Reports

SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS - Price hikes spark violence in Burkina Faso - Some 40 vehicles ambushed by unidentified armed individuals in Casamance - Efforts made to normalize the situation on the Mali-Guinea border - The Lancet launch in Dakar - An initiative seeking to restore…

Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises. Drawing on the various WHO programmes, contributions cover activities from field and country offices…

El año pasado el brote mató cerca 1.700 personas y se detectaron más de 25.000 casos en uno de los países situados en el llamado cinturón de la meningitis en África Los dos primeros meses del año han traído un…

Rome February 29, 2008: "The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Directorate General for Cooperation and Development has contributed with a financial amount of 100.000 euros to WHO in response to urgent humanitarian assistance for the population of Burkina…

CROSS BORDER & REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Crisis in Chad-30,000 Refugees in Cameroon Over 30,000 Chadians fled across the border into north-eastern Cameroon after fighting in N'Djamena between armed groups and the Government in early February. More than 4,600 families comprising some 20,000 persons…

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is…

Despite billions of dollars invested into health in Africa, the shortage of appropriate health workers particularly in rural areas in many countries is a major barrier to health service coverage for the poor. ''I was assigned to a very remote…

Situation épidémiologique en 2008 : faible activité de la méningite jusqu'à présent Le Centre de Surveillance Pluripathologies (CSPP) de l'OMS à Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) surveille la situation de la méningite en Afrique pendant toute la saison épidémique et, en particulier dans…

Epidemiological situation: low levels of meningitis activity so far in 2008 The WHO Multi-Disease Surveillance Centre in Ouagadougou (MDSC - Burkina Faso) is monitoring the meningitis situation in the African meningitis belt throughout the epidemic season and in particular, in 13…

Par Moustapha Diallo, Fédération Internationale et Lazare Zoungrana, Croix-Rouge du Burkina Faso C'est l'harmattan au Burkina Faso, une période favorable à l'émergence du méningocoque, le germe pathogène responsable des épidémies de méningite. Chaque année, du mois de novembre jusqu'aux premières pluies, au…