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WHO Africa Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies - Week 42 : 12 - 18 October 2020

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General Info
Provider 
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Algeria (DZA)
Angola (AGO)
Benin (BEN)
Botswana (BWA)
Burkina Faso (BFA)
Burundi (BDI)
Cabo Verde (CPV)
Cameroon (CMR)
Central African Republic (CAF)
Chad (TCD)
Comoros (COM)
Congo (COG)
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)
Equatorial Guinea (GNQ)
Eritrea (ERI)
Eswatini (SWZ)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Gabon (GAB)
Gambia (GMB)
Ghana (GHA)
Guinea (GIN)
Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
Kenya (KEN)
Lesotho (LSO)
Liberia (LBR)
Madagascar (MDG)
Malawi (MWI)
Mali (MLI)
Mauritania (MRT)
Mozambique (MOZ)
Namibia (NAM)
Niger (NER)
Nigeria (NGA)
Rwanda (RWA)
Sao Tome and Principe (STP)
Senegal (SEN)
Seychelles (SYC)
Sierra Leone (SLE)
South Africa (ZAF)
South Sudan (SSD)
Togo (TGO)
Uganda (UGA)
United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)
Zambia (ZMB)
Zimbabwe (ZWE)
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Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
12/2013 - 10/2020
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 
COVID-19, Cellulitis, Cholera, Dengue, Disease outbreaks, Ebola, Exposure to forces of nature, Hepatitis E, Incidence, Infectious diseases, Measles, Meningitis, Mpox, Mortality, Neglected tropical diseases, Polio, Polio vaccines, Rift valley fever, Rubella, State actor violence, Yellow fever
GHDx Entry last modified on: May 10, 2023