Informes

This Revised Emergency Appeal indicates a change of operational strategy in which surveillance capacity and emergency preparedness is enhanced and scaled up, and integrated with longer-term recovery assistance. This Revised Appeal seeks CHF 3,287,705 (from a…

Highlights  IOM field staff completed the Participatory Mapping and Field Observation phase in Kambia’s 4 border chiefdoms, one of the three priority areas of the Health, Border, and Mobility Management (HBMM) project funded by US CDC.…

When torrential rains hit Sierra Leone last year small businesses like that of 42 year old Rugiatu Daniel were badly affected. The economic and social scars of those monsoon rains have still not healed for Rugiatu,…

Current epidemiological situation, country-specific information + Post Ebola systems strengthening The Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) related to Ebola in West Africa was lifted on 29 March 2016. A total of 28 616 confirmed, probable…

In the continuous effort to improve preparedness related to disasters and to strengthen the capacity of governments to respond effectively, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red…

By Francis Boima The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa was the largest global public health crisis in recent history, with over 8,000 cases confirmed in Sierra Leone alone. EVD had a devastating impact on…

Current epidemiological situation, country-specific information + Post-Ebola systems strengthening The Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) related to Ebola in West Africa was lifted on 29 March 2016. A total of 28 616 confirmed, probable and…

The Office of the National Security (ONS), in collaboration with all 14 District Councils, has completed training of three hundred and fifty five (355) members of District Disaster Management Committees (DDMCs) in Port Loko recently. With support…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Niger is a West African country located in the heart of the African meningitis belt, which stretches from Senegal to Djibouti. The hot and dry climate is favourable to the outbreak…

Current epidemiological situation, country-specific information + Post-Ebola systems strengthening The Ebola outbreak in West Africa which was first reported in March 2014 quickly became the deadliest occurrence since its discovery, killing more than all other known Ebola…