Health & WASH
World Bank mobilises up to US$300 million to Ebola response
The World Bank Group announced that it will mobilise up to US$300 to scale up support for the global response to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This announcement followed the declaration...
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC a Public Health Emergency
On Wednesday July 17th, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the second worst Ebola outbreak of all time, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as a Public Health Emergency of...
WHO rolls out an early warning alert and response system across Mozambique
In a joint effort, the Mozambican Ministry of Health and WHO is rolling out an early warning alert and response system, known as EWARS-in-a-Box. WHO hopes this system will help is the detection of epidemic-prone...
Nearly 900 million people lack basic water services at their health care facility
A new report, published 3rd April, found that one in four health facilities lack basic water services, impacting almost two billion people. The report is the first of its kind, providing a comprehensive...
Over one thousand cholera cases reported following Cyclone Idai
The number of cholera cases continues to rise in Mozambique, following Cyclone Idai. According to a UN OCHA update, over one thousand cases of cholera have been reported, more than 90% are located...
Nearly 1,000 cases of Ebola in DRC
As the number of confirmed infections approaches 1,000, WHO have reaffirmed their commitment to countering the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid rising violence in the area. Since...
WORLD WATER DAY | Dirty water 3 times more deadly to a child than a bullet
To mark World Water Day, UNICEF released a report that reveals children under 15 are on average three times more likely die from poor WASH services in conflict zones than direct violence. The report, which...
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New survey finds a quarter of refugees in Libyan detention centre are malnourished
Almost a quarter of 300 refugees, migrants and asylum seekers held in a Libyan detention centre were underweight and malnourished, reveals a nutritional survey by Médecins Sans Frontières...
New-born deaths preventable with less than a teaspoon of blood
For the first time, scientists have been able to map the developmental pathways of new-born life with less than a teaspoon of blood. Published in a new study by the Expanded Program on Immunization...
Cyclone Idai leaves over 1.5 million people in urgent need of humanitarian relief
Over the weekend, Cyclone Idai tore a path of destruction through Mozambique and Zimbabwe, with flooding affecting up to 1.5 million people in both countries as well as Malawi. First reports from Mozambique’s...
Measles outbreak in Philippines puts 3.7 million children at risk
The Philippines are currently facing an outbreak of measles which has already taken the lives of 286 people, most of them babies and children. This year has already seen a 42 per cent increase from the...
Ebola crisis in DRC could last for another six months
Save the Children has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could last for another six months. Almost one hundred children in the DRC have lost their lives to the virus...
