Informes

EMERGENCY NATIONAL COUNCIL ON HEALTH (NCH) HOLDS TO DISCUSS LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK RESPONSE AND PREVENTION The current Lassa fever outbreak entered its 5th week with four more states being affected, bringing the total number of affected states…

POPULATION TOTALE 18,9M PERSONNES DANS LE BESOIN 4,1M PERSONNES CIBLÉES 1,56M FONDS REQUIS EN USD 263M N° PARTENAIRES HUMANITAIRES 156 PRÉFACE PAR LA COORDONNATRICE HUMANITAIRE Le Mali est entré dans une période de crise et d’insécurité en 2012 qui affecte le volet…

Jos, 26 January 2018 - His Excellency, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State says the World Health Organization (WHO) occupies a central position in the development of the health system in Nigeria and improvement of the…

Chad is facing overlapping crises, including food insecurity, displacement and epidemics. In 2018, 4.4 million people will require urgent assistance, including 1.6 million who will need safe drinking water and hygiene and sanitation facilities.3 The nutrition…

PREVENTING CHOLERA OUTBREAKS IN THE DRY SEASON Historic Epidemiological reports show that the cholera outbreak season in Nigeria has two peak periods. The first peak period is seen during the rainy season when the sewage and drainage…

ESTABLISHING LABORATORY SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE This week, we round up our series on laboratory and its role in surveillance and disease control by focusing on establishing laboratory support for public health surveillance. It is important to…

This revised Emergency Appeal seeks a total of some 4.6 million Swiss francs to enable the IFRC to support the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) to deliver assistance and support to some 26,000 people (6,000…

BUILDING CAPACITY FOR INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE IN PREPARATION FOR CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS SEASON The Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy was adopted in Nigeria in 2001 as the strategy for public health surveillance in the…

PREPAREDNESS FOR LASSA FEVER SEASON As the dry season begins, we are strengthening preparedness for disease outbreaks especially for diseases with more cases recorded during this time of the year. With a focus on Cerebrospinal Meningitis last…

PREPARING FOR THE DISEASE OUTBREAK SEASON Epidemiological data shows an increase in the number of cases of some infectious diseases at the end of the year (when the dry season starts) in Nigeria. This is most relevant…