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On Tuesday, 12th, 2019, the Ministry of Health received an alert through its surveillance teams on the ground in Karamoja about suspected food poisoning and began investigations. Some 262 people have been affected since 12 March with symptoms of mental confusion, vomiting, headache, high fever and abdominal pain.

A World Food Programme (WFP) initiative involving the advance positioning of food is cutting delivery times dramatically.

The World Health Organization (WHO) cargo is being transported by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and includes face shields, gloves, goggles, gowns, masks, medical aprons and thermometers, as well as ventilators. The cargo also includes a large quantity of medical supplies donated by the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Jack Ma and Ali Baba Foundations Initiative to reverse COVID-19 in

In Ebola-afflicted Ituri province, where a resurgence of clashes between ethnic groups has claimed at least 160 lives in recent weeks, WFP intends to triple, to 300,000, the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) it supports with life-saving food and cash. “Our hearts go out to the latest victims of this senseless cruelty, most of them rural villagers who have had to run for their lives,

The EU’s support to WFP’s nutrition activities comes at a key moment. The latest joint WFP-UNHCR nutrition survey found that global acute malnutrition rates among Sahrawi refugee children under five reached 7.6 percent in 2019 compared to 4.7 percent in 2016.

 Story by Chase Sova, acting Head of Public Policy for WFP-USA.Entering 2020, the number of hungry and malnourished people around the world was already on the rise due to an increase in violent conflict and climate change impacts. Today, over 800 million people face chronic undernourishment and over 100 million people are in need of lifesaving food assistance.

 By Emma WadlandTrust is one of the most important weapons in an epidemic. Rumours and conspiracy theories can go viral during an outbreak and each one should be rebutted by credible scientific sources.

WFP will use the funds in Kasai Central province to provide food for more than 2,000 children, and to train more than 4,000 pregnant women and nursing mothers on better nutrition, hygiene, breastfeeding and health habits. WFP will also provide food to the broader community during the lean or ‘hungry’ season between harvests as well as promoting good nutrition and health practices.  

WFP helps contain Ebola by providing food to people potentially carrying the virus, and by providing crucial logistical services, including flights, which enable responders to reach new or remote outbreak areas quickly. The Emergency Committee convened by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General recently expressed deep concern about the recent increase in transmission in specific ar

The four-year programme (2020 – 2023) aims to bring relief to over 180,000 people living in rural areas - most of them smallholder farmers - in Walikale territory in North Kivu and Mwenga and Walungu territories in South Kivu.