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WHO Africa Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies - Week 1 : 29 December 2018 - 4 January 2019

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General Info
Geography 
Angola (AGO)
Benin (BEN)
Burundi (BDI)
Cameroon (CMR)
Chad (TCD)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Guinea (GIN)
Kenya (KEN)
Liberia (LBR)
Mali (MLI)
Mauritius (MUS)
Namibia (NAM)
Niger (NER)
Nigeria (NGA)
Togo (TGO)
Uganda (UGA)
Zimbabwe (ZWE)
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
09/2017 - 01/2019
Data type
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.