Rapports

Highlights • In the southern provinces the current harvest will not cover more than three to four months of food needs. Food insecurity is predicted to worsen from August. • Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and global acute malnutrition…

By Heitor Lourenço After hearing worrying stories about fever outbreaks in nearby provinces, Sonia and her neighbours trekked several kilometres to a mosquito net distribution point. The nets they received will help the women and their families…

I. Key Highlights WHO and its partners published the Strategic Response Framework to guide the international response to yellow fever outbreak in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo A ten days Process Review mission of the yellow…

17 June 2016 – The global stockpile of the yellow fever vaccine may not be sufficient if simultaneous outbreaks hit the densely populated areas not covered by emergency responses, the United Nations health agency has warned,…

GENEVA - 17 June 2016: The yellow fever vaccine given as one fifth of the regular dose could be used to control an outbreak in case of vaccine shortages. Experts agreed with this proposal at a meeting…

SUMMARY In Angola the total number of notified cases has increased since early 2016. As of 15 June a total of 3137 cases have been reported, of which 847 are confirmed (Table 1). The total number of reported deaths…

AT A GLANCE This document is intended to guide the international response to the 2016 yellow fever outbreak in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo, and a concurrent yellow fever outbreak in Uganda, including preparedness for…

On 21 January 2016, the Ministry of Health of Angola notified WHO of an outbreak of yellow fever (YF). The first case (with onset date of 5 December 2015) was identified in Viana municipality, Luanda province. As…

SUMMARY From the beginning of the outbreak on 15 December 2015 to 8 June 2016, Angola has reported 2954 suspected cases of yellow fever including 328 deaths. Among those cases, 819 have been laboratory confirmed. Despite extensive vaccination campaigns…

Nairobi/Geneva, 8 June 2016 – Concerned by the ongoing spread of the yellow fever outbreak in Angola and beyond, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is calling for an immediate scale-up…