Informal settlers are more exposed and vulnerable to displacement and are more likely to be relocated and excluded from the provision of durable housing assistance, finds IDMC report.
World + 9 more
World + 9 more
Informal settlers are more exposed and vulnerable to displacement and are more likely to be relocated and excluded from the provision of durable housing assistance, finds IDMC report.
A new study is the first to show that this particular oral cholera vaccine provides protection very quickly, and lends support to its use in control of future outbreaks.
Guinea-Bissau + 2 more
More than 700 people have been sickened by cholera in Guinea-Bissau. Isolated health centres, insufficient medical personnel and detrimental traditional beliefs have contributed to the prevalence.
Sierra Leone + 3 more
More virulent than the ones traditionally found on the continent, this same strain was responsible for more than 8,000 deaths in Haïti and has touched down in West Africa in recent years.
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The number of people infected in the region is down but officials warn that if the rains are as strong as last year, the risk of a similar spike in outbreaks as occurred in 2012 is high.
So far this year, there have been 365 reported cholera cases and two deaths. As downpours persist, the National Cholera Taskforce is working to prevent a repeat of last year's devastating outbreak.
Sierra Leone + 2 more
Water and sanitation projects in cholera hotbeds might directly affect only a relatively small population, but the indirect impact in terms of cholera reduction could be immense.
Sierra Leone + 1 more
The cholera epidemic that struck Guinea and Sierra Leone in 2012 is winding down. What to do now? Start preparing - for cholera.
Guinea + 1 more
The new strains secrete a toxin more severe than usual strains, creating a more virulent illness - with harsher symptoms and a higher infection rate, according to cholera experts in the region
The innovative communication activities by the Red Cross arm communities with the knowledge and behaviours they need to prevent, withstand and respond to this deadly disease.
Period covered by this Ops Update: 17 September to 17 October, 2012. Summary: The operation has reached over 1,131,613 people to date in 5 districts, namely; Western Area, Bombali, Tonkolili, Port Loko and Kambia. They have benefitted from basic health care including daily surveillance, hygiene...
GLIDE n° EP-2012-000041-SLE 17 September 2012 This emergency appeal now seeks CHF 1,358,780 in cash, kind, or services to support the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) to assist 1,539 206 direct and 2,000,000 indirect beneficiaries for six months, and will be completed by the end of February...
Sierra Leone + 1 more
Highlights An outbreak of cholera in Guinea and Sierra Leone has led to more than 21,772 cases and 362 deaths since the beginning of the year. Over half of reported cases and fatalities occurred in August. In Sierra Leone, the epidemic is already the worst since 1995, and figures in Guinea may...
Accra, Ghana, 6 September, 2012 — The United Nations in Ghana has received a grant of US$312.440 (Three hundred and twelve thousand four hundred and forty dollars) to boost a joint UN system humanitarian response to the cholera outbreak in five regions of the country. Since January 2012, about...
Guinea + 1 more
FREETOWN, 31 August 2012 (IRIN) - Heavy rainfall is accelerating the spread of cholera in Sierra Leone and Guinea, where existing health risks such as poor hygiene practices, unsafe water sources and improper waste management are believed to have triggered the disease which has killed 327 people and...
Sierra Leone + 1 more
The UK Government has activated its new rapid response network for the first time, to help two million people affected by the cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has announced. The network includes private businesses and specialist aid organisations...
Sierra Leone + 1 more
21 August 2012 – The United Nations health agency today reported that the cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone was escalating and stressed the need to rapidly scale up the response to the spread of the of the frequently fatal water and food-borne disease. In a press briefing in Geneva, Glenn Thomas, a...
Sierra Leone + 3 more
FREETOWN/CONAKRY/ACCRA/DAKAR, 16 August 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are scrambling to treat thousands of cholera patients in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, where the number of infections is mounting by over 250 per day. Most patients are from the city's various urban slums, where open defecation...
Sierra Leone’s capital. Freetown, is currently struggling to contain a cholera outbreak that has affected over 1,500 people and killed at least 17 to date. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is already running three cholera...
Sierra Leone + 6 more
FREETOWN/DAKAR, 10 July 2012 (IRIN) - After years of cyclical cholera outbreaks in West Africa, water and sanitation standards are still notoriously low in most of the affected countries, but in some areas the cholera response is working better now than in the past. IRIN spoke to governments and aid...