Plague in Madagascar

Plague in Madagascar

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...
First RDRT team specialising in emergency health trained by PIROI and IFRC

First RDRT team specialising in emergency health trained by PIROI and IFRC

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,...