Rapports

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster In Nigeria, following the epidemic in 2010, which recorded 41,787 cases and 1,716 deaths attributed to cholera, there have been recurrent outbreaks every year. In 2014, there were 35,996 suspected cases…

ABIDJAN, 10 June 2015 - West African and Sahel countries are facing increasingly severe impacts of natural and man-made disasters and need to better anticipate and implement measures that spare communities profound devastation and hardship, underscored…

In the continuous effort to improve preparedness efforts related to disasters and to strengthen the capacity of governments to respond effectively, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the International Federation of Red Cross and…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster An Ebola epidemic that started in March 2014 in Guinea has relentlessly continued to claim lives and to spread to other countries in West Africa. The current Ebola outbreak is the…

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2015 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new US$40 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit for Benin to improve its infrastructure and minimize the negative impacts of…

Summary: Since the first case was reported in Lagos, Nigeria on 20 July 2014, the Nigeria Red Cross was actively involved in the Ebola response in various ways. Mr Patrick Sawyer arrived at the International airport in…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Improving the response for any significant epidemiological risk means designing and implementing mechanisms and systems that make it possible to contain the disease rapidly so that an epidemic does not reach proportions that are either…

Accra, 28 May 2015 – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has sent a team of experts to Guinea-Bissau after a rash of confirmed Ebola cases in neighbouring Guinea. Two epidemiologists and…

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The World Bank is supporting Beninese municipalities as they work to improve sanitation conditions in the cities of Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, Ouidah, Porto-Novo, and Sèmè-Podji. These joint efforts will create better living conditions for 1,426,000 beneficiaries and…

A. Situation Analysis Description of the disaster West Africa is currently facing the first and worst Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. The outbreak began first in Guinea in December 2013 and it took three months to identify the…