Disease

Chikungunya - Argentina

In the period between epidemiological week (EW) 31 of 2022 and EW 16 of 2023, 1,642 cases of chikungunya fever were registered in Argentina, of which 1,001 are autochthonous, 347 are in investigation and 294 are travel related (imported).

Syphilis - Indonesia

Indonesian health officials report a 75 percent increase in syphilis cases since 2016. According to a health ministry spokesperson, there were 12,000 cases of syphilis in 2016. The number skyrocketed to around 21,000 cases in 2022. The surge in cases is attributed to risky sexual behavior, the spokesperson stated.

Tuberculosis - Ukraine

Tuberculosis, the infectious disease with the highest death toll worldwide, is surging in the conflict zones of Ukraine and Sudan due to a breakdown of health services. Lucica Ditiu, executive director of the Stop TB Partnership, says the conflicts are having “a huge impact” on efforts to diagnose and treat the disease.

Ukraine now has the highest number of people infected with TB in the European region, as well as the highest number of patients with drug-resistant TB. U.N. officials and health care specialists say the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are also contributing to the more than 4,400 daily tuberculosis deaths.