The nomads who wander the arid Lake Chad Basin had heard about the COVID-19 pandemic but hoped they could avoid it. Medical services are scarce in the places they go. Then clinics-on-wheels began to...
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The nomads who wander the arid Lake Chad Basin had heard about the COVID-19 pandemic but hoped they could avoid it. Medical services are scarce in the places they go. Then clinics-on-wheels began to...
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A €16 million grant to WHO from the European Union’s ECHO (European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations) has helped raise COVID-19 vaccination rates in a group of countries in Africa...
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Dakar -- In response to the growing Covid-19 pandemic, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s Migrants as Messengers project is raising awareness to prevent the spread of the disease...
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Finding Solutions When the cessation clauses came into effect to refugees from Sierra Leone (2008), Liberia (2012) and Rwanda (2017), those with continuing needs of international protection were...
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Read the full report Executive Summary In December 2013, a little-known viral hemorrhagic fever in West Africa was detected in a forest region of Guinea. It was soon confirmed to be Ebola Virus...
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Foreword Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH Director, CDC Corresponding author: Thomas R. Frieden, Office of the Director, CDC; Telephone: 404-639-7000; E-mail: TFrieden@cdc.gov. The 2014–2016 Ebola virus...
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Introduction The outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa is unprecedented in its scale, severity, and complexity. More than 23,200 people have been infected by 15 February 2015,...
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KEY POINTS In a technical meeting in Liberia organized by President Johnson Sirleaf, participants agreed on a Strategic Framework on Cross-Border Collaboration. ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff have...
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HIGHLIGHTS Les taux d’infection d’Ebola ralentissent au Liberia et se stabilisent en Guinée mais continuent d’augmenter en Sierra Leone. De nouveaux cas enregistrés dans la capitale du Mali, Bamako...
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HIGHLIGHTS Ebola infection rates slowing down in Liberia, leveling-off in Guinea, increasing in Sierra Leone. New cases reported in the Malian capital, Bamako. 700,000 IDPs registered in Adamawa,...
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Source: Reuters - Fri, 5 Dec 2014 17:03 GMT Author: Reuters Over 175 medics arrive in Ebola-hit nations Third U.N. peacekeepers contracts Ebola in Liberia (Recasts with arrival of Nigerian medics,...
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Highlights There have been 17 145 reported cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), with 6070 reported deaths. Case incidence is slightly increasing in Guinea, stable or declining in Liberia, and may...
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Lagos, Nigeria 1st December, 2014 – About two hundred and fifty health volunteers from Nigeria to be deployed to Ebola affected countries under the framework of the African Union Support to Ebola...
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Summary IFRC supports National Societies with international emergency appeals to combat Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. The appeals employ a 5 pillar approach spelled out...
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HIGHLIGHTS There have been 15 935 reported cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), with 5689 reported deaths. 600 cases were reported in the three most-affected countries in the past week. Case incidence...
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Rapid risk assessment: Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa. Eighth update, 18 November 2014
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Des agents de santé provenant de six pays de la sous-région subiront à partir de ce lundi 24 novembre 2014 à Accra une session de formation de cinq jours à l’issue de laquelle ils iront intégrer les...
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HIGHLIGHTS There have been 15 351 reported Ebola cases in eight countries since the outbreak began, with 5459 reported deaths. Transmission remains intense in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. A...
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Since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was officially declared on 22 March in Guinea, it has claimed 5,420 lives in the region. The outbreak is the largest ever, and is currently affecting four...
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SUMMARY A total of 15 145 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported in six affected countries (Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Spain and the United...