A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster A yellow fever outbreak was declared in DRC in March 2016. The epidemics that originated from neighbouring Angola initially affected 11 health zones...
This is the first annual report produced by the newly established Communicable Diseases Cluster (CDS) of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa. The overwhelming majority of...
Introduction This briefing has been been put together by a significant number of international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the leadership of Bond’s Humanitarian and Conflict Policy...
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The deployment of a GIS specialist for the 2016 yellow fever vaccination campaign in Kinshasa had a direct, positive impact on the work of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...
A. Situation analysisDescription of the disaster At the launch of the Emergency appeal, Angola was experiencing the largest outbreak of yellow fever in 30 years. The strain of the yellow fever virus...
CERF enables fast, flexible and needs-based support for people affected by humanitarian emergencies. The UN General Assembly established the fund in 2005 to provide timely assistance in crises. Since...
WHO is the lead agency for health within the United Nations system. We coordinate the international health response to emergencies and humanitarian crises whenever a country needs assistance. But we...
Contents 437 Deployments from the oral cholera vaccine stockpile, 2013–2017 442 Yellow fever in Africa and the Americas, 2016 Sommaire 437 Déploiements à partir du stock de vaccins anticholériques...
Executive summary The Regional Director is pleased to present this report on the work of WHO in the African Region for the period January 2016 to June 2017. The report outlines the significant...
Executive summary The WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) was established in 2016, aiming “to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national capacities are...