Reports

Between 26 June and 2 September a total of 1077 cases and 35 deaths (case fatality rate 3.2%) of suspected hepatitis E has been reported from the refugees camps Goz Amer (973 cases; 31 deaths) and Goz Abal (63…

Note: This report updates the last fact sheet dated August 20, 2004 DARFUR EMERGENCY -- NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict Affected Persons in Darfur and Eastern Chad 2.2 million people U.S. Government, European Union, and United Nations Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Darfur 1.2 million people U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Introduction Since early 2003, the conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan has provoked an outflow of some 200,000 refugees to eastern Chad and caused over one million persons to be internally displaced in Darfur. Armed attacks by Janjaweed…

A total of 2,046 cases and 98 deaths (case fatality rate, 4.8%) have been reported from 14 June to 22 August 2004 in Western Chad, some distance from the refugee camps in the east of the country. The outbreak…

Media Briefing WHO N=B04 Disease surveillance systems in Darfur The main health concerns facing displaced people in Darfur and their host communities include: malnutrition, acute respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases, malaria, hepatitis E and conflict-related trauma. The possibility of outbreaks of communicable…

HEALTH SITUATION Since July 2003, more than 180,000 Sudanese have crossed the border from Darfur into Chad. Conditions in refugee camps jeopardise health-in some cases, severely. Potable water is limited, environmental hygiene is very poor, nutritional status is low, and…

United Nations officials are conducting a search-and-rescue operation in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan to find three UN humanitarian workers and five staff from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who have not been heard from since Saturday. The last radio contact…

Between 26 June and 20 August, a total of 959 cases and 30 depths of suspected hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been reported from Goz Amer and Goz Beida. A team composed of 2 epidemiologists and a logistician from WHO,…

Note: This report updates the last fact sheet dated August 20, 2004 DARFUR EMERGENCY -- NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict Affected Persons in Darfur and Eastern Chad 2.2 million people U.S. Government, European Union, and United Nations Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Darfur 1.2 million people U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field DARFUR Humanitarian situation The general situation remains insecure, with localized armed clashes. The number of police officers has been increased in Western Darfur (Zalingy and Al Junayna). The needs of the civilian population remain enormous and…