A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Since the 2010 cholera epidemic which recorded 41,787 cases and 1,716 deaths, Nigeria has experienced recurrent outbreaks of cholera. In 2014,...
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Madagascar: Cyclone Chedza Emergency Plan of Action final report - DREF n° MDRMG011
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Madagascar is within the Regional Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and on January/12/2015, pressure in the zone resulted in unreasonably high...
Suman 24 casos de virus zika en mes y medio
Panamá, 01 de Enero 2016 Fuente: La Tribuna Autoridades del Ministerio de Salud de Panamá confirmaron hoy la existencia 24 casos de Zika en el país desde el pasado 12 de noviembre, todos en la...
Intervención permite bloqueo de casos de Dengue en Capital
Dos notificaciones positivas fueron detectadas en el barrio Roberto L. Pettit. Brigadas de la VXIII región sanitaria efectuaron detección y eliminación de criaderos en 55 viviendas. Brigadistas de la...
A lifeline for mothers and babies in Sierra Leone
By Issa Davies FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 29 December 2015 – Marie Tarawally disembarks slowly from the motorbike taxi, holding baby Yusufu. The two have travelled seven miles along the dusty roads that...
Egypt + 1 more
Egypt: 3RP Monthly Update - November 2015: Health
67,163 acute/chronic Primary Health Care consultations for girls, women, boys and men since the beginning of 2015 NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS: • From October 31st to November 21st , Ministry of Health (MoH)...
Puerto Rico (The United States of America)
First case of Zika virus reported in Puerto Rico
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 31, 2015 Contact: Media Relations (404) 639-3286 The Puerto Rico Department of Health reported today the first locally acquired case of Zika virus infection...
Bolivia + 2 more
Epidemiological Alert - Yellow Fever - 31 December 2015
In light of the circulation of yellow fever in several areas of the Region, and in the context of the ongoing El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) the Pan American Health Organization / World Health...
Haiti + 3 more
Epidemiological Update - Cholera - 23 December 2015
Cholera in the Americas - Situation summary Since the beginning of 2015 up to epidemiological week (EW) 48 of 2015, a total of 30,654 cholera cases have been recorded in three countries in the...
Normas básicas de higiene del entorno en la atención sanitaria, Dirigido por John Adams, Jamie Bartram e Yves Chartier
Las infecciones relacionadas con la atención sanitaria son una causa de morbilidad y mortalidad, ocasionan una pérdida de recursos para el sector de la salud y reducen los ingresos de hogares de todo...
Dos niños están graves por el dengue en hospital Robert Reid
República Dominicana, 31 de Diciembre 2015 Fuente: Hoy Digital El dengue no da tregua ni al final del año. Ayer el hospital infantil Robert Reid Cabral tenía 27 niños ingresados con la enfermedad...
Ñeembucú: Refuerzan servicios de atenciones a inundados con personal de Encarnación
Profesionales de salud de Itapúa acompañan las acciones en Pilar. Móvil Salud ya se encuentra instalado en uno de los refugios. Ciudadanía de todo el país continúa colaborando. A la fecha, si bien es...
23.456 personas desplazadas en todo el país. Se inició el operativo retorno en Artigas
El nivel del Río Uruguay bajó en Artigas y en Salto y se mantiene estable en Paysandú. Casi no ha habido variaciones en el número de personas evacuadas. Sí ha habido un leve aumento en el número de...
Cholera outbreak hits Eastern Malawi
BLANTYRE— Malawi is experiencing an outbreak of cholera, two months after the start of the rainy season. Health authorities say the water-borne disease has hit most residents of three districts...
Lebanon + 1 more
KRCS distributes aid to 700 Syrian families in Lebanon
BERIUT, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society announced here on Thursday distributing aid to 700 Syrian refugee families in various parts of Lebanon as part of the winter campaign "warm winter...
UNICEF Burundi Humanitarian Situation Report – 31 December 2015
Key figures 21 Children killed by gunfire or grenade fire since the onset of the crisis in April (UNICEF, 28 December) At least 7 children detained for suspected association with armed groups in...
Uganda + 3 more
Uganda Situation Report on South Sudanese Refugees, 30 December 2015
Situation in Numbers Refugees & Asylum Seekers in Uganda 112,741 of South Sudanese children affected (OPM December 16, 2015) 173,447 of affected South Sudanese people (OPM December 16, 2015) 149,164...
Kenya + 1 more
UNHCR battles cholera at world's largest refugee complex
DADAAB, Kenya, Dec 31 (UNHCR) – Health workers at the world's largest refugee complex in Kenya are gaining the upper hand in battling a cholera outbreak that has killed 10 people and sickened around...
Italy + 1 more
Italy: MSF ends activities in Pozzallo reception centre
We are unable to care for patients due to undignified and inadequate reception conditions Rome – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will end its medical activities inside the first reception centre in...
Pakistan + 1 more
Pakistan Development Perspective - City district Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
OVERVIEW Peshawar is located at the north-west end of Pakistan, about 160 km west from Islamabad, and is the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Peshawar has a geo-strategically important...