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Thailand authorities investigate what could be the first cases of Zika virus-linked microcephaly in Southeast Asia.
2016-09-27

Miami Beach authorities begin spraying for the Zika virus despite protests.
2016-09-9

Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection confirms Hong Kong's first case of Zika virus in a 38-year-old woman and says it will report the case to the World Health Organization (WHO).
2016-08-25

The World Health Organization advises women in areas where the Zika virus is prevalent to delay pregnancies.
2016-06-9

The first case of the Zika virus has been diagnosed in South Africa.
2016-02-19

Virologists find the Zika virus in Australian tourists returning from South America.
2016-01-26

The World Health Organisation convenes an emergency meeting of health ministers from 11 countries in Accra, Ghana, to discuss ways of combatting the outbreak which has so far infected 763 people, leading to 468 deaths.
2014-07-2

The World Health Organisation estimates that air pollution contributed to seven million deaths in 2012.
2014-03-25

The World Health Organisation reports that global malaria deaths have fallen by over 20% since 2001, claiming that over 30 countries are on course to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease by 2020.
2011-10-18

The World Health Organisation confirms that a cholera outbreak which has spread along the north coast of Papua New Guinea has hit more than 2,000 people, killing around 50 of them.
2010-02-8