Rapports

SITUATION IN NUMBERS 6 million people reached with EVD prevention messages 20,000 community health workers trained on EVD preparedness 2600 front line workers vaccinated HIGHLIGHTS • With the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC, neighbouring Rwanda is at high risk of…

““The vision of African Union in establishing ARC was to present a powerful value proposition that will help Member States better understand their disaster risk profiles, access viable early warning tools, and develop a preparedness plan…

For Immediate Release Wednesday, September 4, 2019 Office of Press Relations The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than $21 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help end the ongoing outbreak of…

Cabo Verde began the process of conducting its Joint External Evaluation (JEE) to assess its capacity to implement the International Health Regulations (IHR - 2005). This exercise will enable the identification of good practices and opportunities…

Highlights • The deadly intercommunal conflict in the Mai-Ndombe Province in DRC has led to an influx of 8,452 DRC asylum-seekers in the Plateaux region. • UNICEF provided life-saving treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to 1,144 children…

Description of the disaster Presidential voting in Nigeria started on February 23, 2019 after a one-week delay. This was due to the postponement by the Independent Electoral Commission due to logistical and operational concerns that needed to…

As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches 3000 cases, WHO calls for the full force of all partners to respond and increase their presence in the field to stop Ebola and…

Highlights • On 13 August 2019, the Burundi Ministry of Public Health and AIDS control (MoH) kicked off the immunization campaign against Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) for front-line workers. • Construction work on the Ebola treatment centre for…

Nigeria’s Implementation of the World Bank REDISSE Project The 2014-2016 West African Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak highlighted the urgent need for countries to strengthen their surveillance systems for better epidemic intelligence and control. To support this,…

What is it? The Ebola virus is a severe and often fatal illness in humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads further through human-to-human transmission. Beyond the human suffering and loss of…