This issue focuses on the protracted Yellow fever outbreak in Angola and the DR Congo , the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) survivor monitoring, the protracted Cholera outbreaks in several countries, the Chikungunya out-break in Kenya and an outbreak in South Sudan that is still under investigation.
The protracted urban Yellow Fever (YF) outbreak in Angola has spread to the neighboring DR Congo and cases have been exported to China and Kenya.
Another outbreak of Yellow Fever in Uganda, not epidemiologically linked to the Angola or DR Congo outbreaks has been controlled by the Uganda Ministry of Health with the support of the WHO and partners.
Flare-ups of the EVD outbreaks in Guinea and Liberia were declared over. The Ministries of health in Guinea and Liberia and the WHO and partners are monitoring the EVD survivors.
Cholera outbreaks have been the most protracted public health events (PHEs) in the period under review, affecting 13 countries - Tanzania, DR Congo and Kenya being the most affected. The cholera outbreak in Zambia is on the decline. Several clusters of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) due to Cholera have been reported in the Ethiopian Capital Addis Ababa. Other major outbreaks that were reported include: Chikungunya in Kenya; the ongoing Dengue outbreak in the Seychelles; and an outbreak of yet un-known disease in South Sudan that is presently under investigation.
Finally, the ongoing humanitarian crises in the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Burundi continue to be associated with displacement of thousands of people with major health consequences. Moreover, the floods and drought related to El Nino are affecting millions of people in Eastern and Southern Africa, including: Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Lesotho, South Africa, and Zambia. Food insecurity and severe acute malnutrition has significantly increased in the affected countries.