After an 18-month long intensive vaccination campaign, the outbreak has been successfully stopped with no international spread, according to experts.
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Urgent need for improved hygiene facilities to combat deadly cholera outbreaks in Nigeria
The number of people affected by cholera in northeast Nigeria has increased to 10,000. The disease is spreading quickly in congested camps with limited access to proper sanitation.
UN and SARC deliver humanitarian assistance to 50,000 people at Rukban camp in Syria
The inter-agency aid operation will bring food, sanitation and hygiene supplies, nutrition and health assistance to Rukban. Some 10,000 children will be vaccinated against Measles, Polio and other deadly diseases.
Large-scale floods affect close to two million people in Nigeria
Humanitarian partners continue to step up their response efforts to provide life-saving assistance, especially basic medical care, which is critical to prevent disastrous epidemics.
Thousands displaced due to flooding across Nigeria
Thousands of houses have been destroyed and the floods have caused considerable damage to farmland. There is an urgent need for shelter, NFI, food and livelihood assistance.
Borno State Government declares outbreak of cholera in northeast Nigeria
Intense efforts by national and partner response teams in Borno State over the last two years have greatly strengthened surveillance and monitoring capacity, enabling early detection of outbreaks.
Nigeria's Yobe State declares end of cholera
With more than 14 days since the last reported case of cholera, Yobe State Ministry of Health has declared that the outbreak is over. Intensified surveillance by WHO enabled early detection.
WHO deploys personnel to rapidly control cholera outbreak in Adamawa state
As of 26 May 2018, 434 suspected cases, amongst which 13 deaths have been reported. An Emergency Operations Centre has been activated for a concerted and rapid response.
Nigeria + 4 more
Largest cholera vaccine drive in history to target two million people amid spike in outbreaks
WHO and partners will carry out five major campaigns in Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, South Sudan and Nigeria as part of a global push to reduce cholera deaths by 90 per cent by 2030.
WHO supports Nigeria to respond to new cholera outbreak in Borno State
The outbreak is concentrated in Kukawa LGA, a major commercial hub with a population of 150,000 situated near Lake Chad and near borders with Chad and Cameroon.
Nationwide polio vaccination campaign aims to vaccinate more than 2.4 million children in Syria
Children under five in 13 governorates to be reached in a joint effort by WHO, UNICEF and the Ministry of Health to ensure that Syria remain polio-free.
Nigeria + 3 more
Millions remain in desperate need of aid in Lake Chad basin
While scaled-up humanitarian efforts narrowly averted famine last year, continuing conflict has left almost eleven million people in urgent need of life-saving assistance.
US$1.05 billion required to reach 6.1 million people in north-east Nigeria
With emergency assistance as a priority, protection, resilience-based capacity-building activities will be a focus to strengthen national response mechanisms and ensure sustainability.
Pakistan + 11 more
Rotary gives $53.5 million to help eradicate polio worldwide
More than half of the funds will support efforts to end polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where polio remains endemic. Further funding will support efforts to keep 10 vulnerable countries polio-free
Nigeria + 3 more
Over 100 children forced to carry out bomb attacks in 2017
In 2017, Boko Haram forced at least 135 children in north-east Nigeria and in Cameroon to become suicide bombers, five times as many as in 2016, according to a UNICEF report.
Jordan + 1 more
UN aid deliveries resume to Syrians at the Berm as Jordan gives approval
Approval of an exceptional delivery of humanitarian aid was granted to provide food and winterization relief items to 50,000 people who face increasingly dire circumstances.