Outbreaks
(Click for table) Current outbreaks in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Table last updated on 15 September 2023. For updates on coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19), please check the regional and global dashboards.
Countries | Diseases | Cases | Deaths | CFR% | Event date |
Afghanistan | Acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) | 195336 | 94 | 0.05% | January 23 |
Iraq | Cholera | 1270 | 6 | 0.47% | August 23 |
Lebanon | Cholera | 2197 | 0 | 0.00% | July 23 |
Somalia | Cholera | 14626 | 39 | 0.27% | January 23 |
Sudan | Acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) | 2197 | 81 | 3.69% | June 23 |
Syrian Arab Republic | Cholera | 147290 | 4 | 0.00% | June 23 |
Yemen | Cholera | 6242 | 8 | 0.13% | January 23 |
Pakistan | Cholera | 128 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Afghanistan | Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) | 1190 | 110 | 9.24% | January 23 |
Iraq | Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) | 2058 | 127 | 6.17% | January 23 |
Pakistan | Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) | 77 | 21 | 27.27% | January 23 |
Pakistan | Dengue Fever | 11361 | 0 | 0.00% | May 23 |
Sudan | Dengue Fever | 5061 | 24 | 0.47% | January 23 |
Yemen | Dengue Fever | 28880 | 28 | 0.10% | January 23 |
Afghanistan | Dengue Fever | 1022 | 1 | 0.10% | January 23 |
Somalia | Dengue Fever | 755 | 1 | 0.13% | September 23 |
Saudi Arabia | Dengue Fever | 2259 | 0 | 0.00% | March 23 |
Pakistan | Diphtheria | 338 | 25 | 7.40% | January 23 |
Pakistan | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | 192 | 2 | 1.04% | January 22 |
Egypt | Legionnaires’ disease | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | September 23 |
Morocco | Legionnaires’ disease | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | October 23 |
United Arab Emirates | Legionnaires’ disease | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | March 23 |
Djibouti | Malaria | 25078 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Islamic Republic of Iran | Malaria | 5788 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Pakistan | Malaria | 1332612 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Sudan | Malaria | 617624 | 2 | 0.00% | April 23 |
Afghanistan | Malaria | 1546 | 0 | 0.00% | July 23 |
Afghanistan | Measles | 22682 | 62 | 0.27% | January 23 |
Djibouti | Measles | 106 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Islamic Republic of Iran | Measles | 3675 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Iraq | Measles | 2000 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Jordan | Measles | 51 | 0 | 0.00% | April 23 |
Lebanon | Measles | 313 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Libya | Measles | 1142 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Pakistan | Measles | 20736 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Somalia | Measles | 10624 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Sudan | Measles | 4334 | 127 | 2.93% | April 23 |
Northwest Syria | Measles | 6584 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Yemen | Measles | 46070 | 374 | 0.81% | January 23 |
Oman | Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | December 22 |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | July 23 |
Bahrain | Mpox | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | September 22 |
Egypt | Mpox | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | September 22 |
Islamic Republic of Iran | Mpox | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | August 22 |
Jordan | Mpox | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | September 22 |
Lebanon | Mpox | 27 | 0 | 0.00% | June 22 |
Morocco | Mpox | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | June 22 |
Oman | Mpox | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | October 23 |
Pakistan | Mpox | 7 | 0 | 0.00% | April 23 |
Qatar | Mpox | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | July 22 |
Saudi Arabia | Mpox | 8 | 0 | 0.00% | July 22 |
Sudan | Mpox | 19 | 1 | 5.26% | August 22 |
United Arab Emirates | Mpox | 16 | 0 | 0.00% | May 22 |
Afghanistan | Poliomyelitis (Wild Polio 1) | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | May 23 |
Pakistan | Poliomyelitis (Wild Polio 1) | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | February 23 |
Somalia | Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV2) | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | January 23 |
Yemen | Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV2) | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | August 23 |
Syrian Arab Republic | Influenza B | 165 | 26 | 15.76% | December 22 |