The World Health Organization (WHO) today (20 September) said that as of 17 September 2012, a total of 18,900 cases including 273 deaths had been reported in the ongoing cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone since the beginning of the year. WHO IFRC
UN agencies warned today that children in the Sahel region are at acute risk from an upsurge in cholera. More than 29,000 cases have been reported so far this year. CH UNTV
UN Special Representative for West Africa Said Djinnit said today that the situation there is improving and that a number of states have held credible elections. However, he cautioned that piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, organised crime and drug trafficking and groups like Boko Harum in Nigeria continue to pose serious threats to the [...]
UNICEF estimates over one million children the Sahel region of West and Central Africa will need life-saving treatment for severe and acute malnutrition in 2012. Lack of rain, poor harvests and rising food prices have left hundreds of thousands of children vulnerable and weak. UNICEF
Commenting on today’s announcement by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that black rhinos are now extinct in West Africa, Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) John Scanlon expressed “great concern” for the species as a whole. CH UNTV / FILE
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa Said Djinnit tells the Security Council that if the crisis in Guinea is left unaddressed, it could spill over to neighboring countries and “threaten prospects for lasting peace” in the region. UNTV / FILE
A new report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) says that the total number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases remained stable in 2007, however, one out of four TB deaths is HIV related, twice as many as previously recognized. WHO