This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 103 events in the region. This week’s main...
Key messages COVID-19 can cause an increase in food insecurity and malnutrition with the likely spill over of the global economic downturn in the region, disruption of global supply chains and trade,...
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides...
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides...
GENEVA (31 March 2020) – A UN human rights expert called for the immediate lifting of international sanctions to prevent hunger crises in countries hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. "The continued...
Background More than half of South Sudan’s population – 6.5 million people out of 12 million – were expected to face severe food insecurity at the height of the annual hunger season – even before...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is likely to exacerbate existing food crises in the East Africa region and drive worsening food security and nutritional outcomes. Given the high level of uncertainty...
South Sudan - Crisis Fact Sheet #5, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020
HIGHLIGHTS Effects of 2019 floods contribute to deteriorating food security conditions Desert locusts invade southeastern South Sudan, threaten food security Health actors respond to Hepatitis E...
Current and forecast rainfall indicative of early to timely onset of rainfall seasons in February and March KEY MESSAGES