All of the following diseases are repoed to WHO except: September 2007

Ans. C: Polio A notifiable disease is any disease that is required by law to be repoed to government authorities. The collation of information allows the authorities to monitor the disease, and provides early warning of possible outbreaks. Many governments have enacted regulations for repoing of both human and animal (generally livestock) diseases. This usually happens during pandemics. The World Health Organization's International Health Regulations 1969 require disease repoing to the organization in order to help with its global surveillance and advisory role. The current (1969) regulations are rather limited with a focus on repoing of three main diseases: Cholera Plague Yellow fever Louse-borne typhus, relapsing fever, influenza, poliomyelitis, malaria, rabies and salmonellosis are subject to international surveillance.