World Health Organization uses Nigeria as a case study on how to tackle the spread of Coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) has used Nigeria as a case study on how best to handle the spread of coronavirus across hard hit zones. Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, Michael Ryan made this known while addressing pressmen at a coronavirus response conference in Geneva, Switzerland. He pointed out that after Nigeria confirmed its […]
COVID-19 External Situation Report 11 March 2020
On 11 March 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic. The global COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve rapidly, with the number of countries affected in the WHO African Region steadily growing. Since our last situation report on 4 March 2020 (External Situation Report 1), six […]
Update on COVID-19 in Nigeria
Two new developments have taken place since the last briefing in Abuja on the coronavirus situation in Nigeria. The first is that a team of researchers from various institutions in Nigeria, including scientists from the Centre for Human and Zoology Virology in LUTH, African Centre for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in Redeemers University and the […]
WHO Democratic Republic of the Congo – External Situation Report 3 March 2020
From 24 February to 1 March 2020, no new confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the past 21 days (10 February to 1 March), the outbreak has been confined to a relatively small geographic area. During this period, two new confirmed cases were reported […]
COVID-19 External Situation Report 4 March 2020
Three countries, namely Algeria, Nigeria and Senegal, in the WHO African Region have reported confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The events are highlighted below: Algeria | 8 cases, 0 deaths On 25 February 2020, the Algerian Ministry of Health reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 following a positive test result for […]
Basic protective measures against the new Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Dear Friends & Colleagues, As you are well aware, there has been an outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) which started in the Wuhan Province of China in December, 2019 and is now a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The virus is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans. Basic […]
African Union Heads of State And Government Endorse African Common Position on Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance
At the 33rd Ordinary Assembly of the African Union, African Heads of State and Government endorsed the African Common Position on Antimicrobial Resistance Control. The African Common Position calls on African Union Member States, regional economic communities and the African Union Commission to develop policies and programmes to improve monitoring, delay emergence, limit transmission, and […]
WHO Democratic Republic of the Congo – External Situation Report 18 February 2020
This week, the incidence of Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases continued to be low. From 10 to 16 February 2020, one new confirmed case was reported in Beni Health Zone, North Kivu Province in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The case was reported on 11 February 2020, and was listed and followed as a contact […]
WHO Democratic Republic of the Congo – External Situation Report 4 February 2020
From 27 January to 2 February 2020, six new confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) were reported in Beni and Mabalako Health Zones, North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among these six cases, five were registered as contacts with known epidemiological links, including two cases under surveillance at the time […]