This issue focuses on the ongoing Yellow fever , Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Cholera, Zika outbreaks and the health consequences of El Niño.
There has been re-emergence of urban Yellow Fever (YF) outbreaks in Angola that have spread to the neighboring DR Congo and some cases have been exported to China and Kenya. Another outbreak of Yellow Fever has been reported in Uganda but it is not epidemiologically linked to the Angola or DR Congo outbreaks. Instead it is linked to a YF outbreak that occurred in Northern Uganda in 2010.
Flare-ups of the EVD outbreaks occurred in Guinea and Liberia. Following the ad-vice from the International Health Regulation (IHR) emergency committee on EVD, the WHO terminated the recommendation that made the EVD epidemic a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) in West Africa in accordance with IHR (2005).
Cholera outbreaks have been the most protracted public health events (PHEs) in the period under review affecting 14 countries, with Tanzania and DR Congo being the most affected. Other major outbreaks that have been reported include: Zika Vi-rus Disease in Cape Verde; Meningitis in West Africa; Lassa Fever in Benin, Nige-ria, and Togo; and Measles in Niger and Nigeria.
Humanitarian crises in the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Burundi that have been associated with displacement of thousands of people have resulted in major health consequences. Floods and drought related to El Nino are affecting millions of people in Eastern and Southern Africa , including: Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Lesotho, South Africa, and Zambia. Food insecurity and sever acute mal-nutrition has significantly increased in several areas of the affected countries.
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Outbreaks and Emergencies in the WHO African Region Bulletin Vol. 6 Issue 2, 30 April 2016 (1.38 MB)