Reports

Introduction Since 1990, considerable progress has been made towards improving child health in the world. Nonetheless, worldwide 50 million children younger than five years had acute malnutrition in 20141 and nearly 6 million children died in 2015.…

Abstract Objective To determine whether pre-emptive oral cholera vaccination reduces disease severity and mortality in people who develop cholera during an outbreak. Methods The study involved a retrospective analysis of demographic and clinical data from 41 cholera treatment facilities in South Sudan…

Chiara Altare, Tefera Darge Delbiso and Debarati Guha-Sapir Abstract Child undernutrition is a major public health concern in Ethiopia (stunting national prevalence: 44%; wasting: 10%), despite the overall improvement in child health status during the last decade. Hundreds…

Following a decade of decreasing child mortality, recent surveys report worsening of the situation, particularly in border states Immunisation coverage (MCV) has improved but is still below the recommended level in most states and should remain a…

(Extract) Synopsis of the Darfur Epidemic Sep – Nov 2012. The current outbreak of YF in Darfur started at the beginning of September 2012. As of the latest WHO situation report from November 30th 2012: 32 out of 64…

The nutritional situation is serious in the western part of the country (Amhara and Benishangul Gumuz administrative regions), yet without reporting alarming values. In the other areas, GAM is below 10%. Community-based management of acute malnutrition…

Introduction The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) is a Brussels based academic research institution which has been undertaking epidemiological research into international disaster and conflict health for over 30 years. This analysis forms…

Refugees in Kenya There are four refugee camps in Kenya, with three located near the city of Dadaab in Garissa District (North Eastern province) and hosting mostly Somali refugees. The remain-ing camp is located in Kakuma, Turkana district (Rift Val-ley),…

2009 Health Indicators in Complex Emergencies Malnutrition Out of 99 settings in Africa and Asia for which data from both 2008 and 2009 were available, 48 (48%) showed an increase in global acute malnutrition (GAM) and 41 (42%) a decrease. Kenya…

Somalia Since 1991, when the last nationally recognised President Siad Barre was ousted, the Somali population has been living without a central functioning government providing any health service. Since then, civil strifes and natural disasters have not spared any of the…