Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin, Week 11: 11 - 17 March 2017
WHO AFRO is currently monitoring 32 events, two Grade 3, six Grade 2, two Grade 1, and 22 ungraded events.
This week two new events have been reported: malaria outbreak in Burundi and landslide in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The update also focuses on key ongoing events in the region, including the two grade 3 humanitarian crises in Nigeria and South Sudan as well as outbreaks of monkeypox in Congo, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Namibia, meningitis in Togo, and Necrotising Cellulitis/Fasciitis in Sao Tome and Principe; and the food insecurity crisis in the Horn of Africa.