Reports

As far as we know, seven random-sampled nutrition and mortality surveys were undertaken in Central African Republic in 2009. Most of them were conducted in northwestern areas affected by the conflict. Three of eight prefectures facing…

KOUSSERI, 27 August 2010 (IRIN) - Northern Cameroon, as in much of Africa's western Sahel band, has unusually high child malnutrition this lean season between harvests - high even for an impoverished region where poor nutrition is common and…

In early May, a cholera outbreak began to spread to 24 districts in northern Cameroon, predominantly in Far North Region. As of August 26, the Government of Cameroon Ministry of Public Health reported more than 3,600 cases, resulting in…

25 August 2010: In response to the cholera outbreak that started in Cameroon on 6 May 2010, CERF allocated $650,000 to humanitarian agencies. Some $370,000 will go to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for water and sanitation programmes and…

Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The death toll in the cholera epidemic is still rising in Cameroon, where health authorities have reported 271 deaths from 3,605 patients, with 90 new cases reported in a single day in the far north…

Ecouter les nouvelles L'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) redoute une propagation du choléra dans les pays avoisinants le Lac Tchad. En effet, l'épidémie de choléra déclarée début mai au Cameroun a déjà tué 222 personnes dans deux régions du nord…

Listen to the News The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded over 3,000 cases of cholera in northern Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger. According to the UN health agency the largest number is in Cameroon with more than 2,800 cases and over 200…

23 August 2010 - An outbreak of cholera in the three neighbouring West African countries of Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger has infected nearly 4,000 people and killed more than 260 others since May, the United Nations health agency reported…

20 Aug 2010 14:59:32 GMT Source: Reuters ABUJA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak in northeastern Nigeria has killed 231 people this year across 11 states and infected more than 4,500 others, the country's chief epidemiologist said on Friday. Neighbouring Cameroon…

Government figures show a cholera outbreak has killed at least 200 people in Cameroon and 40 people in neighboring Nigeria. A Nigerian official said Thursday that at least 100 people have been infected in the northern Borno state where the outbreak…