Informes

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster An Ebola epidemic that started in March 2014 in Guinea has relentlessly continued to claim lives and to spread to other countries in West Africa. The current Ebola outbreak is the…

A. Situation Analysis Description of the disaster Since early April 2015, over 24,000 Burundi nationals have sought refuge in Rwanda due to pre-election tension and violence. On 25 April, Burundi’s current President announced he would run for a…

Ghana - IOM yesterday (30/7) launched a series of trainings to build the capacity of border officials to conduct Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)-related screening and infection control procedures at borders. The trainings will take place through the…

The newly built state-of-the-art web-based National Emergency Operations Centre constructed by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has formally been opened at a colourful but brief ceremony in Accra. The centre which was established with assistance from…

Carol Pearson Nigeria has just become polio free for the first time in the country's history. It took diligent work, careful negotiations, commitment and thousands of volunteers. And all that effort helped save the country from an…

HIGHLIGHTS 16 per cent of Liberia’s population is food insecure, and the situation is not improving. Government and partners call for enhanced surveillance and prevention, as new EVD cases are confirmed. Emerging recovery trends focus on disaster preparedness and…

WHO statement 7 July 2015 The 6th meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa took place by teleconference…

This Revised Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 958,660 (reduced from CHF 1.6m) to support the Cameroonian Red Cross (CRC) to deliver assistance to 12,500 people (reduced from 25,000) and extends the implementation timeframe by 6 months (until…

This revised Appeal seeks a total of CHF 56 million (increased from CHF 28.6m). This amount includes CHF 23m that will enable the IFRC to continue to support the Guinea Red Cross (GRC) to deliver response…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster An Ebola epidemic that started in March 2014 in Guinea has relentlessly continued to claim lives and to spread to other countries in West Africa. The current Ebola outbreak is the…