Nigeria
Un enfant de moins de cinq ans sur quatre souffre de malnutrition dans les zones de Shinkafi et Zurmi, dans l'État de Zamfara, au Nigeria, selon un dépistage de masse mené en juin par Médecins Sans…
Nigeria
HIGHLIGHTS REPORTING PERIOD: 1ST JANUARY 2024 – 31ST JULY 2024 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control & Preventions (NCDC) continues to monitor reports of yellow fever cases in Nigeria. A total of 196 suspected cases were reported from 126…
Burkina Faso
Highlights: 14,314 children (50 per cent girls) were provided with teaching services through daily catch-up classes over a period of four months in five regions (Nord, Sahel, Est, Centre Nord, Boucle Mouhoun). These children have been out…
Nigeria
The torrential rainfall in Nigeria has led to a widespread of flooding, which is impacting lives, infrastructure, and the health of the public. As of 3 September 2024, over 611 000 persons affected, 225 000 persons displaced,…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
SITREP 42 : Points saillants 117 nouveaux cas suspects, 16 cas confirmés (dont 11 au Sud-Kivu et 5 à l’Equateur) et aucun décès enregistré dans la journée ; Complétude des rapports des provinces hotspots : 16/22 (73%) ; Complétude…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bas Uele, Equateur, Haut Uele, Haut-Lomami, Ituri, Kasai, Kasai Central, Kasai Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa, Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Lomami, Lualaba, Maindombe, Maniema, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Nord-Kivu, Tanganyika, Sankuru, Sud-Kivu, Sud-Ubangi, Tshopo et Tshuapa CONTEXTE Système de santé fragilisé faisant…
Nigeria
Cologne/Maiduguri. Enduring heavy rainfall has led to the breaking of the Alau dam close to the city of Maiduguri. Around 40 percent of the metropolis in the northeast of Nigeria are flooded – approximately 280,000 people…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNICEF's response plan prioritizes children under 15 years in 12 provinces KINSHASA, 12 September 2024 – As the number of mpox cases continues to rise across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF is stepping up…
Chad + 4 more
DAKAR, 12 September 2024 – Severe flooding across West and Central Africa has hit an estimated 4 million people so far this year, many of them children, displacing at least 500,000 people and destroying more than…
Cameroon + 37 more
Overview This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Yellow fever in Cameroon Floods in Mali Diphtheria in Guinea For each of these events, a brief description, followed by public health…
