Informes

Highlights Cholera continues to represent a major public health concern in Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR). From January to December 2018, approximately 37,565 cases and 443 cholera-related deaths were reported in the region with an average…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Production outlook for 2019 cereal crops diminished by unfavourable weather conditions at start of cropping season Supplies of cereals mostly satisfactory due to above-average 2018 harvest and large carryover stocks Steep price increases for wheat flour…

In Numbers 853 mt of food assistance distributed US$2m cash-based transfers made US$66m six months (January–June 2019) net funding requirements, representing 79% of total 284,148 people assisted in November 2018 Operational Updates • The 2018/19 Lean Season Assistance (LSA) cycle, guided…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing…

No woman should give birth in the dark. No surgery should be carried out by candlelight. And no child should be left vulnerable to disease because vaccines cannot be refrigerated. For too long, a lack of…

Solar power systems at health centres enable live-saving equipment to function, vaccines to be refrigerated, computers to work and patients to get better treatment - and they are good for the climate by Jeffrey Moyo | @moyojeffrey…

20 December 2018, Harare – the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck J M Sibanda and the UN Resident Coordinator Mr Bishow Parajuli signed a USD 3.15 million agreement allocated by the UN…

Japan has supported Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Hurungwe District to have a new high-precision FujiFilm digital X-Ray machine. The support came through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) Programme, and amounted to US$…

Harare, 17 Dec. 2018 Today witnessed the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and World Health Organization signing a USD 1 million grant for emergency assistance to support efforts to control…

Columbus Mavhunga HARARE — Human rights organizations and opposition parties in Zimbabwe fear the "old days" are back after the government this week threatened to deregister civic organizations that get involved in politics. The National Association of Non-Governmental…