Category West and Central Africa

Liberia: How reinforced community health structures and capitalizing on lessons learned from the Ebola virus epidemic of 2014–16 helped the country respond to the challenge of its second major disease

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

No respite: Violence against Health Care in Conflict

Safeguarding Health in Conflict, et al. (2021) CC

This report is documenting the global incidence of attacks and threats against health workers, facilities, and transport around the world. The report cites 806 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 43 countries and territories in ongoing wars and violent conflicts in 2020, r ... more

Technical note: Girls’ Education, Empowerment, and the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation - arabic version

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global and gendered crisis that is compounding existing inequalities and disproportionately affecting girls and women. Emerging evidence from the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 shows school closures, disruptions in essential services and rising ... more

Policy options to mitigate a drop in fiscal space for health and HIV following the COVID-19 pandemic — Case studies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jamaica and Lesotho, November 2020

UNAIDS (2021) CC

To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and HIV expenditure, UNAIDS carried out a modelling study on fiscal space for health and HIV. From a sample of 28 countries, three countries—the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jamaica, and Lesotho—were selected to capture health and HIV ... more

Africa Regulatory Taskforce has Endorsed the Emergency Used Listing for Two Versions of the AstraZeneca-Oxford Vaccine

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; World Health Organization WHO, et al. (2021) C1

AstraZeneca-SKBio in South Korea and Serum Institute of India

Rooted in Trust: Mali Rumor Bulletins

Internews (2021) CC

Internews’ Rooted In Trust (RiT) Project tracks COVID-19-related rumors circulating among social media users and vulnerable communities in Mali, as well as other countries around the globe. The rumors are used to inform risk communication efforts by humanitarians and public health actors, and to s ... more

Aperçu des besoins humanitaires et financiers. Crise du Sahel

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2021) C1

Mon héroïne, c’est toi 2021 - Comment combattre le COVID-19 quand on est un enfant

Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC; World Health Organization (WHO); UNICEF; et al. (2021) C_WHO

Un nouveau livre d'histoires visant à aider les enfants à comprendre et à accepter le COVID-19 a été publié. Avec l'aide d'une créature fantastique, Ario, "My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19 !" explique comment les enfants peuvent se protéger, protéger leur famille et leurs amis c ... more

Global Humanitarian Overview 2022

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2021) C1

In 2022, humanitarian action will need to adapt to new and challenging realities. The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll in developing countries, civilians continue to be the most affected by conflict and extreme poverty is rising. Climate change effects are devastating, forced displacement is ... more

The Story of Coronavirus
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Goodman, Y. Global Health Media (2021) CC_Global Health Media Project

This animation uses the “visible germ” to help people immediately grasp how easily the coronavirus is transmitted. The film uses simple and visual ways to teach prevention practices that can help people protect themselves and others at home and in their community. Ther videos are available in ... more

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Cameroon

Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) (2021) CC

This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,323 people conducted in February 2021. The survey examined how people respond to public health and social measures (PHSMs) to prevent COVID-19. The sample is representative of households with access to a landline or cell phone, but does n ... more

Résurgence d’Ebola en Guinée : voici les dernières statistiques de l’ANSS

ANSS Agence national de sécurité sanitaire (2021) C1

15 Fevrier 2021

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in DRC

Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) (2021) CC

This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,316 people conducted in February 2021. The survey examined how people respond to public health and social measures (PHSMs) to prevent COVID-19. The sample is representative of households with access to a landline or cell phone, but does n ... more

HIV e vacinas contra a COVID-19

UNAIDS (2021) C_WHO

12 January 2021 The COVID-19 vaccines under development or approved by regulators are believed to be safe for most people, including people living with HIV.

Central African Republic: EVD Preparedness - Emergency Action Plan Final Report (MDRCF026) 09 July 2021

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2021) C1

Déclaration sur l’efficacité du vaccin COVID-19 d’AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) contre les variants du SARS-CoV-2
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C1

On the 9 February 2021, Africa CDC convened a special session of the Africa Task Force for COVID-19 to review existing data and evidence and recommend

Efeitos da COVID-19 em pessoas com tuberculose existente ou anterior — com base na informação disponível a 9 de Dezembro de 2020

Escritório Regional da OMS para a África (2021) C_WHO

Série de documentos de informação sintéticos do Escritório Regional da OMS para a África sobre a COVID-19 :10.ª série: a COVID-19 e tuberculose