Reports

Brazzaville, 25 February 2021 – As Ebola immunization scales up in Guinea, the country’s neighbouring nations are on high alert, urgently preparing to detect, isolate and manage any cases and quickly stamp out potential cross-border outbreaks. Nine…

This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of some 8.5 million Swiss francs on a preliminary basis to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the National Societies of Guinea,…

One Year of COVID-19 Response in Nigeria: Lessons Learnt for Future Response On February 27th, 2020, Nigeria recorded her first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). As at March 2nd, 2021, we have unfortunately lost over 1,900 Nigerians…

Enhancing National Health Security: NCDC strengthens diagnostic and case management capacity of states for COVID-19 Since February 27th, 2020, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has led the national response for the control of the ongoing coronavirus…

IOM Vision In 2021, IOM, in collaboration with its partners and other crisis response actors, seeks to provide urgently needed multisectoral humanitarian assistance, stabilization and recovery support to conflict-affected populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

Summary of the major activities This Emergency Appeal was revised in October 2020, extending the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) operation to 30 June 2021. In Equateur province the 11th EVD outbreak started in June has been declared…

Building In-country Capacity for Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Nigeria Since 2014, Nigeria has continued to experience major outbreaks of epidemic-prone diseases (EPDs) including Ebola virus disease (2014), polio re-emergence (2016), cerebrospinal meningitis of new serotype C (2017),…

Announcing the 5th NCDC Annual Scientific Conference: Building Back Better – Lesson from COVID-19 and other Infectious Diseases Since 2008, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Federal Ministry…

Highlights In 2020, UNICEF mobilized US$ 1,9 million (28 per cent). With the support of the Government of Japan, DFID and UNICEF National Committees, UNICEF was able to respond to the most essential needs of refugee children, including…

Many countries across West Africa face complex emergencies, frequent food security crises, and recurrent climate shocks, such as floods. In FY 2020, USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) supported programs to address the root causes of…