In Indonesia, a 20-year-old woman from West Java who had been tested positive for Avian Influenza died on 11 February 2007. Her death took Indonesia's overall toll to 64 fatalities, the highest of any nation in the world.

In addition, a 15-year-old girl from Jakarta and a 30-year-old man in West Java, had contracted Avian Influenza.

In Pakistan, a flock of 40 chickens had died after the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus was detected in Rawalpindi. The virus was also detected in a flock of peacocks in Mansehra. A total of 18 birds died and the rest were slaughtered.

The laboratory had confirmed the presence of bird flu virus in a domestic flock of turkeys and peacocks in Islamabad. This was the 3rd confirmed outbreak.

Turkey's agriculture ministry confirmed on 8 February an outbreak of Avian Influenza in the Batman province of the country resulting in the death of 80 birds. It was later confirmed to be highly pathogenic Avian Influenza.

Egypt had confirmed a new human case of fatal Avian Influenza virus infection. The case was a 17-year-old female from Fayyoum Governorate. She was hospitalised on 1 February with fever and breathing difficulties, and died on 2 February. Initial investigations indicated the presence of sick and dead poultry at her home in the days prior to the onset of symptoms. Of the 20 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 12 had been fatal.

In India seven new cases, in which one case was a type 1 form, of Poliomyelitis were reported, from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states.

In Pakistan two new cases, both type 3, were reported from northern Sindh and North West Frontier Province.

Seven new cases of Poliomyelitis were reported in the past week from northern states of Nigeria. These cases were genetically linked to the new case found separately in Chad and Cameroon recently. The new case in Chad was the first one reported in that country since December 2005.

Health officials of the Philippines expressed concern over the alarming high number of Dengue Fever cases in January this year. A total of 189 cases were reported in San Lazaro Hospital alone. Other areas with dengue are Marikina, Rizal, Pasig, Laguna, Agusan del Sur, Cagayan de Oro, Osamis and Bukidnon.

An epidemic of Meningococcal Meningitis in northwestern Uganda killed 27 people and infected about 930 people. Ugandan health officials said the government was embarking on a program to vaccinate up to 400 000 people in the region.

From 1 January to 31 January 2007, the Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso reported 789 suspected cases of Meningococcal Disease including 96 deaths in the country. The Ministry of Health was planning to conduct a vaccination campaign this week.

In Ethiopia, an outbreak of Cholera affecting more than 40 people with dozens of deaths was reported in Ogaden.

In Rwanda, 12 people had died from Cholera in the Nyagatare District of East Province where about 400 cases of suspected cases had been reported.

In Somalia, an outbreak of Cholera affecting 724 people with more than 115 deaths were reported in the towns along the Shabelle River. More cases were expected as the people had to use the contaminated water from the river flood.

The Ministry of Health of Jamaica had confirmed 280 cases of Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum on the island between 6 November 2006 and 3 February 2007. Of these reported cases, 264 had occurred in Kingston, 12 in St Catherine, 3 in St Thomas and 1 in Clarendon. There had been no reported deaths due to the disease.

In Paraguay, an alert for Dengue Fever was raised in light of the 1 394 cases of Dengue Fever and 8 cases of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever with 3 deaths being reported in the first 5 weeks of this year. The departments being affected included Asuncion, Central, Amambay, Alto Parana, Cordillera and Guaira. Paraguay had reported two Dengue epidemics, one in 2000 and the other at the beginning of 2006 and the government had recorded 29 000 confirmed cases over the past seven years.

In Bolivia, an increase in the transmission of Dengue Fever was reported in the country. Up to 7 February 2007, 459 suspected cases of Dengue Fever and 4 cases of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever with 1 death had been reported. Santa Cruz was seriously hit in this outbreak.

In Brazil, an outbreak of Dengue Fever affecting at least 13 000 people, including 2 fatal Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, had been reported in the south-western state of Mato Grosso do Sul, nearly reaching the 15 000 cases seen in the first 11 months of last year.