The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has reported that the number of cases of Ross River virus infection in Western Austalia has doubled in the last year.

The Spanish public health authorities have reported an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease among residents of the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe, Costa Blanca.

Dengue fever cases are being reported from coastal areas of the country and also from some provinces in central Ecuador.

The media has reported on an outbreak of meningitis in Cote d'Ivoire. At present, 36 suspected cases have been identified and 11 associated deaths recorded.

The Sanitary-Epidemiological Service (SES) has registered 1952 cases of suspected measles in Ukraine between 1-25 Jan 2012.

The Ucayali region of central Peru is under a 60 day state of emergency following an increasing number of dengue fever cases.

Dengue fever is causing concern in Kuala Lumpur. Since December 2011, the number of cases has risen to an average of 400 per week.

An outbreak of dengue fever has been reported from the coastal area of Thiruvananthapurm.

The outbreak of typhoid in Zimbabwe is not yet under control.

An outbreak of measles has been reported from several remote villages in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.