In ‘no-go zones’, WHO and partners rely heavily on the support of community members to seek out and report cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) – a major indicator for polio.
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Humanitarian partners launch South Sudanese Refugee Response Plan for 2016
UNHCR and UN/NGO partners lay out a framework for interagency interventions for the assistance and protection of the South Sudanese refugees following the August 2015 peace agreement.
Polio outbreak in Somalia officially over
The 2013-2014 polio outbreak in Somalia, which affected nearly 200 people, has officially been declared over, 14 months after the last case was identified.
WHO warns of imminent collapse of health care services in Yemen
Health facilities are struggling to function as they face increasing shortages of life-saving medicines and vital health supplies, frequent disruptions in power supply and lack of fuel for generators.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights fighting and violence in Iraq, South Sudan and Nigeria
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights displacement in Philippines and avalanches in Afghanistan
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights displacement in Myanmar, cholera in Kenya, Nigeria
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Risks remain six months after last polio case in Somalia
Polio was detected in Somalia in May 2013, for the first time in six years. Since then, vaccination campaigns have targeted more than 2 million children and will continue in 2015.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights unrest in Myanmar, Afghan returnees and cholera in DR Congo
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights continued violence in Nigeria and Ukraine
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Boko Haram attacks and floods in Southern Africa
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights escalating violence in Nigeria, Sudan and Ukraine
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights violence in Nigeria and crisis in CAR
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights IDPs in Iraq and suicide attacks in Kabul
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UN appeals for $863 million to help 2.76 million Somalis in 2015
A combination of conflict, drought, floods, increasing food prices, access constraints and low funding is once again threatening the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable Somalis, said UNHC Philippe Lazzarini.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Typhoon Hagupit in Philippines and Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Nigerian refugees in Niger and Al Shabaab attacks in Kenya
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Separate circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses confirmed in South Sudan and Madagascar
In South Sudan's Unity state, where the cases were confirmed, as many as 33 per cent of children remain under-immunized, while in Madagascar more than 25 per cent are under-immunized.
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Over 80 haemorrhagic fever cases reported in North Darfur
Out of 22 blood samples 15 tested positive for dengue fever. Indoor spraying campaigns were started in El Fasher town, where 95 per cent of the cases were reported from.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights displacement in Iraq, Libya and Sudan
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