World: Communicable Disease Threats Report, 9-15 April 2017, week 15
Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlCountry: American Samoa, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Colombia,...
View ArticleVanuatu: Vanuatu: Dengue Fever Outbreak - Emergency Plan of Action n°...
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: VanuatuSummary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action:This update details progress of the operation from...
View ArticleNigeria: Northeast Nigeria: Humanitarian emergency - Situation Report No. 8...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Cameroon, Niger, NigeriaHighlightsThe IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix Round XV highlights that 1,832,743 IDPs (326,010...
View ArticleNigeria: WHO and partners provide vaccines to control meningitis C in Nigeria
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, SenegalA vaccination campaign is underway in Nigeria to contain an outbreak of meningitis C, a strain of meningitis which first...
View ArticleUruguay: 1518 personas desplazadas en Artigas
Source: Government of UruguayCountry: UruguayEn Artigas el Río contunúa descendiendo y ya se encuentra por debajo de la cota de seguridad. Actualmente hay 597 personas evacuadas y 921 autoevacuadas,...
View ArticlePeru: El escenario de salud se complica y la emergencia apenas inicia
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: PeruEl agua que cubrió calles, se tragó negocios y casas, dejó sus marcas por todos los rincones de Piura. Como un...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: All seems calm in Akobo, but this is a place of suffering
Source: Save the ChildrenCountry: South SudanBy Lily Partland, Save the Children AustraliaIn the remote town of Akobo, South Sudan, all seems calm and peaceful in the early afternoon, but this is a...
View ArticlePakistan: Polio this week as of 12 April 2017
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Niger, Nigeria, PakistanThe Polio Research Committee...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, YemenAs delivered by Ms Reena Ghelani, Deputy Director, OCHA Coordination and Response DivisionHis...
View ArticleSomalia: Deadly Cholera/Acute Watery Diarrhoea outbreak in Somaliland lays...
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: SomaliaNairobi/Geneva, 12 April 2017—An outbreak of cholera/acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in Somaliland has killed 28...
View ArticlePeru: UNICEF Peru Humanitarian Situation Report #4 (10 April 2017)
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: PeruHighlightsThe floods in Peru have caused long-term devastation to over 1.1million people including 371,882 children. UNICEF Peru is supporting the Government to...
View ArticleMongolia: Mongolia: Severe Winter Condition (MDRMN006) Emergency Appeal...
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: MongoliaSummary:This update provides an overview of the progress made since the allocation of CHF 117,349 from the...
View ArticleNigeria: WHO AFRO Outbreaks and Other Emergencies Week 14: 1 – 7 April 2017...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Burundi, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, TogoOverviewThis weekly bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the...
View ArticleNepal: One Emergency to Another: Nepal to Iraq
Source: Handicap InternationalCountry: Iraq, NepalPushpak Newar has dedicated a decade of his occupational therapy career to Handicap International. Instrumental in our emergency response to the 2015...
View ArticleSomalia: Somalia: Humanitarian Dashboard - March 2017 (issued on 13 April 2017)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: SomaliaSituation OverviewThe humanitarian situation is deteriorating at an alarming pace and the risk of famine in 2017 persists....
View ArticlePeru: Informe de emergencia N° 459 (Informe N° 27) - Precipitaciones...
Source: Government of PeruCountry: PeruI. HECHOS:Desde el 14 de enero de 2017, se vienen registrando fuertes precipitaciones pluviales en los distritos de Lurigancho – Chosica y Chaclacayo, provocando...
View ArticlePeru: Informe de emergencia N° 462 (Informe N° 56) - Precipitaciones...
Source: Government of PeruCountry: PeruI. HECHOS:Desde 14 enero al 17 de marzo del 2017, se han registrado precipitaciones pluviales de moderadas a fuerte intensidad en las provincias del Departamento...
View ArticlePeru: Informe preliminar n° 135 - Inundación en el distrito de Putumayo – Loreto
Source: Government of PeruCountry: PeruI. HECHOS:El 10 de abril de 2017, a las 10:00 horas aproximadamente a consecuencia de intensas precipitaciones pluviales se produjo el desborde del Rio Putumayo...
View ArticleIraq: "Be strong"-Iraqis wounded in Mosul try trauma counselling to cope
Source: Reuters - Thomson Reuters FoundationCountry: IraqThe humanitarian group Handicap International has given counselling to more than 5,300 displaced people from MosulBy Ulf LaessingSOUTH OF MOSUL,...
View ArticleWorld: Reflections on World Health Day
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: WorldPENANG, Apr 13 2017 (IPS) - What’s the most precious thing in the world which unfortunately we take for granted and realise it true value when it is impaired?...
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