Reports

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster On 1 August 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the tenth outbreak of Ebola virus disease in North Kivu Province. Following this declaration, nine…

Intersectoral collaborations between the animal and human health sectors to combat zoonotic diseases have always been very difficult and complex. Recognizing the importance of a multidisciplinary One Health approach and the need to maximize human and…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is dealing with the world’s second largest outbreak of Ebola. As of end August 2019, more than 3,000 cases of Ebola had been recorded, including over 2,000 deaths. The DRC…

Snapshot • 3,157 Ebola cases reported, including more than 900 children • 2,108 Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo • 12.5 million people at risk in Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda • US$191.5 million funding requirements…

It was past midnight when the ringing phone shook Manuel Raimundo from deep sleep in his Praia City home with an emergency unlike any he had ever experienced. “Alert, alert – alert, alert!” shouted a colleague from…

Highlights • In the Maradi region in July, UNHCR and the government registered 35,055 Nigerian refugees, settled in host families. UNICEF and the Maradi regional WASH department intervened in 11 host villages for the treatment of 14…

FACTS & FIGURES 1.2 million people require food assistance (Humanitarian Response Plan, Aug 2019) More than 288,994 internally displaced people (OCHA/CONASUR Sept 2019) Hosting 25,000 refugees from Mali (UNHCR, Aug 2019) 15,000 Burkinabes have sought refuge in neighbouring countries (UNHCR,…

SITUATION UPDATE At the end of August some 3,054 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases had been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 2,052 deaths (case fatality rate of 67 per cent). During the reporting…

10th September, 2019 | Abuja – NCDC/NFELTP HOLDS 4TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (NFELTP) is hosting the 4th NCDC/NFELTP Annual Scientific Conference…

HIGHLIGHTS Health actors record no new cases in Goma since August 1 EVD spreads to three new health zones in eastern DRC, including a health zone in previously unaffected South Kivu Province Beni remains transmission hotspot, accounting for 28…