Informes

Joint WHO/UNICEF/ROTARY INTERNATIONAL press release 74 million children to be immunized, as outbreak spreads to Guinea Dakar/Harare, 28 May 2009 - More than 400,000 polio vaccinators in 11 West African countries will immunize more than 74 million children over the next week…

Communiqué de presse conjoint OMS/UNICEF/Rotary International 74 millions d'enfants vont être vaccinés contre la polio, alors que l'épidémie se propage en Guinée Dakar/Harare, 28 mai 2009 - Plus de 400.000 vaccinateurs dans 11 pays d'Afrique de l'ouest vont immuniser plus de 74…

Joint News Release WHO/UNICEF/13 WHO, UNICEF, agree vaccination campaigns in trouble, appeal for further funding GENEVA/PARIS/New York, 26 May 2009 - The International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Yellow Fever Vaccine Provision is warning that the global emergency stockpile of yellow fever vaccine…

L'ensemble des zones de mode d'existence présente une situation de la sécurité alimentaire bonne à modérée, les céréales étant toujours disponibles sur les marchés et dans les ménages. - Au titre de la campagne de collecte de céréales 2008/09, la…

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the 36th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the…

Note: The last situation report was dated May 8, 2008. BACKGROUND Between March 2007 and March 2008, global food prices increased an average of 43 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund. During that time period, wheat, soybean, corn, and rice prices…

L'OMS ET L'UNICEF conviennent des difficultés des campagnes de vaccination qui sont à l'origine de cette demande GEN=C8VE/PARIS/NEW YORK, 20 mai 2009 - Le Groupe international de coordination (GIC) sur l'approvisionnement en vaccins contre la fièvre jaune prévient la communauté…

GLIDE n=B0 EP-2008-000212-BFA 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 Red Crescent response to emergencies. The…

By Jean-Jacques Nduita OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, 13 May 2009 - In Burkina Faso, as in many developing countries, millions of children are still making their way through life impoverished, abandoned, malnourished and uneducated. Having gone unregistered since birth, they are in…

Recent Disaster Declaration: Measles Outbreak OFDA Response: Health, Emergency Relief Supplies Most Recent Disaster Declaration: Measles Outbreak, 05-11-2009 Beginning in late December 2008, a measles outbreak caused 250 deaths, with more than 35,400 reported cases as of May 11, according to the U.N. World…