Between January 2018 and August 2019, a major outbreak of dengue fever hit Reunion Island, with almost 25,000 confirmed cases, and 18 deaths [source: Santé publique France]. To limit its effects, PIROI implemented a dengue awareness programme. Its purpose was to raise...
The 2017-2018 plague outbreak in Madagascar started late August, it being established that the first death – concerning a passenger travelling from Ankazobe to Toamasina in a ‘taxi-brousse’ public service vehicle – occurred on 27th August 2017. This case...
The Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) training course specialising in emergency healthcare came to an end on Tuesday 6th December. For eight days, 25 participants from the Indian Ocean Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies (Union of Comoros, Madagascar,...
PIROI deployed a regional disaster response agent to assist the Red Cross Society of the Seychelles in fighting the outbreak of dengue fever. The epidemic first broke out in early 2016, and by the end of June had already affected 253 people nationwide. PIROI deployed...
Following a resurgence of dengue cases in Seychelles since the beginning of this year, the Red Cross Society of Seychelles has been mobilizing its volunteers to fight the dengue virus. Following a resurgence of dengue cases in Seychelles since the beginning of this...
From Tuesday 10th to Thursday 12th May 2016, PIROI organised its 10th Annual Coordination Meeting in Reunion Island for natural disaster risk management (DRM) officers. Representatives of PIROI-member National Societies, as well as the International Federation of Red...
