In Egypt, the Ministry of Health and Population had announced a fatal human case of Avian Influenza on 16 February. The 37-year-old female from Fayyoum Governorate was involved in the slaughter and defeathering of sick birds one week prior to the onset of illness. She was admitted to hospital with symptoms on 12 February and dead 4 days later.

Another human case of Avian Influenza was confirmed on 19 February. The 5-year-old boy from Sharkia Governorate was exposed to sick birds one week prior to the onset of symptoms. He was admitted to hospital with symptoms on 14 February, and his condition remained stable.

Of the 22 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 13 had been fatal.

Laos reported the detection of H5N1 Avian Influenza virus among ducks on a private farm in Phonpapao-thong village, and in a private backyard in Dongsavath village in Sisattanak district. Seven of the 1 100 ducks on the farm and 12 of the 600 ducks in the private backyard had died respectively.

People living in the villages near the area were kept under medical surveillance. Authorities planned to cull all ducks on the 2 affected properties.

Hungary reported two confirmed outbreaks of Avian Influenza among poultry farms in Lapisto village and Derekegyhaza. There were 90 geese and more than 2 500 geese dead at farms near Lapisto village and Derekegyhaza respectively. All the remaining birds on the both farm were culled. There had been no reports of illness in people who were potentially exposed.

In Indonesia, a seasonal outbreak of Dengue Fever affecting 20 416 people with 307 deaths was reported in the country. West Java was the worst-hit province, with 86 deaths and more than 4 958 cases being reported. In Jakarta, more than 2 970 cases of Dengue Fever with 9 deaths were reported. More cases were expected in the next two weeks because of the heavy rains that flooded the capital Jakarta and the two neighbouring provinces. The government officials had declared 8 out of the country’s 33 provinces, including all provinces on Java Island, as high risk for Dengue Fever.

An outbreak of Dengue Fever occurred in several South American countries. In Brazil, 21 444 cases of Dengue Fever were reported with 3 death cases. In Paraguay, 3 672 cases of Dengue Fever were reported with 3 deaths. In Argentina, 13 new cases of Dengue Fever were reported.

Five people, including 4 members of a family died of Rift Valley Fever in the Tana River and Baringo districts of Kenya. The 4 family members developed symptoms 2 days after eating camel meat.

Up till now, the total number of deaths in Kenya attributable to Rift Valley Fever had risen to 150, with the majority (114) reported from northern Kenya and a few cases in adjacent regions of Somalia and Tanzania. Most deaths have been attributed to consumption of or contact with meat from illegally slaughtered animals.

From 1 January to 10 February 2007, the Ministry of Health of the Government of Southern Sudan had reported 1 129 suspected cases of Meningococcal Meningitis including 96 deaths in 8 out of 10 states of Southern Sudan. In a one week period from 4 to 11 February, a total of 79 suspected cases including 8 deaths were reported. Cerebrospinal fluid specimens collected from the 8 affected states had tested positive for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A.

In Uganda, at least 63 people out of a cumulative total of 1 607 confirmed new Meningococcal Meningitis cases had died in the West Nile region since the epidemic broke out in mid-December 2006.

Zambia had registered 5 500 cases of Cholera.

Mozambique's capital city, Maputo, had had over 700 Cholera cases so far.

Since November 2006, some 250 Cholera cases had been reported in the Namibia. Cases mainly occurred in the Kunene and Omusati region.

More than 200 people have been killed by Cholera in Angola since the start of 2007. The total number of recorded cases of Cholera was put at 6 051, about a third of which were in Luanda.

In Congo, by 30 January 2007, the Cholera cases rose to 3 030 with 50 deaths.

In south central region of Somalia, 121 people were killed in a suspected Cholera outbreak in January 2007.

In January 2007, the health officials in Czech Republic reiterated that 13 people had died of and more than 90 people fallen ill with Listeriosis in the past few months. The bacteria had been found in soft cheese, salads, fish and bacon.

The health officials of Kuwait disclosed that 25 cases of Measles were confirmed. The recent cases were discovered in Naeem area of Jahra.

A Measles epidemic started in November 2006 had hit North Korea, causing at least 4 deaths and infecting some 3 000 people.

More than 1 300 cases of Mumps were reported in Navarra, an autonomous community in northeast Spain, between August 2006 and January 2007.

In Togo, a mass vaccination campaign was being carried out in Savanes and Kara region where 3 cases of Yellow Fever were confirmed in January. An additional 2 cases of Yellow Fever were reported at the end of January, one in Kara region and the other in Maritime region.

In Indonesia, heavy rains continued to affect the capital Jakarta. Hundred thousands people were displaced by the flood. Authorities were working to combat flood-related diseases and mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue Fever.