Informes

In Numbers 1,499 mt of food assistance distributed USD 824,584 transferred to refugees USD 13 m six months (September 2018-February 2019) net funding requirements, representing 557,565 people assisted in July-August 2018 Operational UpdatesOperational Updates CBT resumption in refugee camps: After 15…

One year after the 2017 Freetown mudslide left more than a 1,000 people dead and over 3,000 homeless, Sierra Leone has initiated a bold new partnership to help identify disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies and expand…

The current outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) poses a high risk of introduction into neighboring countries including Rwanda. An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of…

Kinshasa - Le 1er août, la dixième épidémie d’Ebola en 40 ans a été déclarée en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). L’OIM, l’organisme des Nations Unies chargée des migrations, s’est immédiatement jointe à l’action menée par…

Situation Update The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to be closely monitored by the Ministry of Health (MoH), WHO and partners. Significant improvements have been…

1. Introduction: Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) is an essential part of any disease outbreak response. Risk communication in the context of an Ebola outbreak refers to real time exchange of information, opinion and advice between…

Kinshasa – On 01 August, the tenth Ebola outbreak in 40 years was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). IOM, the UN Migration Agency, immediately joined the Government-led response to the outbreak in…

Exercise Keep Pushing: simulation for State Public Health EOCs Over the last nine months, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has begun the establishment and roll out of State Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (EOC). The…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster On 1 August 2018, just one week after the declaration of the end of the Ebola outbreak in Equator province, the 10th Ebola epidemic of the DRC was declared in the…

For thousands of years, the Niger River has been the lifeblood for not only Niger, but also its neighboring countries in the Niger River Basin. Yet, even as many Nigeriens depend on the mighty waterway for…