Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin, Week 28: 8 - 14 July 2017
The African Region WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 37 events: three Grade 3, six Grade 2, seven Grade 1, and 21 ungraded events. This week, one new event has been reported: an outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Mali.
This week’s edition also covers key ongoing events in the region, including the Grade 3 humanitarian crises in Nigeria and Ethiopia, the Grade 2 humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic and cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria and dengue fever in Kenya.