Rapports

Three out of four girls in Uganda miss school because they are menstruating. At Bukere secondary school, the problem has been solved by raising awareness about menstruation among both girls and boys. THE EXCITEMENT of over a…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & MAIN FINDINGS Since 2017, Cabo Delgado province is facing complex ongoing armed conflict, marked by a dire humanitarian situation, as well as extreme poverty and vulnerability. On April 25, 2024, an unknown number of…

SUMMARY OF CRISIS AND KEY FINDINGS Weeks of relentless rainfall have plunged East Africa into a state of emergency, affecting hundreds of thousands of people across Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia, and Tanzania. Heavy rains…

New cases for epi-week 20 • 934 new cholera cases were reported from 28 districts. • 623 (68%) severe cases • 518 (67) children below 5 years • 454 (49%) were female • 8 deaths were reported this week. • 96 stool…

• The meeting started by welcoming the participants. Briefing on the agenda and review of the previous meeting's pending Action points

A project in South Sudan is reducing stigmas and taboos surrounding menstruation, a key theme of Menstrual Hygiene Day 2024. Under the banner #PeriodFriendlyWorld, Menstrual Hygiene Day is about women and girls having access to the…

SITUATION OVERVIEW As vast parts of southern Africa grapple with an unprecedented mid-season dry spell, the food security situation in Mozambique continues to deteriorate. The compounded effects of El Niño, above-average temperatures, extreme weather events such as…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Zambia is currently experiencing a serious humanitarian crisis from frequent droughts, floods and heat waves driven by climate change. These disaster risks are affecting the country’s poorest communities, especially in rural areas, which rely on…

KEY MESSAGES • Deyr flooding may have exacerbated existing accessibility issues in hard-to-reach districts in riverine areas, with Key Informants (KIs) in the majority of assessed settlements reporting that roads to the settlement are unsafe and/or inaccessible.…

Mogadishu, 27 May 2024 – The Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has allocated US$2 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for an urgent response to the cholera outbreak in Somalia. According to the World…