurveillance

Mohave County epidemiologist reports rising measles cases and other surveillance updates Anna Scherzer reported a cumulative 2025 diseases summary showing a spike in measles (over 200 Arizona cases linked to the outbreak, ~97% unvaccinated) and higher‑than‑normal salmonellosis counts; the board asked about strain typing and TB surveillance.

A staggering surge in measles cases has swept through Mohave County, with over 200 linked to an outbreak and nearly all affected unvaccinated—what does this mean for public health?

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#MohaveCounty #AZ #PublicHealth #VaccineEducation #DiseaseSurveillance #CitizenPortal

By integrating surveillance, laboratory, and response data in a single national platform, DHIS2 helped health teams act quickly, track transmission chains, and contain the outbreak before it spread further.

#DHIS2 #Ebola #PublicHealth #DiseaseSurveillance #HealthSystems #DRC #GlobalHealth
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#DHIS2 #DiseaseSurveillance #eWARS #PublicHealth #DigitalHealth #Interoperability #GOARN #WHOEMRO #GlobalHealth #Palestine

A rare but dangerous zoonotic disease is back on the radar in India.
#ZoonoticDiseases #Glanders #IndiaHealth #PublicHealth #OneHealth #AnimalHealth #DiseaseSurveillance #HealthAlert

🎄𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁? 𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝟭.𝟭𝟬𝟯 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲!

👉 Join the 1.103 Release Walkthrough on January 14, 2026. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/153c57...

👉 Explore #SORMAS 1.103 and share your feedback at info@sormas.org

#SORMAS #SoftwareRelease #DiseaseSurveillance #OSS

A Mutating Threat: Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Evolving Faster Than Ever PHNOM PENH — The dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus has entered what scientists describe as a new, unpredictable stage, spreading across the world and mutat...

#Biosecurity #BirdFlu #DiseaseSurveillance #Preparedness
A Mutating Threat: Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Evolving Faster Than Ever
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This is not the familiar H5N1 of the mid-2000s. According to the report by the H5 Evolution Working Group which analyzed ...

Lagos Alerts Nigeria To Escalating Biosecurity Threats Emerging Pathogen ‘X’ Risks Lagos State has issued a stark warning over Nigeria’s increasing vulnerability to dangerous infectious disease outbreaks, calling for urgent preparedness against high-consequence pathogens, includi…

#BiologicalWeapons #PublicHealth #Preparedness #DiseaseSurveillance
Lagos Alerts #Nigeria To Escalating Biosecurity Threats Emerging Pathogen ‘X’ Risks
sciencenigeria.com/lagos-alerts...

Lagos State has issued a stark warning over Nigeria’s increasing vulnerability to dangerous infectious ...

We are happy to welcome The Gambia to the SORMAS community of practice!

A technical working group is currently meeting in the City of Banjul for a design thinking workshop to plan the next steps and ensure the successful implementation.

#publichealth #digitalhealth #diseasesurveillance #ecowas

Prolonged cross-border Salmonella outbreak linked to small tomatoes A total of 437 cases reported across 17 European countries as investigations identify small tomatoes from Sicily as the likely source of a cross-border Salmonella outbreak.

🔗 Read more about the topic:
ECDC press release ➡️ bit.ly/47luPXL
Full joint report ➡️ bit.ly/477wZLM

#FoodSafety #PublicHealth #OneHealth #DiseaseSurveillance #Salmonella #ECDC #EFSA #ECDC4PublicHealth #HealthSecurity #IDsky #EpiSky

🔦 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁!

Alexandra and Eden, both master students at UCL, started volunteering for the SORMAS Foundation in February 2025.

👉 Read the full interview: community.sormas.org/t/community-...

#SORMAS #Community #Spotlight #Voluteers #AMR #DiseaseSurveillance

Nepal makes progress toward predicting dengue outbreaks months in advance 🦟⏳
How? By using DHIS2 with modeling tools like Chap to track climate-sensitive diseases—an approach now spotlighted ahead of COP30.
🔗 buff.ly/f9tSQXc
#DHIS2 #ClimateHealth #COP30 #DiseaseSurveillance

🌍𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸: 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!

Relevance of the disease detectives:
o Frontline readiness & response
o Health system strengthening
o Evidence-based policymaking
o Role in One Health

#WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay #PandemicPreparedness #HealthSecurity #DiseaseSurveillance

Senegal reports its first mpox case of 2025. Patient stable at Fann Hospital; authorities launch contact tracing. No new cases detected so far. Public health measures active to prevent spread. #Mpox #Senegal #HealthAlert #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #DiseaseSurveillance #AfricaHealth

📢 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: “𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟭.𝟭𝟬𝟮 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵”

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 10th September 2025
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 1 pm CEST

𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮:
▫️ Welcome and introduction
▫️ SORMAS Release 1.102 Walkthrough
▫️ Q&A

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/af1191...

#SORMAS #DiseaseSurveillance #PandemicPreparednes