Since the re-emergence of monkeypox in Nigeria in September 2017, the Nigeria Centre
for Disease Control(NCDC) has continued to receive reports and respond to cases of the
disease from States across the country. Between September 2017 when the outbreak started and November 2018, about 300 suspecte...d cases had been reported from 26 out of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The highest number of cases were reported from States in the South-South region of Nigeria. Monkeypox is a zoonotic orthopox virus, which presents in humans with symptoms such as fever, headache, body pain, malaise, lymphadenopathy (enlargement of glands),
sore throat and the typical generalised vesiculopustular rash. Transmission is via direct or
indirect contact with infected animals, human, or contaminated materials.
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Seit der russischen Invasion in die Ukraine sind Millionen Menschen auf der Flucht. Wohin fliehen sie? Wie ist ihre rechtliche Situation? Und welche Folgen hat der Krieg für die Communities in Deutschland?
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- Civilians have been killed and injured in ongoing fighting while attacks on infrastructure have left people without heat or water.
- Declaration of “Martial law” in Donetska, Khersonska, Luhanska and Zaporizka oblasts creates concern over access and movements for ci...vilians living in these areas.
- The humanitarian community continues to scale up winterization assistance as the cold season approaches.
- Humanitarian partners have delivered additional aid in retaken areas of Donetska, Kharkivska and Khersonska oblasts and in Dnipropetrovska oblast.
- 13.47 million people reached with humanitarian assistance and protection since February 2022.
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General Coordination Information in Ukraine and Poland
24 March 2022
The map shows health activities by partners in Ukraine, divided into region.
Over 3500 teachers and school psychologists has joined in a month an online course "I understand" on psychological and emotional support that is aimed at helping teachers to stabilize their emotional state in times of war and constant stress and providing practical tools to support schoolchildren an...d their parents. Course is launched by NGO “Osvitoria” in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and supported by UNICEF Ukraine.
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Conflicts and disasters, including pandemics, affect women and men in all their diversity differently, and women and girls often suffer the most. Crisis-related hardships combine and compound pre-existing disadvantages, for example, they often cause women’s working conditions to worsen while incre...asing their overall workload and care responsibilities. At the same time, crises can give rise to changes that enable women to take up roles that were previously available only to men, and crises can open opportunities to address existing gender-based discrimination and violations of rights.
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7 April 2022. Aimed at national policymakers, public health and healthcare planners, staff working in reception centres, and healthcare staff caring for displaced persons, the information note concludes that universal testing of incoming refugees from Ukraine for tuberculosis (TB) infection is not r...ecommended. Specific groups, such as household contacts of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary cases, or those who are immunocompromised should however be considered for TB infection testing.
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Report by the Director-General 22 May 2022
У цьому короткому огляді представлені перспективи збереження рівня охоплення українських учнів і студентів освітніми послугами та вирішення проблеми накопиченн...я прогалин у навчанні.
Переміщення учнів й студентів та викладачів. Внаслідок війни в Україні понад 6 мільйонів українців були змушені тікати до сусідніх країн. Серед них майже 665 000 студентів (16% від загального числа
зареєстрованих учнів і студентів) і більше 25 000 викладачів (6% від загального числа викладачів в країні).
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28 days of war, 64 verified attacks on health care, and 18 million people affected.
24 March 2022; One month of war has had a devastating impact on Ukraine’s health system, severely restricted access to services, and triggered an urgent need to treat trauma injuries and chronic conditions. Destro...yed health infrastructure and disrupted chains of medical supplies now pose a grave threat to millions of people
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South Africa has recorded its first case of monkeypox today, 23 June 2022. The Minister of
Health Dr. Joe Phaahla explained that he received a report from the National Health
Laboratory Services’ CEO that they have confirmed through laboratory tests the first case of
monkeypox in South Africa. ...South Africa's monkeypox patient zero is a 30-year-old man from
Johannesburg.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has prepared an
information sheet to better understand monkeypox, the symptoms to treatment.
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14 March 2022. Ukraine emergency response
WHO appreciates offers of contributions of supply support in solidarity with the affected population of the current conflict in Ukraine.
Please note that supply into and within Ukraine is seriously constrained by continuously shifting conflict zones, d...amage to infrastructure and potential shortages of power and fuel. The WHO priority is to supply critically needed items in a manner that is safe, secure, and responsive to the environment in which we are operating in. Access constraints require that logistics planning and capacity are paramount if supplies are to move smoothly to destinations where they are needed.
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My Dad Take's Part in the Family
This is a book about community-based research in the service of improving the sustainability and equity of safe water production, consumption, and management at community level in rural Uganda. It provides an account of the findings of a five-year combined social science, natural science, and engine...ering research work programme (2009–14) which took place within and with the community, in the sense that the community identified their water needs and related their everyday struggles with water resourcing to the research team, and they contributed to the outcomes.
Free download of the ebook available
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