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International Charter activated for floods in three Western African countries

The International Charter: Space and Major Disasters has been activated three times in the past two days to provide satellite imagery and maps regarding floods in Niger, Senegal and Nigeria.

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Publishing Date: 
Wed, 29/08/2012 - 16:16
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International Charter
Processed on Aug 29th 2012

Night-Time Images Help Track Disease From The Sky

Normally used to spot where people live, satellite images of night-time lights can help keep tabs on the diseases festering among them, too, according to new research.

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Publishing Date: 
Wed, 14/12/2011 - 14:58
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Space Newsfeed
latitude: 
17.6078
longitude: 
8.08167
Processed on Dec 14th 2011

Regional Centre For training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS)

The Regional Centre for training in Aerospace Surveys was created in 1972 under the auspices of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) with a mandate for Training, Research, Consultancy and

Processed on Feb 4th 2010

AGRHYMET Regional Centre

 

latitude: 
13.514
longitude: 
2.115
Processed on Dec 10th 2009

Floods in Niger

Processed on Sep 7th 2009
Disaster Information
Region: 
Niger
Occurance Date: 
03/09/2009

Intense rains in northern Air Mountains and desert towns affected 7,000 households, damaged 3,500 homes in the commune of Agadez.

Floods in Niger

Floods in Niger

Processed on Jul 29th 2009
Disaster Information
Name: 
Floods in Niger
Region: 
Niger
Occurance Date: 
18/07/2009

187 homes destroyed in Moa village in southeast region of Zinder; government and MSF distributing relief supplies

Floods in Niger

Epidemic in Niger

Processed on Jun 2nd 2009
Disaster Information
Name: 
Epidemic in Niger
Region: 
Niger
Occurance Date: 
25/03/2009

Across 7 West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d?Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Togo) there have been 38 cases of wild polio reported in 2008 and an additional 13 cases so far in 2009.

Epidemic in Niger

Epidemic in Niger

Processed on Jun 2nd 2009
Disaster Information
Name: 
Epidemic in Niger
Region: 
Niger
Occurance Date: 
18/03/2009

An outbreak of meningitis has occurred in Niger and claimed the lives of vulnerable populations.

Epidemic in Niger

Epidemic in Niger

Processed on Jun 1st 2009
Disaster Information
Name: 
Epidemic in Niger
Region: 
Niger
Occurance Date: 
01/01/2009

Meningococcal disease, 139 killed and 3440 affected persons
Source : Emdat

Epidemic in Niger