This new edition and fully updated publication replaces the 2012 UCG and is being circulated free of charge to all public and private sector prescribers, pharmacists, and regulatory authorities in the country
MICS surveys measure key indicators that allow countries to generate data for use in
policies and programmes, and to monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and
other internationally agreed upon commitments.
Conflict and Health 2015, 9:8 doi:10.1186/s13031-015-0035-8
Situation Analaysis and Needs Assessment
Almost 30 countries vulnerable to a new Ebola-style Epidemic, jeopardising the future of millions of Children. The report ranks the world’s poorest countries on the state of their public health systems, finding that 28 have weaker defences in place than Liberia where, alongside Sierra Leone and Gu...inea, the current Ebola crisis has already claimed 9,000 lives, and provoked an extraordinary international response to help contain it.
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Enseignements tirés des derniers épisodes épidémiques d'Ebola pour guider la gestion des risques actuels Dar es Salaam, Tanzanie 1-2 Septembre 2014
Une réunion d’urgence a été organisée conjointement par le réseau d’Organisation pour la Surveillance Régionale des Maladies (CORDS), et ...le Centre de la Surveillance des Maladies Infectieuses de l’Afrique du Sud (SACIDS) afin de réunir et d’évaluer les expériences acquises au cours des épisodes épidémiques d'Ebola en Ouganda et en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) qui permettraient de guider la gestion des risques actuels
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The WHO guidelines provide recommended steps for safe phlebotomy and reiterate accepted principles for drawing, collecting blood and transporting blood to laboratories/blood banks.
Summary of research into the consequences of the Ebola outbreak for children and communities in Liberia and Sierra Leone
This study describes the range of impacts that Ebola has had on children and families in Liberia and Sierra Leone, looking beyond the immediate health effects