The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) serves as an instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on other communicable diseases of public health importance, including emerging or re-emerging infections.
An electronic bilingual English/French version of the WER is accessible every Friday and can be downloaded free of charge. An e-mail subscription service exists, which provides by electronic mail the table of contents of the WER, together with other short epidemiological bulletins.