Informes

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. In Brief Appeal No. 23/2003; Operations Update…

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field General situation Continued clashes, in particular in rural areas of Northern and Southern Darfur, gave rise to further casualties and displacement of civilians. It is estimated that the number of displaced persons in Gereida,…

SUDANDARFUR CRISIS Events: Hepatitis E continues to be a significant health threat in Darfur. Between 22 May and 27 August, 3,753 cases1 and 55 deaths of suspected Hepatitis E were reported from all reporting health clinics in Darfur…

Food distribution CARE has completed distributions in Iridimi, with distributions continuing in Bredjing for spontaneous refugees. Water and sanitation CARE is conducting a three-week evaluation of water and sanitation systems in the camps, and developing a system to manage solid waste in…

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…

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,…