Rapports

On 9 March 2005, a multidisciplinary team reported a total of 114 cases (110 suspected cases, 4 probable cases), including 54 deaths in Zobia, Bas-Uélé district, Oriental province. These figures are based on the current situation and a retrospective…

Women from countries throughout the Anglican Communion have been meeting as part of the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). Forty-one delegates from 27 provinces in the Anglican Communion gathered beginning February…

The multidisciplinary team (see previous report) has reported a total of 114 cases (110 suspect cases, 4 probable cases), including 54 deaths in Zobia, Bas-Uélé district, Oriental province. These figures are based on the current situation and a retrospective…

HIGHLIGHTS Increased efforts against HIV/AIDS: the local association for the support to persons living with HIV (ANSS) inaugurated its centre "Turiho= we're alive" on Friday 4 March. This was also the occasion to launch the operational plan for the improvement of…

Martha Biongo/Monuc For the first time in 20 years the people of Pembeliba, a village situated at 100 km from kindu, by the river Congo, have been vaccinated. The success of the vaccination exercise was made possible through the Humanitarian…

Christian Children's Fund has recently reopened sponsorship in Sierra Leone. In 1997, CCF's sponsorship program in Sierra Leone was curtailed by civil war that, between 1991 and 2002, took tens of thousands of lives and displaced more than 2 million…

21 Feb - 6 Mar 2005 A. General Situation Highlights - Anti-Polio Campaign Launched in all 15 Counties - Joint US-EC delegation visits Liberia - 14 of 15 Counties declared safe for returnees - WFP launches its Emergency School Feeding Program in Lofa County - Cholera…

MSF have resumed their relief activities in the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camps they left eight days ago due to increasing insecurity conditions. <a href=http://www.msf.org/ target==5Fnew>MSF: Geneva - In the camp of Tch&eacute; in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the…

The multidisciplinary team (see previous report) has reported a total of 57 cases (54 suspect cases, 3 probable cases), including 16 deaths in Zobia, Bas-Uélé district, Oriental province. These figures are based on the current situation and a retrospective…

Today WHO held a limited press briefing with Dr Eric Bertherat, head of the WHO team currently in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Over a satellite phone from Zobia, DRC, Dr Bertherat provided an update on the outbreak…