On 30 December 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) China Country Office was notified about cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (cause) in Wuhan city, Hubei province.

On 4 August, a warehouse at the Beirut Port containing large quantities of ammonium nitrate exploded. After an initial explosion, a subsequent blast caused widespread damage around the port area. Over 180 people were killed and an additional 6,000 people were injured.

Since the start of the violent conflict in North-Eastern Nigeria in 2009, there are an estimated 1.2 million people displaced and more than 135,102 seeking refuge in the neighbouring country of Niger.

In the Central Sahel region, where over 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line [1], there are stark inequalities in access to basic social services, including access t

On 23 March 2014, Guinea’s Ministry of Health notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a rapidly evolving outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD, or “Ebola”) in the south-eastern region of the country.