WHO Africa Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies - Week 1 : 29 December 2018 - 4 January 2019
General Info
Coverage type
Subnational
Time period covered
September, 2017 - January, 2019
Series or system
Data type
Epi surveillance
Summary
The Weekly Bulletins focus on public health emergencies in the WHO African Region, including acute disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and humanitarian crises. The bulletins cover new and ongoing events. Brief summaries of all currently monitored events are presented.
For selected key events, a longer description with public health measures implemented and an interpretation of the situation are provided. Key events in this issue include: ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, cholera in Burundi, cholera in Cameroon, yellow fever in Nigeria.
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Citation
Publication year
2019
Suggested citation
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO). WHO Africa Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies - Week 1 : 29 December 2018 - 4 January 2019. Brazzaville, Congo: World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO), 2019.