Rapports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 8 February (IRIN) - Health workers have completed a 12-day drive to vaccinate 72,000 people against meningitis following an outbreak of the highly contagious disease in three overcrowded…

EL GENEINA, Sudan, Feb 7 (UNHCR) - The Chairman of the UN refugee agency's Executive Committee, Ambassador Hernán Escudero Martínez from Ecuador, this weekend wrapped up a week-long trip to Chad and Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, where he met…

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS The food situation in the Bahr El Ghazal and Wadi Fira regions of the country is becoming alarming in the face of the poor harvest, the damage caused by locust infestations to grazing lands…

Abeche, 28 January 2005 - The international medical aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is launching a meningitis vaccination campaign in eastern Chad, following a recent outbreak among refugees from Sudan's Darfur region. The campaign is aimed at protecting thousands…

From 6 to 25 January, a total of 14 suspected cases of epidemic meningitis disease has been reported from Brejing, Trejing and Farchana refugee camps in northern Chad. Out of 12 specimens tested by latex, 5 cases were positive…

CHAD Security The Chadian Prime Minister conducted an extensive visit to eastern Chad. During his visit, he expressed concern over the deterioration of security, particularly in the Goz Beida area. He also expressed the Government's worries about the spill-over of the ethnic…

From 6-18 January 2005, 8 cases of meningococcal disease have been reported from Brejing, Treijing and Farchana refugee camps in northern Chad (see previous report). Four cases have tested positive for Neisseria meningitidis W135 by latex test. The WHO Collaborating Centre,…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 14 Jan 2005 (IRIN) - International agricultural experts have warned that better coordination is required to tackle locusts in West Africa after governments in the region…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NDJAMENA, 13 January (IRIN) - A third rebel movement has appeared in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, but nobody seems to be taking it very seriously, apart from the…

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