WHO is working closely with the Government to rapidly scale up its operations and mobilize health partners using the model of a successful response to a similar virus outbreak in 2017.
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Kenya + 2 more
WHO establishes emergency hub in Nairobi serving eastern and southern Africa
In addition to ensuring effective and efficient response to outbreaks, the new initiative includes an immediate evaluation of emergencies to capture areas of strength and improvement.
How DRC contained the latest Ebola outbreak
Several factors stopped the disease from spreading, including a prompt response, immediate diagnosis and treatment, a coordinated approach and community involvement.
Humanitarian actors struggle to scale up response in DR Congo due to low funding
Half of the country's 26 provinces are affected by armed violence, ethnic conflict, diseases and natural disasters, all this within a volatile regional context and amid historically low levels of funding.
WHO declares an end to the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
The announcement comes after 42 days without recording a new case. Related to the two-month outbreak, 4 people died, and 4 people survived the disease.
DRC approves use of Ebola vaccine to fight outbreak
The vaccine, known as rVSV-ZEBOV and developed by Merck, is not yet licensed but was shown to be highly protective against Ebola in clinical trials published last December.
DR Congo + 1 more
DRC Ebola outbreak threatens CAR after violence forces thousands across border
Attacks by Christian militias in CAR's border town of Bangassou have driven about 2,750 people into Bas-Uele, raising the risk that the Ebola outbreak could spread across the border, a WHO representative said.
Experts race to quell Ebola outbreak in remote DR Congo province
Twenty cases of Ebola have been reported in the DRC's Bas Uele Province. Two have been confirmed by laboratory tests and three people have died so far, the WHO says.
CAR + 1 more
Le Coordonnateur Humanitaire lance une alerte sur les prémices d’une nouvelle crise humanitaire en Centrafrique
Plus de trois mille personnes ont été déplacées par des attaques perpétrées depuis le 13 mai dans un quartier de la ville de Bangassou essentiellement habité par une population musulmane.
La RD Congo toujours en proie à des maladies épidémiques
Alors qu'au moins un nouveau cas suspect de choléra ou de rougeole est rapporté tous les deux jours dans le pays, l’OMS a déclaré aujourd'hui 12 mai une épidémie d’Ebola dans la zone de Likati, Province du Bas-Uélé.
Zimbabwe + 9 more
Expected sharp fall in southern African maize production raises food security concerns
The early production forecast for maize - a staple food throughout the subregion - is about 21.1 million tonnes in 2015, 15 percent lower than the average for the last five years, FAO says.
World + 44 more
Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights continued violence in Nigeria and Ukraine
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
World + 44 more
Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Boko Haram attacks and floods in Southern Africa
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
Malawi + 5 more
Food security alert for Southern Africa
Rainfall performance has been poor across much of the region for the first half of the 2014/15 agriculture season and could have an adverse impact on household food security.
ACT Alliance Appeal to assist agricultural dry spell in Malawi
Maize harvests were 50 - 75% below average during agricultural season in some regions. Food insecurity affects 640,009 people, requiring 15,830 MT of maize equivalent to address shortage.
World + 38 more
FAO warns on food security in West, Central Africa next year
FAO estimates that globally 39 countries, including 29 countries in Africa, need external assistance for food due to conflict, crop failures and localized high food prices.
World + 36 more
FEWS NET predicts emergency conditions next year in Ebola-hit West Africa
Food shortages and weak purchasing power will limit food availability and access, particularly for the urban poor and for households with ill or deceased family members, in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Food security to deteriorate for more than 600,000 people in parts of Malawi
Maize harvests 50-75 percent below average are causing abnormally high maize prices and reduced livelihoods. Humanitarian assistance is needed immediately and through the next harvest in April.
World + 47 more
Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights conflict in Yemen, Syria and Iraq
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
World + 45 more
Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights conflict in CAR, South Sudan and Iraq
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.