HOME Statistiques Le HCR s'efforce de contribuer aux prises de décisions et au débat public en connaissance de cause en fournissant des statistiques précises, pertinentes et actualisées. Sur cette page, vous trouverez les données, les tendances, une plateforme interactive permettant de visualiser les données et des rapports statistiques relatifs aux personnes relevant de la compétence du HCR, à savoir les réfugiés, les demandeurs d'asile, les rapatriés, les déplacés internes et les apatrides dans le monde entier. Cette rubrique illustre les progrès vers la réalisation de solutions durables pour les réfugiés, l'ampleur et la nature des activités de protection, les nouveaux exodes, la durée des situations de réfugiés, la localisation des camps, les demandes d'asile et la détermination du statut de réfugié. Des informations détaillées sur les pays d'origine, l'origine, les spécificités liées au genre, l'âge, la localisation et le statut juridique des réfugiés sont disponibles.
Ebola virus disease Ebola response phase 3: Achieving and sustaining a resilient zero 18 September 2015 -- The Ebola Phase 3 framework incorporates new knowledge and tools into the ongoing Ebola response and recovery work to achieve and sustain a "resilient zero". Phase 3 builds upon the rapid scale-up of treatment beds, safe and dignified burial teams, and behaviour change capacities during Phase 1; and the enhanced capacities for case finding, contract tracing, and community engagement during Phase 2. It includes new developments and breakthroughs in Ebola control, from vaccines, diagnostics and response operations to survivor counselling and care. Read about the phase 3 of the Ebola response WHO/M. Rapid response to new Ebola infection in Bombali, Sierra Leone 16 September 2015 -- WHO is helping Sierra Leone to mobilize all its experience and partners to ensure that any new cases of Ebola are investigated and transmission of the disease stopped as rapidly as possible. Read the story from Sierra Leone
Project Linus-Volunteer We are always in need of your help to assist us in fulfilling our mission. You can donate home-made blankets by becoming a “blanketeer,” give of your time at a local chapter event, or even become a Chapter Coordinator yourself. Become a “Blanketeer” Our volunteers, known as “blanketeers,” provide new, handmade, washable blankets to be given as gifts to seriously ill and traumatized children, ages 0-18. To help you get started, be sure to check our “Patterns” page. On our “Friends” page you will find mention of several businesses that provide much-needed help to Project Linus. Give of Your Time Our local chapters not only collect and distribute blankets but they also organize several blanket-making events throughout the year. Find the chapter closest to you by clicking the your state on map located on this page. Become a Chapter Coordinator As you can see from our local chapter listings on this page, organized by state, we cover many areas of the United States.
ADRA: Home Liberia: New Ebola mobile lab speeds up diagnosis and improves care One of the challenges to bring the Ebola outbreak under control in Liberia has been lack of access locally to laboratories able to provide a quick and firm diagnosis of the disease. This month the United States Navy opened a new high-tech mobile laboratory near the Island Clinic, one of the Ebola treatment units in Monrovia, Liberia, that is supported by the WHO. WHO/P. Desloovere “The first thing we do with a blood sample is inactivate the Ebola virus, making the virus non-infectious and safer for testing”, says US Navy Lieutenant Jose Garcia. As the blood sample might be contagious, this process happens in a very protective environment by using a portable biological safety hood to avoid any direct contact. Until the new lab was up and running, health workers had to wait 2 to 5 days to have a preliminary Ebola diagnosis confirmed by sending blood samples to another lab facility in Monrovia. Detecting Ebola virus Dr Patel extracting genetic material from a blood sample.
Questions and Answers on Ebola | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever General How do I protect myself against Ebola? If you must travel to an area affected by the 2014 Ebola outbreak: Avoid contact with the blood and body fluids (such as urine, feces, saliva, sweat, urine, vomit, breast milk, semen, and vaginal fluids) of any person, particularly someone who is sick.Do not handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person’s blood or body fluids.Do not touch the body of someone who has died from Ebola.Do not have contact with the semen from a man who has recovered from Ebola (for example, avoid having oral, vaginal, or anal sex).Do not touch bats and nonhuman primates (apes and monkeys) or their blood and fluids and do not touch or eat raw meat prepared from these animals.Avoid facilities in West Africa where Ebola patients are being treated. For general information about Ebola, please use the links below: CDC has issued a Warning, Level 3 travel notice for U.S. residents to avoid nonessential travel to Guinea and Sierra Leone. Travelers