This digest highlights the latest events and signals submitted to the BEACON platform—a global system for tracking and analyzing emerging biological threats. Stay informed with real-time updates from around the world, curated to help you monitor developments affecting human, animal, and environmental health.

Typhoid fever, El Salvador

Wed Apr 29th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- El Salvador has reported 60 confirmed cases of typhoid fever from 01 Jan to 18 Apr 2026

Leishmaniasis/leishmaniosis, Pakistan

Wed Apr 29th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Cutaneous leishmaniasis cluster reported in Lower South Waziristan, Pakistan, with 255 cases in the first quarter of 2026

Meningitis, Nigeria

Wed Apr 29th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Request for information (RFI): Suspected bacterial meningitis outbreak reported in Kurawa village, Sokoto State, Nigeria. RFI on case numbers and diagnostic testing results

Cholera, Sudan

Wed Apr 29th 2026      11 reports (1 new)

- Request for information (RFI): Suspected cholera outbreak in detention centers in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, with more than 300 deaths amid conflict and healthcare collapse. RFI on case numbers and diagnostic testing