Informes

Key messages The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is in a critical phase. Now in its eleventh month, it has claimed more than a thousand lives. The increased transmission rates in recent weeks raises…

Highlights The first half of 2019 was marked by epidemics as the country passed the epidemic threshold of malaria, declared its second cholera outbreak of the year, and is actively reinforcing its preparedness to Ebola Virus Disease…

Recent Ebola Virus Disease Scare in Nigeria: Are we prepared? The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to experience an outbreak of Ebola viral disease (EVD). Despite the moderate risk of spread to countries like Nigeria, the…

Learning from Nigeria’s Response to Yellow Fever Outbreaks In the last two years, Nigeria has experienced a resurgence of yellow fever with cases recorded in 19 states. A multi-agency, multi-partner incident management system (IMS) hosted at NCDC,…

NCDC Holds Post Yellow Fever Simulation Exercise Dissemination Meeting In March 2018, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) supported by the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) conducted a full scale simulation exercise (SimEx) in an urban…

June 18, 2019 Sheraton Four Points Nairobi, Kenya MR. BABINGTON: So, we'll kick things off. Thanks, first of all, everyone, for joining us this morning. We're kind of in the middle of our Africa trip. The Administrator's been to…

Date of issue: 18 June 2019 Data as reported by: 16 June 2019 1. Situation update The number of new Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases has continued to decrease in recent weeks in Katwa and Butembo, with a total…

Ebola in Uganda Date of issue: 12 June 2019 Data as reported by: 12 June 2019 1. Situation update On 11 June 2019, the Ugandan Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Kasese District, at…

Brussels, 11 June 2019 As countries in the Sahel continue to suffer from armed conflicts, climate change, and a food and nutrition crisis, the EU is providing €152.05 million to bring relief to people in need in…

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2019 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA)* credit of $100 million to support the government of Benin’s efforts to reduce flood risks in selected…