Disease

Egypt - Bird Flu

Egypt has reported 356 human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) since March 2006, including 121 deaths, according to The World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region Office (EMRO). During the first nine months of 2016, 10 cases have been reported. Four of the patients died from the dangerous viral disease.

Niger - Rift Valley fever update

In an update on the Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak in western Niger, the World Health Organization (WHO) puts the case tally at 90, including 28 deaths, according to a Thomson Reuters Foundation report. The outbreak started in August in the Tahoua region. The fear from UN health officials is that the viral disease my spread in West Africa.

Tiger mosquitoes spread north as Temperatures rise

Asian tiger mosquitoes that can transmit dengue, Zika fever and other diseases have spread to the northern tip of Japan's main Honshu island due to global warming.

In the past it was too cold for the insects to make their home in Aomori Prefecture, but large numbers of them were found this year.

The northern limit of the mosquitoes' habitat was previously Iwate and Akita prefectures, both of which are southern neighbours of Aomori Prefecture, according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID).