PRO/EDR> Diphtheria – Americas (02): PAHO/WHO epidemiological update

Diphtheria — Colombia
Between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 18 of 2018 [1 Jan-4 May 2018], 3 countries in the Region of the Americas — Colombia, Haiti, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — have reported confirmed diphtheria cases; while in 2017, 4 countries in the Region — Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Venezuela — had reported confirmed diphtheria cases.
The following is a summary of the situation in each country with reported confirmed cases in 2018:
In Colombia, 2 confirmed cases