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The WHO global influenza surveillance standards define the surveillance case definitions for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI). Key messages when using the case definitions: Influenza infection causes a clinical syndrome not easily distinguished from other respiratory infections.
Aug 24, 2022 · In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and influenza epidemics, there is increasingly a more intense and broader focus on acute respiratory infection (ARI) programme development, its strengthening and sustainability. In this context, the WHO Academy virtual training programme focuses on enhancing national capacities to prepare for, prevent, and control ARIs through specially developed courses by a ...
Polio is a highly infectious disease, mostly affecting young children, that attacks the nervous system and can lead to spinal and respiratory paralysis, and in some cases death. Polio has existed since prehistoric times – ancient Egyptian images show children walking with canes, with withered limbs characteristic of the disease.
