REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 5 -...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru HIGHLIGHTS: MEXICO: About 5,000 families affected by...
View ArticleREDLAC Nota Semanal sobre Emergencias América Latina & El Caribe - Año 5 -...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru DESTACADOS: MÉXICO: 5,000 familias afectadas por el...
View ArticleSierra Leone Current Statement September 2012
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network Country: Sierra Leone The cholera epidemic in Sierra Leone is the worst in at least 15 years, affecting 12 of 13 districts. Western Area, Port Loko, and...
View ArticleWhen the rains don't come
Source: SOS Children's Villages International Country: Niger (the) By Paul Hahn 22/10/2012 - Niger comes second from the bottom of all the countries in the world. Living conditions are hard in this...
View ArticleECHO Factsheet Syria – 15 October 2012
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department Country: Syrian Arab Republic (the), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Turkey Key messages • Immediate and full...
View ArticleBrief on PRCS monsoon response 2012, 23rd Oct 2012
Source: Pakistan Red Crescent Society Country: Pakistan PRCS RESPONSE PRCS immediately responded to the Monsoon 2012 rains affected people and deployed relief teams in all the affected provinces....
View ArticlePhilippines: Floods - Emergency appeal n° MDRPH010 Operation update n°3
Source: IFRC Country: Philippines (the) Period covered by this update: 12 September to 9 October 2012 Appeal target (current): CHF 1,772,243 Appeal coverage: With contributions received to date, the...
View ArticleDelivering Babies and Smiles to Syrian Refugees
Source: UN Population Fund Country: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic (the) CYBER CITY, Jordan- To one new mother, whose baby she delivered safely in a clinic, she is like a second mother. To another,...
View ArticleConcerns in PNG over tuberculosis spread in Western Province
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation Country: Papua New Guinea Updated 23 October 2012, 18:00 AEST Australian doctors working in Papua New Guinea's Western Province have raised concerns over...
View ArticleLa Croix-Rouge et le Croissant-Rouge nouent des partenariats avec deux...
Source: Croix-Rouge Malagasy Country: World La Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR) a signé aujourd’hui des accords de partenariat avec deux...
View ArticleTwo women unlock possible key to HIV vaccine
Source: PlusNews Country: South Africa JOHANNESBURG, 23 October 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - Two South African women may have helped unlock the key to a vaccine to rid the world of one its deadliest epidemics,...
View ArticleMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Myanmar - Progress, Plans and Challenges
Source: World Health Organization, Government of Myanmar Country: Myanmar The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 9,000 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases occur in Myanmar...
View ArticleMali / Niger: ICRC president makes visit
Source: ICRC Country: Niger (the), Mali Geneva / Niamey (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has begun a visit to Niger and Mali in order to...
View ArticleHealth care in danger
Source: Australian Red Cross Country: Syrian Arab Republic (the), World Syrian health workers are carrying out their life-saving work in extremely difficult conditions. In July, Khaled Khafaji, a...
View ArticleYemen Humanitarian Bulletin Issue 08, 23 October 2012
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Yemen Highlights · Total pledges at Riyadh and New York donor meetings reached $7.9 billion, but it is unclear how much is for...
View ArticleIn Angola, responding to the nutrition crisis from the international to the...
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Angola In September 2012, UNICEF released the 2012 Progress Report on Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed. The report shows that the number of...
View ArticleReady, steady, go… getting started on our first Build it for Babies clinic
Source: Save the Children Country: Bangladesh by Patricia Kapolyo Thanks to the enthusiasm and generosity of Save the Children supporters, our Build it for Babies campaign has hit its £1 million...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Emergency preparedness and Humanitarian Action (EHA) - Week 40...
Source: World Health Organization Country: South Sudan (Republic of), Sudan (the) Highlights During this week, WHO; Facilitated a technical meeting to discuss the proposed oral cholera vaccine in...
View ArticleMedical supplies support growing Syrian refugee crisis
Source: Direct Relief Country: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic (the) Written by Emergency Response on October 23, 2012 In response to the growing Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon, Direct Relief is...
View ArticleMSF Works To Stop Spread of Post-Monsoon Ailments in Pakistan
Source: MSF Country: Pakistan A monsoon in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province caused an increase in the number of people diagnosed with acute watery diarrhea, a condition caused by unclean...
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