Informes

Heavy rainfall has been affecting Mali, resulting in severe flooding, casualties, and damage. According to UNICEF, as of 16 September, at least 62 people died, 118 have been injured, and 179,949 have been affected, including 71,946 children…

Highlights • 72 new suspected cases were reported in Epi week 36, 2024, compared with 74 cases reported in the previous week (Epi week 35). • Nine (9) confirmed cases were reported in week 36 compared with eight…

DAKAR – Des pluies torrentielles ont provoqué des inondations catastrophiques en Afrique de l'Ouest et centrale, affectant plus de quatre millions de personnes dans 14 pays, alerte aujourd'hui le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) des Nations unies.…

HIGHLIGHTS ‒ In July, 2024: ‒ Kwara (44), Ekiti (43), Ogun (41), and Borno (40) accounted for 25.5% of the 658 suspected cases reported ‒ Of the suspected cases reported, 103 (15.7%) were confirmed (73 labconfirmed, 0 epidemiologically linked,…

DAKAR – Torrential rains have unleashed catastrophic floods in West and Central Africa, affecting over four million people in 14 countries – the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warns. The worrying spike in humanitarian…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR’s Representative in Nigeria, Arjun Jain – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA –…

Brazzaville/Dakar — In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and West Africa, Ministers of Health from the Lake Chad Basin countries and Sahel sub-region have published this week…

In Conflict-Ridden Communities, Their Support is a Lifeline Mental health crises are often invisible, but in times of conflict, they’re almost always there. War and violence turn lives upside down, leading to displacement, loss of livelihoods, trauma,…

Sarzana, C.; Ranaivo, R.; Cisse, A.; Laderach, P. (2024) Assessing the climate security sensitivity of WFP’s communal participatory planning project In Burkina Faso: A Climate Security Sensitivity Tool (CSST) case study application. Technical Brief. 16 p. Abstract/Description This…

Overview This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Floods in Chad Cholera in the United Republic of Tanzania Cholera in Ghana For each of these events, a brief description, followed…