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Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin, Week 16: 15 - 21 April 2017

Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin, Week 16: 15 - 21 April 2017

The African Region WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 42 events, 34 infectious diseases outbreaks and 8 humanitarian crises. This edition (week 16) covers:

  • Monkeypox outbreaks in Sierra Leone and Central African Republic 
  • Humanitarian crisis in South Sudan 
  • Meningitis in Nigeria and Niger, 
  • Acute watery diarrhea/cholera in Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.