Reports

In Numbers 850 mt of food assistance distributed 3,817 women farmers organized in 35 women’s smallholder farmer groups benefits from capacity strengthening (ongoing) US$ 2.2 m six months (May-October 2019) net funding requirements 122,364 people assisted in April 2019 Operational…

In Numbers 653 mt of food assistance commodities distributed US$ 973,100 cash-based transfers completed US$ 5.4 m six months (May- October 2019) net funding requirements, representing 62 percent of total requirements 230,200 people assisted in April 2019 Operational Updates • WFP provided…

Maiduguri – Zaynab stands next to the remnants of her home she used to share with her six children before it was destroyed by early season rainstorms that brought strong winds and rain to north-east Nigeria. “I…

WHO Regional Office for Africa, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Rwanda, organised in Kigali, from 22nd to 23rd May 2019, a technical meeting on cross-border health security issues for Operational Readiness, Surveillance and…

This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of some 2 million Swiss francs to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the Cameroon Red Cross (CRC) to deliver assistance to…

Sierra Leone’s national leaders and experts came together on May 8, 2019 to continue collaboration with Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) on the National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment (NDPBA) underway since late 2018. The mid-term workshop held…

Health Security in Nigeria: Four Years of Progress This week’s editorial is a redacted version of an opinion piece written by the Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole as part of the launch of the NCDC…

Kinshasa/Nairobi/Geneva, 4 May 2019 – The Ebola outbreak in North Kivu is worsening as the death toll surpasses 1,000 on the back of an alarming number of cases reported in recent days across multiple hotspots. In…

Kampala, 30th April 2019: - The Meeting on Strengthening Partnership for Improving Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) opened in Kampala yesterday with a call to delegates to undertake frank discussions to unearth critical risk factors and challenges…

Highlights In 2019, a total of 8,333 children (5,583 boys, 2,750 girls) accessed critical protection services, including temporary emergency shelter, psychosocial support, release from detention, family tracing and reunification, medical support, as well as access to education…