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 Welcome to OCHA West Africa Minimize

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat and has as mission to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to:

  • alleviate human suffering and disasters in emergencies,
  • advocate for the rights of people in need,
    promote preparedness and prevention,
  • and facilitate sustainable solutions.
 

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 About the OCHA Regional Office for West Africa
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The OCHA Regional Office for West Africa is based in Dakar, Senegal and supports the fifteen ECOWAS countries plus Mauritania. In addition to OCHA country offices in Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea and Niger, National Humanitarian Officers are supporting UN Resident Coordinators in Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea Bissau and Mauritania

Countries covered by the Regional Office

 Pandemic preparedness Minimize

Regional platform for pandemic influenza preparedness

Click here for practical pandemic preparedness guidance and tools & region level of pandemic preparedness

Click here to see latest updates on Influenza A (H1N1)  situation :  guidance,  situation updates,  media center and related links.


  
 Coordination Tools & Services Minimize

Situation Reports prepared by OCHA and its partners provide a succinct, up-to-date account of the current humanitarian situation, outlining the main issues, needs and partners' activities.

Who does What Where is the one product that is universally agreed to be the most important priority for any co-ordination activity.  Knowing which organizations (WHO) are carrying out which activities (WHAT) in which locations (WHERE) is essential if those organizations and activities are to be coordinated in a way that ensures that humanitarian needs are met.

The Contact Directory provides contact details of humanitarian actors in (Country Name), including UN agencies and programmes, NGOs (national and international), Government offices and donors.

The Meeting Schedule is a simple yet useful coordination tool consisting of the timing, location and function of meetings to be held either during a specified period or on an ongoing basis.

The Survey of Surveys is an inventory of surveys and assessments that enables information to be shared widely and stored for future reference.

The Map Centre comprises a range of maps produced by OCHA and its partners in (Country Name), arranged into two sections: Reference and Thematic Maps.


  
This website was developed with the assistance of Thematic Funding from the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission in 2004 and 2005