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PRO/EDR> Diphtheria – Americas: PAHO/WHO update
Diphtheria -- HaitiIn 2018, 3 countries in the Region of the Americas (Colombia, Haiti, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) reported confirmed cases of diphtheria. In 2019, Haiti and Venezuela reported confirmed cases.The following is a summary of the epidemiological situation in Haiti and Venezuela.In Haiti, between epidemiological week (EW) 32 of 2014 and EW 16 of 2019, there were 838 probable cases (see note 1 below) reported, including 108 deaths; of these, 276 were confirmed (267 by laboratory Read more [...]
