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Hace 1 día · 13 May 2024 Peace and Security. The suffering of civilians in Yemen, a country enduring nearly a decade of conflict, remains severe and is worsened by a growing cholera outbreak, the UN’s top humanitarian official cautioned on Monday. Martin Griffiths, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, stressed the critical need for sustained peace efforts ...
18 de abr. de 2024 · 18 April 2024 Health. The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals including humans is a significant public health concern, senior UN medics said on Thursday as they announced new measures to tackle airborne diseases. Dr. Jeremy Farrar, chief scientist at the World Health Organization ( WHO ), said that the avian ...
16 de abr. de 2024 · Measles is a highly contagious, serious airborne disease caused by a virus that can lead to severe complications and death. Measles vaccination averted 57 million deaths being between 2000 and 2022. Even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine is available, in 2022, there were an estimated 136 000 measles deaths globally, mostly among ...
Hace 6 días · The H5N1 avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human to human transmission, the UN health agency said on Wednesday, urging continued surveillance. So far, one human...
Hace 1 día · The EU has allocated emergency humanitarian funding of €1 million to help Ethiopia address the cholera outbreak currently affecting the country. Since August 2022, when the cholera epidemic first broke out, Ethiopia has reported a cumulative total of 44,044 cases, including 571 deaths. In April 2024, over 600 cases were reported weekly ...
22 de abr. de 2024 · Situation update, April 2024. In 2024 and as of 31 of March, over 160 000 CHIKVD cases and over 50 deaths have been reported worldwide. A total of 17 countries reported CHIKVD cases from the America (11), Asia (5), and Africa (1)
3 de may. de 2024 · There have been 8 outbreaks (defined as 3 or more related cases) reported in 2024, and 69% of cases (91 of 132) are outbreak-associated. For comparison, 4 outbreaks were reported during 2023 and 48% of cases (28 of 58) were outbreak-associated.
