Epidemic Updates

Highlights of the week WildPoliovirus ▪ Three new WPV1 cases reported this week – two from Afghanistan and one from Pakistan. The two new WPV1 cases from Afghanistan are: one each from Uruzgan...

Controlling whooping cough in Amad village, Anss district, Dhamar Governorate 2 December 2024 – In July 2024, an Electronic Integrated Disease Early Warning System (eIDEWS) coordinator in Dhamar...

1 December 2024, Aden and Sana’a, Yemen – Yemen’s enduring crisis has created one of the world’s most disease-vulnerable environments, with persistent outbreaks of cholera, measles and dengue. In...

RÉSUMÉ DE LA CRISE Depuis son indépendance en 1962, le Burundi a connu des conflits chroniques avec des périodes successives de violences, qui ont ralenti son développement socio-économique et...

SUMMARY OF CRISIS AND KEY FINDINGS Since independence in 1962, Burundi has experienced chronic conflicts with successive periods of violence, which have slowed its socio-economic development and...

HIGHLIGHTS In October, WFP distributed 10,208 mt of food and USD 2.1 million in cash-based transfers to 1.3 million people, representing 85 percent of the people targeted during the month. WFP had...

Highlights Expansion of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) cases including to Mon, Mandalay and Ayeyarwady, in spite of limited data availability: eventbased surveillance of media sources shows worrying...

Overview Wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) has potential to provide actionable information as part of multimodal surveillance for mpox. Use cases are; early detection, as well as...

Situation overview A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was announced on 26 November in the evening, effective as of 27 November at 4 am. Lebanese authorities refer to 1.3 million people affected...

Humanitarian Response Plan 2024 (HRP) (As of 31 October) 27.4% Funded $4.07B Funding requirements $1.12B Funding received $2.95B Funding Gaps Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF) - Funding Status Update (As...

CONTEXTE ▪ Epidémies récurrentes (rougeole, choléra, Polio, Mpox, etc.) dont plus de 80% sont évitables par la Vaccination. ▪ Escalade de la violence, entraînant des déplacements massifs des...

In the past week, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in environmental samples...

Section 2 Project Description 2.1 Context 1. CHS Commitment 1. Summarize the crisis event and how it is likely to develop over the duration of the project (maximum 5 bullet points) In Adamawa State,...

What happened, where and when? On 14 September 2024, when the cholera outbreak that had been raging in the country since February was considered controlled, with WHO preparing an after-action review...

Description of the crisis Many African countries are experiencing an introduction or upsurge of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox). There has been a dramatic increase in cases in the Democratic...

Key Highlights Somalia is facing a complex and protracted humanitarian crisis driven by a convergence of factors: • Climatic Shocks: Recurring droughts and floods are disrupting livelihoods and...

Juba, 30 November 2024—In response to cholera outbreaks in South Sudan, the Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) has secured over 282 153 doses of oral cholera...

Overview The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) is framed around the WHO General Programme of Work (GPW), specifically GPW 13 and GPW 14, and the WHO South-East Asia Regional Director’s priorities...

Dakar – In a milestone for regional public health, Dakar hosted its first regional Safe and Dignified Burial (SDB) training, gathering 30 participants from 10 African countries. Organized by the WHO...