Geographical Locations - Central African Republic

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 25,890
• CIA World Factbook : Central African Republic

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Central African Republic
  - WHO - Tobacco control: Country Profile: Central African Republic
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Central African Republic
  - WHO - Malaria Country Profile - Central African Republic
• WHO AFRO
  The WHO Regional Office for Africa is located in Brazzaville, Congo
• Le PNUD en République Centrafricaine
  This site provides extensive information on UNDP programmes in the Central African Republic. Site is in French.
• UNICEF
  This page provides summary information on the development situation in the Central African Republic, with particular focus on children, as well as details of UNICEF programmes in the country.

Government

• Délégation de la Commission Européenne en République Centrafricaine
  The website of the delegation of the European Commission to the Central African Republic.

Non-Government

Academic Institutions

National Policy and Related Documents

• Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy
  Prepared by the Government of the Central African Republic, this report was presented to the Boards of the International Development Agency (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in December 2000. With an overall goal of reducing poverty, the I-PRSP identifies the governments' objectives in three areas; Macroeconomic/ Financial, Structural and Socioeconomic

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2003 - Central African Republic
  Released by the United States Department of State, this report outlines the human rights situation in the Central African Republic
• Population Reference Bureau, Central African Republic
  This Population Reference Bureau site provides various demographic and health statistics for the Central African Republic.
• The International Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) operation final report: Central African Republic: Yellow Fever
  "CHF 30,100 (USD 27,190 or EUR 19,972) was allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 15 January, 2009 to support the Central African Red Cross Society (CARCS) in delivering immediate assistance to some 300,000 beneficiaries. Recurrent yellow fever outbreaks were registered in Central African Republic (CAR). The outbreaks requested a response in two separate geographic areas of the country, with one of them being close to the capital Bangui. The National Society was part of the crisis team and was approached by the government to take part in the vaccination campaign. The immunization campaign officially targeted 297,127 people aged from nine months to 60 years." [International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 18 May, 2009]
• Wild Poliovirus Type 1, Central African Republic
  "In this article we summarize the investigation and response to the reemergence of wild poliovirus (WPV) type 1 in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2003. Since 2000, reported annual routine vaccination coverage with >3 doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) has been very low in CAR (<50%); National Immunization Days have been conducted every year since 1996, except in 2002." [Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 11, No. 9, September 2005]

Educational Resources

• CDC Traveler's Health Central Africa
  This site from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on the health situation for travellers to the Central African Republic. It includes current travel notices, information on diseases found in Central Africa and recommends vaccines and preventive medication
• SCIRUS
  Scirus is a comprehensive science-specific internet search engine. This site provides abstracts and links where available, to hundreds of articles focusing on health in the Central African Republic.