Rapports

1.0 Executive Summary The emergence and global spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) poses a significant threat to public health globally, especially for health systems in low- and middleincome countries. Since the first case was reported…

Bissau – With 40 confirmed cases as of 14 April 2020, Guinea-Bissau is one of the least affected countries with COVID-19 in West Africa. But this has not stopped the small West African country from heightening…

Reporting Period: 01 to 15 April 2020 Highlights • Chad declared its first case of COVID-19 on 19 March 2020. The individual had been travelling in the past weeks through two other African countries already reporting more cases. •…

Optimising Diagnostic Capacity for COVID-19 Testing in Nigeria Globally, the number of COVID-19 cases recorded has hit nearly two million across more than 200 countries and territories. This exponential rise is an indication of more COVID-19 tests…

NCDC Initiates New Measures for Pandemic Control as COVID-19 Spreads to 12 States in Nigeria With enhanced surveillance systems deployed across Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) continues in its effort to detect, respond and…

Since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria on the 27th of February 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has continued to employ diverse strategies to…

In Numbers US$ 0.2 m six months (February – July 2020) net funding requirements Operational Updates Home-grown school feeding approach • WFP provides capacity-strengthening activities and technical support to the Togo Government for the development of a home-grown school feeding…

Maiduguri, 21 March 2020 - “The vulnerability of population in Borno state coupled with the confirmation of outbreaks of COVID-19 in other parts of Nigeria, has necessitated the setting up of a special task force to…

Maiduguri, 21 March, 2020 - Following concerted partners’ response, led by the World Health Organization, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Salihu Kwayabura has declared an end of Lassa fever outbreak in Borno State. The current outbreak,…

Globally, with over a million cases of COVID-19 recorded in more than 150 countries, the disease has spread at an exponential rate in less than 3months. As of the 7th of April, 254 confirmed cases have…