Informes

As the U.N. calls for the evacuation of foreigners in the Ivory Coast, Northwest Medical Teams is preparing to ship its first container of critically needed medical supplies to the small, embattled West African country. Partnering with the Ivory Coast…

The Federal Foreign Office is making a further EUR 500,000 available to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from the humanitarian aid budget. The funds are to be used to provide accommodation, protection and…

A team from the Congolese Ministry of Health, the Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF) and WHO is travelling to Mbomo district, Cuvette Ouest region, to investigate rumours of suspected cases of acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome. Laboratory samples…

OCHA/GVA - 2003/0032 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Democratic Republic of Congo - Tropical Storm in Yumbi 7 February 2003 Click here to see MAP: DR Congo: Area affected by storm (6 feb 2003) Situation 1. A tropical storm has hit western Democratic Republic…

The situation is not yet comparable to the nutritional emergency of January 2001, when more than 2,000 children were treated simultaneously for malnutrition in MSF feeding centres. Over the past weeks, the MSF team in Karuzi (Burundi) has witnessed…

The Organization calls for immediate donor support to respond to the unfolding human catastrophe ACCRA. The World Health Organization today issued a joint Action Plan to alleviate human suffering in crisis shaken West Africa. During a three-day meeting in Accra…

David Sauter (Desk Officer) Du 23 au 30 janvier 2003 sans interruption, une campagne de vaccination contre la rougeole pour les enfants de 6 mois à 15 ans s'est déroulée à Bunia, au nord-est de la RD Congo. Plus…

A nurse from Bunia health zone says: "Scarcely a month since Bunia survived a cholera epidemic, it is hit by measles. During our last round of training given by Medair for treating measles, I discovered the full horror: children, the…

As of January 23, 2003, the Ministry of Public Health of Guinea has reported 43 cases and 24 deaths in Macenta and Kérouane prefectures. Laboratory confirmation was carried out by the Instituts Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal and Lyon, France. A…

(Near Verbatim) YOUSEF HAMDAN, CHIEF OF PUBLIC INFORMATION Good afternoon. Welcome to this week's briefing. I am pleased to inform you that we have with us today Mr. Desmond Molloy, from the DDR Coordination Section. Masimba Tafirenyika: ANNAN WELCOMES BUSH'S $15 BILLION…