Reports

Overview Data as of 29 February 2024 In February 2024 (corresponding to the epidemiological weeks from 5 to 8), a total of 37 269 new cholera cases were reported from 20 countries across three WHO regions, showing a 12%…

To help the people of Darfur, we have teamed up with the Sudanese organisation AWAFY. Since violence erupted in April 2023 estimated 6.6 million people---half of them children---have fled their homes, giving Sudan the highest number…

Overview The cholera outbreak in the WHO African Region has affected 18 countries over the last two years. Five countries are categorized as being in acute crisis (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe),…

The Greater Horn of Africa¹ faces a convergence of increasingly recurring and intensifying climate crises, mainly drought and flooding, conflicts, disease outbreaks, and economic shocks. These, including the impact of El Niño conditions, are driving millions…

The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guidelines aim to support healthcare workers improve quality and safety health care. The Guidelines further aim to promote and facilitate the overall goal of IPC by providing evidence-based…

This Multi-Sectorial Location Assessment (MSLA) report, which presents findings from the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Round 12 assessments, aims to enhance understanding of the extent of internal displacements and the needs…

KEY MESSAGES • Lack of livelihoods, coupled with past failed rainy seasons, are driving humanitarian needs in Somalia. Loss of employment, reduction of income and serious increases in food prices were the main shocks affecting the livelihoods…

HIGHLIGHTS By July 2023, approximately 2.8 million people were food-insecure and in need of humanitarian assistance, down from 4.4 million people in February 2023. The number of children 6 to 59 months requiring treatment for acute malnutrition only…

HIGHLIGHTS A total of 540,949 individuals, including 279,618 children fleeing conflict in Sudan were recorded at the points of entry by January 31, 2024. In January, 22,178 individuals (12,354 females and 9,824 males) in Western Equatoria were reached…

Operation Start Date: 02-02-2023 Operational End Date: 31-07-2023 Description of the Event Date of event 2023-01-26 What happened, where and when? The Ministry of Health declared the Cholera outbreak in Zambia in a Press conference on 26 January (source). The Minister…