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WHO Africa Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies - Week 4 : 19 - 25 January 2019

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General Info
Provider 
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Angola (AGO)
Benin (BEN)
Burundi (BDI)
Cameroon (CMR)
Central African Republic (CAF)
Chad (TCD)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Guinea (GIN)
Kenya (KEN)
Liberia (LBR)
Madagascar (MDG)
Mali (MLI)
Mauritius (MUS)
Mozambique (MOZ)
Namibia (NAM)
Niger (NER)
Nigeria (NGA)
Sao Tome and Principe (STP)
Seychelles (SYC)
Sierra Leone (SLE)
South Sudan (SSD)
Togo (TGO)
Uganda (UGA)
United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)
Zimbabwe (ZWE)
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Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
01/2019 - 01/2019
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. Key events in this issue include: ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, measles in Madagascar, and humanitarian crisis in Nigeria and South Sudan.

Keywords 
Cellulitis, Cholera, Dengue, Diarrhea, Disasters, Domestic migration, Dracunculiasis, Ebola, Health promotion, Hepatitis E, Homicide, Immunization, Incidence, Infectious diseases, International migration, Interpersonal violence, Malnutrition, Measles, Measles vaccines, Mpox, Mortality, Neglected tropical diseases, Organized violence, Paralysis, Polio, Polio vaccines, Public social assistance, Rubella, Sexual violence, Training programs, Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, Varicella, Violence-related risk factors, Yellow fever
GHDx Entry last modified on: May 10, 2023