Crisis overload, lack of media access, funding woes – there are many reasons the world looks away. This report explores the humanitarian crises that received the least attention in 2018.
Amid an unprecedented global refugee crisis, girls are suffering the most, according to a new report released on International Day of the Girl by the humanitarian organization CARE.
Not All That Bleeds is Ebola – how the DRC outbreak impacts reproductive health
International Rescue Committee (IRC)To document the impacts of the 2018 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak on sexual and reproductive health services, the IRC undertook an with the aim of developing concrete recommendations for improving service provision and access during outbreaks.
Guidelines for the management of pregnant and breastfeeding women in the context of Ebola virus disease
World Health Organization (WHO)These guidelines provide recommendations to mothers and their babies on the prevention, treatment, and surveillance of women who are exposed to Ebola virus disease (EVD), acquire EVD during pregnancy or breastfeeding, or survive EVD with ongoing pregnancies.
DRC Ebola Outbreaks - Crisis Update - March 2020
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)The situation continues to improve - as of 6 March, no new cases had been recorded for 18 consecutive days - however the outbreak is not yet over and there is a continued need for vigilance.
Displaced by community violence, living in dire conditions in Ituri province
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)Approximately 200,000 people have spontaneously gathered and settled in sites where they lack essential needs. Humanitarian agencies need to urgently step up and scale up assistance to people.
WHO Situation Reports - Ebola Virus Disease in Democratic Republic of Congo
World Health Organization (WHO)WHO external situation reports are released regularly, providing updates on the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Everything on her shoulders: rapid assessment on gender and violence against women and girls in the Ebola outbreak in Beni, DRC
International Rescue Committee (IRC)Following the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, humanitarian actors and academics recognized the gendered impacts of the disease and the response on women and girls, as well as the long-term recovery implications.
UNFPA trains midwives from around fifty health facilities in North Kivu for safe work in the fight against Ebola virus disease. Since the beginning of this disease, UNFPA has already supported around fifty health structures in this province with medical equipment.
Jody Nkashama discusses with Dr Oly Ilunga how we can prevent and respond to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
French news - October 28
Channel AfricaFrench News - October 29
Channel AfricaUNFPA wants to reduce the risk to healthcare providers providing obstetric and gynecological care during the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In total, no group was more severely affected than women and girls, who represent around 60% of those infected, more than half of whom are of childbearing age.
This donation will allow pregnant women to give birth in maternity homes without the risk of contracting Ebola virus disease and healthcare providers to exercise safely.
180 midwives and other maternity staff (doctors, midwives) from more than 150 health structures have already been trained in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu to ensure that the labor of delivery is done without the slightest risk of Ebola virus transmission.
Support for the national response coordination consisted of two assistants to the national response coordinator, the contribution to the telephone payment costs of the coordination team and support for computer equipment.
This initiative comes as a response to growing evidence that reproductive health services and maternity wards frequently manipulate several types of biological fluid throughout the chain of reproductive and maternal health care; ranging from gynecological consultations to the management of wastes after child birth.