Chad: MSF Blogs: The Clinic Under the Tree
Source: MSFCountry: ChadThank you to everyone who has written supportive comments online. Your caring is solidarity with our service here. I have created pseudonyms for all the patient names below, to...
View ArticleYemen: New UK aid to help one million Yemenis a year says Duncan
Source: Department for International DevelopmentCountry: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, YemenThe UK will provide life-saving assistance to one million people a year in Yemen...
View ArticleBangladesh: Bangladesh: facts and figures, 2012
Source: ICRCCountry: BangladeshRestoring family links and tracing missing personsCollected and distributed 59 Red Cross messages containing family news, working in conjunction with the Bangladesh Red...
View ArticleSudan: UNAMID airlifts North Darfur wounded, strengthens presence in area
Source: UN-AU Mission in DarfurCountry: SudanEl Fasher, 25 February 2013 - On 24 February 2013 in North Darfur, the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) airlifted 37 wounded...
View ArticleSouth Sudan (Republic of): Preventing Cholera in South Sudan's Remote Refugee...
Source: MSFCountry: Sudan, South Sudan (Republic of)MSF teams have completed a preventive cholera vaccination campaign in and around the refugee camps in Maban County, South Sudan. Hoping to prevent...
View ArticleMozambique: MSF Expands Emergency Response for Mozambique Flood Victims
Source: MSFCountry: MozambiqueRecent floods devastated the city of Chokwe in Mozambique’s Gaza Province, putting the main hospitals and health structures out of action and leaving people in urgent need...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid reaches northern Syria
Source: IFRCCountry: Syrian Arab RepublicBy Raefah Makki, IFRCOn 7 February the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) successfully sent a convoy of relief supplies to Aleppo and Menbej. The assistance was in...
View ArticleCongo: Santé : De nouveaux cas de cholera signalés à Pointe-Noire
Source: Government of the Republic of CongoCountry: CongoLa capitale économique connait une nouvelle flambée des cas de choléra, notamment avec quelque 23 nouveaux cas enregistrés à la suite des...
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Lebanon: UNICEF Syria Crisis Bi-Weekly Humanitarian Situation Report -...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Lebanon, Syrian Arab RepublicHighlights• The 93 per cent shortfall in funding for WASH is limiting the coverage and scale-up of interventions. Without further...
View ArticleRwanda: After Measles Success, Rwanda to Get Rubella Vaccine
Source: New York TimesCountry: RwandaBy DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Rwanda has been so successful at fighting measles that next month it will be the first country to get donor support to move to the next stage...
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World: Equal opportunities, better lives: Gender in Africa
Source: World BankCountry: Benin, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Senegal, United Republic of Tanzania, World, South Sudan (Republic...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan policeman killed in new anti-polio attack
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Pakistan02/26/2013 09:42 GMTPESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 26, 2013 (AFP) - A Pakistani policeman was shot dead Tuesday while protecting a polio vaccination team, police...
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Mozambique: Post Flood Health Assessment
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: MozambiqueMozambique like many other countries in the world is prone to disaster. The common disasters experienced in the past 10 years include drought,...
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Zambia: Zambia: Floods DREF Operation MDRZM008
Source: IFRCCountry: ZambiaSummary: CHF 84,691 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Zambia Red Cross National Society (ZRCS) in delivering immediate...
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Mozambique: Mozambique: Floods Emergency appeal MDRMZ010
Source: IFRCCountry: MozambiqueThis Emergency Appeal now seeks CHF 856,325 in cash, kind, or services to support the Mozambique Red Cross (CVM) to assist 28,500 beneficiaries (5,700 families) for 7...
View ArticleSudan: Medical assistance to people affected by clashes in North Darfur
Source: ICRCCountry: SudanKhartoum/Geneva (ICRC) – After dozens of people lost their lives and several others were injured in tribal clashes between 21 and 23 February, the International Committee of...
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Madagascar: Point de situation dans le sud - Depression tropicale Haruna,...
Source: Government of MadagascarCountry: MadagascarBILANS Le bilan général provisoire pour l'ensemble du Sud de Madagascar, ce 26 février à 16h00, fait état :23 décédés (02 Morombe, 01 Betioky Sud, 11...
View ArticleBrazil: Brazil dengue cases almost triple as new strain spreads
Source: British Broadcasting CorporationCountry: BrazilHealth authorities in Brazil say there has been a steep rise in the confirmed cases of dengue fever this year.More than 200,000 people were...
View ArticleMali: People of northern Mali urgently need help to rebuild lives and...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Mali(New York, 26 February 2013): OCHA’s Director of Operations, John Ging, called today on the international community to help...
View ArticleKenya: Vote for child survival
Source: Save the ChildrenCountry: KenyaIt felt great watching the second presidential debate televised live from Nairobi yesterday and I can totally imagine how proud my Kenyan friends would have...
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