South Sudan: South Sudan Situation UNHCR Regional Update, 59 (27 April – 1...
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaHIGHLIGHTSOn 28 April, the United Nations Special Representative for South Sudan, Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj,...
View ArticleWorld: Poliomyelitis - Report by the Secretariat (A68/21)
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Syrian...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: UNICEF South Sudan Humanitarian Situation Report #58, 24 April –...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: South SudanHighlights• The security situation continues to deteriorate in Unity and Upper Nile States, with humanitarian actors forced to reduce their field presence...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Situation UNHCR Regional Update, 60 (04 – 08 May 2015)
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaHIGHLIGHTS“Since the beginning of May, military activities south of Bentiu (Unity State) have forced up to...
View ArticleKenya: Kenya to use injectable polio vaccine
Source: EastAfricanCountry: KenyaBy CHRISTABEL LIGAMIIN SUMMARYThe IPV dose will be co-administered with an OPV dose and the other infant vaccines. The disease has been largely eradicated but there are...
View ArticleWorld: Status Report July - December 2014: Progress against the Polio...
Source: World Health Organization, Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Iraq, Liberia,...
View ArticleSomalia: Health Cluster Bulletin Situation Overview – Jan-March 2015
Source: World Health Organization, Health ClusterCountry: SomaliaKey FactsOnly 1% of 2015 Health HRP fundedPolio eradication success as Somalia has passed 8 months without polio but risks remain1.1...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Situation UNHCR Regional Update, 61 (11 – 15 May 2015)
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaHighlightsETHIOPIA: On 8 May the Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) and UNHCR launched...
View ArticleSomalia: UNICEF Somalia Humanitarian Situation Report 3, March 2015
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Somalia, YemenHighlights· The first 32 refugees, fleeing war-torn Yemen, arrive on Somalia’s northern coastline, reversing a decades-old trend which saw Somalis...
View ArticleWorld: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Progress Toward Polio...
Source: Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCountry: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldMay 22, 2015 / 64(19);527-531José E. Hagan, MD1,2;...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Situation UNHCR Regional Update, 62 (18 – 22 May 2015)
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaHIGHLIGHTS IN SOUTH SUDANIn a statement issued on 20 May 2015, the United Nations Secretary General Ban...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: UNICEF South Sudan Humanitarian Situation Report #59, 8 - 21 May...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: South SudanHighlights:· The situation in South Sudan has drastically deteriorated in the past two weeks, with heavy fighting on-going across Unity and Upper Nile...
View ArticleSomalia: Using Mobile Phones for Polio Prevention in Somalia: An evaluation...
Source: OxfamCountry: SomaliaOxfam, UNICEF and local partner Hijra developed a mobile phone based health promotion project in Somalia to support Polio prevention and control which began in November...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Situation UNHCR Regional Update, 63 (25 – 29 May 2015)
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaHIGHLIGHTS - Since April 2015, UNHCR has been providing over 110 satellite phone call services to some of...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Situation UNHCR Regional Update, 64 (01 – 05 June 2015)
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaHIGHLIGHTSSOUTH SUDAN: On 18 and 23 May, UNHCR together with local authorities and the host community...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: UNICEF South Sudan Humanitarian Situation Report #60, 22 May - 4...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: South SudanHighlights:The recent intensification of conflict has continued to take a heavy toll on children with a total of 161 incidents of grave child rights...
View ArticleWorld: Africa on brink of polio eradication
Source: RotaryCountry: Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, WorldNigeria and the whole continent of Africa is on the cusp of being polio free, Dr. Hamid Jafari told audience members at the Rotary Convention on...
View ArticlePakistan: Polio this week as of 3 June 2015
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Iraq, Madagascar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Syrian Arab RepublicThis week, the “Written Declaration on EU Support...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Situation UNHCR Regional Update, 65 (08 – 12 June 2015)
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaHIGHLIGHTSThe South Sudanese Government delegation began consultative talks in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) prior...
View ArticleEthiopia: Ethiopia has successfully interrupted transmission of the Wild...
Source: Government of EthiopiaCountry: EthiopiaThe external assessment team that conducted the final Polio outbreak assessment in Ethiopia earlier this month has confirmed that Ethiopia has...
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