PRO/EDR> Diphtheria – Americas: PAHO epidemiological update

Diphtheria — Worldwide/Unknown
In 2017, 4 countries in the Region of the Americas — Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — reported confirmed diphtheria cases. In 2018 as of epidemiological week (EW) 14 of 2018, 4 countries in the Region — Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela — have reported suspected and confirmed diphtheria cases.
The following is a summary of the situation in each country with reported suspected and confirmed cases in 2018.
In Brazil in 2017, there