The World Health Organization is scaling up its response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, which has spread to 17 states and may have infected up to 450 people in less than five weeks.
Juba, South Sudan, 7 February 2018 – South Sudan declared the end of its longest and largest cholera outbreak on Wednesday 7 February 2018, with no new cases of
South Sudan declares the end of its longest and largest cholera outbreak. WHO worked with partners to vaccinate more than 885 000 people at high risk, as well as providing other support to the government.
