Public health round-up

WHO supports investigation of undiagnosed diseaseBetween 24 October and 5 December 2024, Panzi health zone in Kwango Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 406 cases of an undiagnosed disease with symptoms of fever, headache, cough, runny nose and body ache.According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) disease outbreak news report of 8 December, all the severe cases were people reported to be severely malnourished.Among those people, 31 were reported to have died.The majority of cases reported are among children, particularly those under five years of age.WHO sent experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support efforts to determine the cause of the disease.They joined the national rapid response team comprised of epidemiologists, clinicians, laboratory technicians, infection prevention and control and risk communication experts.A local WHO team had already been supporting the health authorities in Kwango since the end of November to reinforce disease surveillance and identify cases.https:// bit .ly/4g6exFb https:// bit .ly/4glU5Qh Cover photoA mounted part-time health worker delivers vaccination and other health services in the Karatal Japyryk area of the Naryn region, Kyrgyzstan.