Ghana: Cholera Outbreak - Apr 2012 Updates

Introduction In this issue, a general overview of outbreaks that occurred within the WHO African Region between January and December 2012 is provided as well as a summary of ongoing outbreaks as...

Summary: CHF 122,571 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 7 May 2012 to support the national society in delivering assistance to some 300,000 beneficiaries in the...

Content Overview of the major reported outbreaks in the WHO African Region Cholera Ongoing outbreaks Cholera in Sierra Leone Cholera in DR Congo Ebola in Uganda Marburg in Uganda Rift Valley Fever in...

Summary: CHF 76,060 was allocated from IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) in April 2012 to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 3,200 households (16,000...

Brazzaville, Congo: 27 October 2012 – As the Sahel food crisis persists, compounded by recent flooding in the region, the World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to health and development...

Responding to the Crisis in Syria Instability and conflict in Syria continue to affect hundreds of thousands of people. An estimated one million Syrians have been internally displaced, while the...

CERF releases more than US$34.2 million for West and Central Africa on third Quarter, 55 per cent for DRC The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated a total of US$34,263,764 to...

Le CERF alloue plus de 34,2 millions de dollars pour les urgences en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre au troisième trimestre, dont 55% pour la République Démocratique du Congo Le Fonds central pour...

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...

To see this news alert with links to the sources click here. 400,000 displaced by floods sweeping across West Africa Torrential rains have struck several West African countries during the past few...

As the region is facing its worst cholera outbreak in years, are governments doing enough to tackle the epidemic? Read the full article and watch the video on Al Jazeera.

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...

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Introduction In this issue, a general overview of outbreaks that occurred within the WHO African Region between January and April 2012 is provided as well as a summary of ongoing outbreaks as...

Link: Ghana Cholera DREF operation n° MDRGH007

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent ( IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate...

Content Overview of reported outbreaks in the WHO African Region Cholera Meningitis Ongoing outbreaks Lassa Fever in Nigeria Typhoid in Zimbabwe Meningitis in Burkina Faso Cholera in Ghana Meningitis...