Outbreak and other emergencies
Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin, Week 34: 19 - 25 August 2017
The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 49 events in the region. This week, three new events have been reported: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Mauritania and cholera in Burundi and Chad. This week’s edition also covers key ongoing events, including:
- Cholera in Kenya
- Hepatitis E in Niger
- Floods/mudslide in Sierra Leone
- Humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.