Écrit par CICR | 13 Octobre 2014

Genève (CICR) – Avant de prononcer son allocution devant la Première Commission de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies à New York, cette semaine, le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) renouvelle son appel aux parties aux conflits armés en leur demandant de s’abstenir d’utiliser dans les zones densément peuplées des armes explosives ayant un large rayon...

Écrit par WHO | 13 Octobre 2014

Freetown – 11 October 2014 - The Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone is continuing to accelerate with a total of 2950 cases reported by October 8, and hundreds of new infections identified each week. With so many critically ill people to care for, treatment centres are currently overwhelmed and struggling to meet demand.

The goal shared by the Government of Sierra Leone and...

Écrit par WHO | 10 Octobre 2014

Disease outbreak news, 10 October 2014 - On 5 October 2014, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Uganda notified WHO of a confirmed case of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Kampala, Uganda.

The confirmed case was a healthcare worker who had onset of disease on 11 September 2014 while working at Mengo Hospital, Kampala. The case presented to Mpigi District Health Center on 17 September 2014, and...

Écrit par WHO | 10 Octobre 2014

Disease outbreak news - 9 October 2014

On 6 October 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of the first confirmed autochthonous case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Spain. This case represents the first human-to-human transmission of EVD outside Africa.

The case is a female healthcare worker with no travel history to West Africa but who participated in the medical care...