FOREWORD The 2023 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition comes at a critical juncture as several shocks have hit the region in recent years, including the...
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FOREWORD The 2023 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition comes at a critical juncture as several shocks have hit the region in recent years, including the...
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Desertification, land degradation and drought remain a significant threat to the Arab region. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by these threats through decreased agricultural yields,...
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4 December 2023, Amman – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is conducting a 5-day training workshop for technical officers in charge of desert locust control from East...
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Key Updates Quarter 1 - 2023 A sixth failed rainy season in the Horn of Africa has extended the drought crisis exacerbating displacement, with over 3.5 million drought-affected people internally...
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Current major event Measles outbreak in Somalia, 2022 The Federal Ministry of Health in Somalia reported an upsurge in measles cases in multiple regions across the country. WHO and partners have...
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Without Adaptation, Middle East and Central Asia Face Crippling Climate Losses By Jihad Azour and Christoph Duenwald International cooperation is essential to manage the costs and maximize the...
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OVERVIEW. Control operations are continuing against a limited number of small immature swarms in northeast Somalia that formed last month from local breeding. During the last week of December, a few...
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VUE D’ENSEMBLE. Alors que des bandes larvaires des derniers stades poursuivent leur mue imaginale, de nouveaux petits essaims immatures se forment dans le nord-est de la Somalie où des opérations de...
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OVERVIEW. As late instar hopper bands continue to fledge, more new small immature swarms are forming in northeast Somalia where aerial and ground control operations are in progress north of Garowe...
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Current major event Strategic framework for ending cholera in the Region The strategic framework for ending cholera as a public health threat in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region has been...
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Current major event Cholera outbreak in Lower Shabelle region, Somalia On week 7 (8-14 February) 2021, the Federal Ministry of Health in Somalia reported a new outbreak of cholera in Afgoi district...
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Current major event Cholera in Somalia: situational analysis Since January 2020, a total of 6342 suspected cholera cases including 33 deaths (CFR 0.5%) have been reported from 29 flood affected...
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Cholera in children in Somalia During 2019, Somalia has recorded majority of cholera cases as occurring in children below 5 years of age and more so in children under 1 year of age. At the same...
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This Quarterly Mixed Migration Update (QMMU) covers the East Africa and Yemen region (EAY). The core countries of focus for this region are Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi,...
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Current major event Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Deployment Pandemic influenza products such as antiviral medicines, vaccines and diagnostics play a critical role in limiting the impact of an influenza...
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During the past week, Africa’s notable violence occurred in several typical hotspots: Al Shabaab attacks targeted government officials in Somalia; intensified battles between Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan...
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This Quarterly Mixed Migration Update (QMMU) covers the East Africa and Yemen region (EAY). The core countries of focus for this region are Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi,...
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Current major event OCV Campaign in Somalia 2019 As a part of the cholera preparedness and response plan in Somalia, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) of Somalia secured 1.3 million doses of the...
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Current major event One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Process In June 2019, a master facilitator training workshop on One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization (OHZDP) was organized by FAO...
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Current major event Upsurge of Cholera in Somalia Between December 2017 and 09 June 2019, the Federal Ministry of Health Somalia reported 7 650 cholera cases, including 46 related deaths with CFR...