In Brief
Appeal target: CHF 371,800 (USD 295,300 or EUR 239,500);

Appeal coverage: 106.7%.

Annual Appeal: http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/annual05/05AA032.pdf

Programme Update no. 1: http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/annual05/05AA03201.pdf

Programme Update no. 2: http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/annual05/05AA03202.pdf

This Annual Report reflects activities

DAKAR, le 28 octobre (IRIN) - Assise à l'entrée d'un bâtiment en construction et deviendra l'un des plus grands centres commerciaux d'Afrique de l'ouest, Aicha Dieng observe les personnes qui font la queue devant les toilettes mobiles qui se dressent à une trentaine de mètres d'elle.
« Nous sommes 96 familles, et on n'a que 3 toilettes mobiles », déclare Mme Dieng, qui s'est réfugiée dans ce bâtiment un mois auparavant, lorsque les eaux ont inondé son habitation.

Mme Dieng est l'une des 20 000 personnes qui vivent sous des tentes, dans des écoles et d'autres abris temporaires

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In Brief

Minor Emergency history:

• Launched on 29 March 2005 for 4 months.
• Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF) allocated: CHF 55,000.

Background

In February 2005, a cholera epidemic was declared in Touba- a large religious district of Senegal (about 200 km from Dakar) with a population of more than a million people. The situation

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MEDINA GOUNASS, 21 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - A month after the worst floods in 20 years washed out the impoverished suburbs of Senegal's capital, Ibou Barro stands on his doorstep and waves to his neighbour, wading through the still-flooded street, her skirts hitched up to the thigh.

Swarms of tadpoles mill about in the rank greenish-brown water, clogged with rotting scraps of food, that for the last four weeks has covered the streets and courtyards of Medina Gounass,

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DAKAR, 19 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Senegal's months-long cholera epidemic has flared up once again following severe flooding this month in the suburbs of the capital Dakar, according to statistics from the Health Ministry on Monday.

The West African nation has registered a total 23,325 cases of cholera and 321 deaths in the last nine months, the ministry said, but the number of cases increased steeply this month, with 1,031 cases from 5-11 September and 1,110 from 12-18 September.

From 4 to 10 July 2005, the Ministry of Health, Senegal reported a total of 532 cases and 6 deaths which represents a slight increase from the previous week (see previous report).

Cases have occurred in the regions of Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Tambacounda, and Thies. The Ministry has reported an increase in the number of cases in the district of Kaolack, in the region of Kaolack (region's total of 26 cases) and in the district of Foundiougne in the region of Saint Louis (region's total of 119 cases, 2 deaths).

The WHO Regional Office for Africa and

DAKAR, le 24 juin (IRIN) - Le nombre des cas de choléra au Sénégal a augmenté de manière significative ce mois-ci, après une période d'accalmie de deux mois, a expliqué le ministre de la Santé jeudi.

Selon les estimations du ministère, 1 790 nouveaux cas et 31 décès auraient été enregistrés dans l'ensemble du pays entre le 6 et le 22 juin.

« Au vu de la situation, le ministère de la Santé et de la Médecine préventive a décidé de renforcer les mesures de lutte contre la maladie », selon la déclaration du ministère.

Ces mesures incluraient la distribution

From the week 16-22 May 2005, the Ministry of Health of Senegal reported a total of 766 cases and 8 deaths (case-fatality rate,1.04%). The outbreak has affected the districts of Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick and Louga. Diourbel is still the most severely affected region with 370 cases, an increase of 64 cases since the previous week. The number of cases appear to be increasing in Fatick and Louga districts as well.
The Ministry of Health continues to administer its control measures and WHO has provided cholera kits to assist in these efforts.

DAKAR, 25 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - Senegal's cholera epidemic is on the wane despite a gathering of thousands of pilgrims in the country last week, health authorities said Monday.

A World Health Organisation official said that contrary to fears of a possible increase in the number of cholera cases after the religious gathering, authorities had registered only 752 new cholera cases last week, against 1,187 new cases between 11 and 17 April.

"Between 18 and 24 April, we are pleased to note that the situation is stationary, even on the decline,"