Myanmar: Burma – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2 (FY) 2013
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Myanmar, United States of AmericaHIGHLIGHTSCommunal conflict in Meiktila city and surrounding areas of Mandalay Region displaces an estimated...
View ArticleMali: Sahel Food Insecurity and Complex Emergency - Fact Sheet #3 (FY) 2013
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, United States of AmericaHIGHLIGHTSMore than 460,000 Malians displaced...
View ArticlePeru: Inundaciones en Loreto - Perú 2012: Respuesta del sector de agua,...
Source: World Health Organization, Pan American Health OrganizationCountry: PeruExperiencias y aprendizajes para el futuroLas fuertes lluvias que cayeron en Perú durante los primeros meses de 2012...
View ArticleHaiti: Pour la Construction d’Hôpitaux Résistants aux Aléas Naturels
Source: World Bank, Pan American Health Organization, Government of HaitiCountry: Haiti[Extrait]ContenuLe présent Guide synthétise les dispositions parasismiques et paracycloniques à respecter pour la...
View ArticleSouth Sudan (Republic of): Trauma facility established by UNICEF Goodwill...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, South Sudan (Republic of)By Hiroyuki SaitoTwenty years after she spearheaded a fundraising campaign to build a...
View ArticleThailand: Satun Province steps up its anti dengue fever campaign.
Source: Government of ThailandCountry: ThailandSATUN, 1 April 2013 (NBT) - The southern province of Satun has stepped up its anti dengue fever campaign to cut a chance for the spread of the...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: Gaza Crossing - Weekly Report March 17th to...
Source: Government of IsraelCountry: occupied Palestinian territory
View ArticlePeru: Informe de emergencia nº 196 - Deslizamiento e inundacion afecta...
Source: Government of PeruCountry: PeruHECHOS:El 27 de marzo del 2013 a las 06:00 horas aproximadamente, a consecuencia de las precipitaciones pluviales se produjo, un deslizamiento sobre el cauce de...
View ArticleNiger: Niger’s First Lady commits to stopping new HIV infections in children
Source: UNAIDSCountry: NigerThe First Lady of Niger, Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou, promised to use her influence to greatly expand prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services in her...
View ArticleBangladesh: Women Speak from Asia’s Frontlines
Source: Asian Development BankCountry: Bangladesh, Nepal, PhilippinesThree women share how their lives have been changed as beneficiaries of and contributors to the success of development projects...
View ArticleMyanmar: Myanmar Red Cross Society provides emergency assistance during...
Source: Myanmar Red Cross SocietyCountry: MyanmarRed Cross volunteers are providing emergency support to people affected by the recent outbreaks of communal violence in the Meiktila Township, Mandalay...
View ArticleWorld: Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: WorldAbstractHumanitarian emergencies result in a breakdown of critical health-care services and often make vulnerable communities dependent on external...
View ArticleWorld: Private health providers are NOT more efficient, accountable or...
Source: OxfamCountry: WorldBy Anna MarriottIn 2009 Oxfam published “Blind Optimism: Challenging the Myths about Private Health Care in Poor Countries,” to help redress what we saw as an international...
View ArticleWorld: The human qualities needed to complete the global eradication of polio
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, WorldAbstractAlthough the 99% decrease seen in global polio incidence between 1988 and 2000 represented remarkable progress...
View ArticleIraq: UNHCR appealing for more space and support for Syrian refugees in Iraq
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Iraq, Syrian Arab RepublicThis is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva.With the...
View ArticleMyanmar: Myanmar: Meikhtila inter-communal violence Situation Report No. 3...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: MyanmarHighlightsSince 28 March the authorities began to clear damaged houses and debris in Meikhtila as shops and commercial...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: République Centrafricaine: les projets ont été...
Source: Jesuit Refugee ServiceCountry: Central African RepublicYaoundé, le 27 mars 2013 – Le personnel du JRS a été forcé d'évacuer la République Centrafricaine (CAR) et les projets ont été suspendus...
View ArticleChad: An immunization campaign with a special focus
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Chad2 April, 2013 – In the village of Koudougou, in western Chad, hundreds of livestock owners have built temporary shelters. In search of new...
View ArticlePakistan: “Now When They Push Me I Just Go Faster”:
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: PakistanA Pakistani Madrassa teacher lives with polio – and works to help bring the tragic disease to an end“I kneel before Allah. But I am unable to...
View ArticleLibya: Thousands of Libyan families displaced in the Nafusa Mountains
Source: IRINCountry: LibyaMIZDAH, 2 April 2013 (IRIN) - Relations between ethnic groups in Libya's northwestern Nafusa Mountains remain tense several weeks after renewed clashes in the town of...
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