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Weekly Bulletins on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies 2018

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General Info
Provider 
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO)
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Geography 
Algeria (DZA)
Angola (AGO)
Benin (BEN)
Botswana (BWA)
Burkina Faso (BFA)
Burundi (BDI)
Cameroon (CMR)
Cabo Verde (CPV)
Central African Republic (CAF)
Chad (TCD)
Congo (COG)
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Ghana (GHA)
Guinea (GIN)
Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
Kenya (KEN)
Liberia (LBR)
Madagascar (MDG)
Malawi (MWI)
Mali (MLI)
Mauritania (MRT)
Mauritius (MUS)
Mozambique (MOZ)
Namibia (NAM)
Niger (NER)
Nigeria (NGA)
Sao Tome and Principe (STP)
Senegal (SEN)
Seychelles (SYC)
Sierra Leone (SLE)
South Africa (ZAF)
South Sudan (SSD)
Sudan (SDN)
United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)
Gambia (GMB)
Togo (TGO)
Uganda (UGA)
Zambia (ZMB)
Zimbabwe (ZWE)
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Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2018 - 12/2018
Series or system 
WHO Africa Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies
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.

Keywords 
Blood tests, Cellulitis, Cholera, Cholera vaccines, Community action, Dengue, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Disasters, Dracunculiasis, Ebola, Exposure to forces of nature, Financial assistance for health, Food contamination, Health aid, Health education, Hepatitis E, Household water treatment, Hygiene, Incidence, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Insecticide-treated bednets, Livestock, Malaria, Malnutrition, Measles, Meningitis, Meningococcal meningitis, Mpox, Neglected tropical diseases, Polio, Preventive interventions, Rabies, Rift valley fever, Rotavirus, Rubella, Scabies, Shigellosis, Stool tests, Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, Vector control, Water supply, Whooping cough, Yellow fever, Zika
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 21, 2019