Emergencies

POLIO
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
https://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now/this-week/

Polio this week as of 05 January 2022
Summary of new WPV and cVDPV viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives):
–  Madagascar: One cVDPV1 positive environmental sample

 

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Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
23 December 2021 | Yellow Fever – West and Central Africa

 

23 December 2021 | Hepatitis E Virus – Republic of South Sudan

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WHO/OCHA Emergencies

Health emergencies list – WHO
“The health emergencies list details the disease outbreaks, disasters and humanitarian crises where WHO plays an essential role in supporting countries to respond to and recover from emergencies with public health consequences.”
Afghanistan crisis [Last apparent update: 18 Oct 2021]

Crisis in Northern Ethiopia [Last apparent update: 1 June 2021]

Ebola outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2021 [Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]

Ebola outbreak outbreak, N’Zerekore, Guinea, 2021 [Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic [See COVID above]

 

Ebola outbreak, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2020
[Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]

Ebola outbreak, North Kivu, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018 – 2020
[Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]

Ebola outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018 [Last apparent update: 24 July 2018]

Yemen crisis [Last apparent update: 12 February 2021]

Syria crisis [Last apparent update: 18 June 2021]

Somalia crisis [Last apparent update: 24 March 2018]

Nigeria crisis [Last apparent update: 1 Oct 2021]

Ebola outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017 [Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]

Zika virus disease outbreak, 2015-2016 [Last apparent update: 24 Jan 2020]

Ebola outbreak: West Africa, 2014-2016 [Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]

Iraq crisis [Last apparent update: 9 Jan 2008]

South Sudan crisis [Last apparent update: 23 Sep 2020]

Avian influenza A (H7N9) virus outbreak [Last apparent update: 13 September 2021]

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) outbreak [Last apparent update: 8 July 2019]

Influenza A (H1N1) virus, 2009-2010 pandemic [Last apparent update: 10 Aug 2010]

 

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UN OCHA – Current Emergencies
Current Corporate Emergencies
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: ICCT Real-Time Response Overview Situation Report (23 December 2021)

 

Northern Ethiopia
Ethiopia – Northern Ethiopia Humanitarian Update Situation Report, 6 January 2022
Situation Report
HIGHLIGHTS
In Amhara, 30 hospitals, 280 health centres and 890 health posts have resumed provision of basic health services.
Food Cluster partners voiced concern over the risk of spoilage and infestation of humanitarian food stocks in Semera, Afar Region, due to the harsh weather conditions and the urgent need to bring in fumigants (currently unavailable in the region) to treat stored stock.
As of 3 January, food partners have around only 10000L of fuel left in Tigray. At least 60000L of fuel are needed to dispatch around 4000 MT of food currently available in Mekelle.
A measles campaign started on 1 January in Mekelle, targeting 1.7 million children under five years of age.

 

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