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Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS Une mission du HAG (Groupe Restreint de Suivi Humanitaire) à Bukavu pour l'élaboration d'un plan d'action pour le Sud-Kivu. Du mercredi 29 septembre au 1er octobre 2004,…

I. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A conference was held in Dakar, Senegal on 28 and 29 September 2004 with the participation of major bilateral donor countries to West Africa, the UN system and international NGO’s, to discuss the humanitarian…

A British Red Cross plane will leave for eastern Chad on 2 October, taking much-needed relief goods to Sudanese refugees. The plane will carry over 3,000 cooking pots and utensils, 6,000 buckets, nearly 4,000 jerry cans for carrying and storing clean…

Three hundred and sixty former Congolese refugees who survived the August 13 massacre at Katumba in Burundi have returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They are currently living in an abandoned warehouse in Uvira in the province…

24 - 30 September 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights Tripartite agreements signed On 27 September, the governments of Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire and the UNHCR, signed tripartite repatriation agreements, to set up the legal framework for the Liberian repatriation operation due…

Press Release [No. SEGL3/F//04] Tunis, 29 September 2004 - The prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS has been increasing at an alarming rate in Africa where the epidemic has become the leading cause of adult mortality. Control of the epidemic is even…

Benin 1-year old children immunized for Polio3 (2002): 72% Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate, 6-59 months (2001): 95% Burkina-Faso 1-year old children immunized for Polio3 (2002): 42% Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate, 6-59 months (2001): 97% Cameroon 1-year…

SUDAN DARFUR CRISIS Events: A team commissioned by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs/Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, and the UN/NGO consortium, Inter-Agency Standing Committee, is currently travelling to Darfur to conduct a "real-time" evaluation aimed at strengthening the…

Between 26 June and 17 September a total of 1442 cases and 46 deaths (case fatality rate 3.2%) of suspected hepatitis E cases have been reported from refugee camps Goz Amer, Djabal and neighbouring villages. The overall weekly number…

Polio anywhere is a threat to children everywhere Global Polio Eradication Initiative: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is the largest public health effort of all time. Launched in 1988 and spearheaded by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, U.S. Centers for Disease…