Haiti: In Haiti, kangaroo mother care helps stabilize the health of premature...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: HaitiOn the occasion of World Prematurity Day, governments around the globe are organizing events to raise awareness on the serious issue of premature births.Every...
View ArticleHaiti: Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) DIPECHO Caribbean...
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid departmentCountry: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba (The Netherlands), Bahamas (the), Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba,...
View ArticleSouth Sudan (Republic of): Conflict Risk Mapping Analysis in South Sudan
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: South Sudan (Republic of)How Conflict Risk Mapping Analysis advances peace and development in South SudanAt a cursory glance, maps and data may appear to be...
View ArticleWorld: Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) Worldwide response...
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid departmentCountry: WorldThe activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2013/01000CONTEXT Since...
View ArticleMyanmar: The 2012 Thabeikkyin Earthquake - Situation Report 1
Source: SEEDS AsiaCountry: MyanmarSummaryThe earthquake happened on 11 November 2012 (06:30 MST), epicenter at 95.883°N, 23.014°E, 9.8 km (depth), that is 45 miles from North of Shwe Bo Township,...
View ArticleIraq: Iraq launches first ever national nutrition strategy
Source: Government of Iraq, World Health Organization, World Food Programme, UN Children's Fund, Food and Agriculture OrganizationCountry: IraqStrategy sets a 10 year vision and plan to improve the...
View ArticleUganda: Police stop visits to inmates over Ebola
Source: New VisionCountry: UgandaBy Darious Magara and Innocent AnguyoThe Police have halted visitation of inmates in all prisons across the city and neighbouring districts.The move is aimed at curbing...
View ArticleWorld: Small Voices, Big Dreams 2012
Source: ChildFund InternationalCountry: WorldChildren Share Their Hopes, Dreams, Fearsby Cynthia Price, Director of CommunicationsIn the Victorian era, children were to be seen and not heard. Today, we...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo (the): North Kivu Situation Report No. 8, 19...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Rwanda, UgandaI. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIESSerious concerns about the M23 advancing to Goma...
View ArticlePakistan: Stagnant rainwater: people stranded on Sindh-Balochistan border
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanFrom the Newspaper | M.B. KalhoroLARKANA: Around 500 families from villages spread across the Sindh-Balochistan border, who had gathered around the...
View ArticleCameroon: Cameroon: Floods - Emergency appeal n° MDRCM014, Operations Update...
Source: IFRCCountry: CameroonPeriod covered by this Ops Update: 6 September to 31 October, 2012.Appeal target (current): CHF 1,637,316.Appeal coverage: 18%; not including DREF allocation and...
View ArticleYemen: Yemen: Humanitarian Snapshot (as of 11 Nov 2012)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, YemenFood Security and MalnutritionA large part of the country is facing food insecurity,...
View ArticleYemen: Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2012 - Funding (19 November 2012)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Yemen
View ArticleYemen: Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2012 - Funding (12 November 2012)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Yemen
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Cholera DREF Operation n° MDRUG026 - Final Report
Source: IFRCCountry: UgandaSummary: CHF 204,815 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 1 May, 2012 to support the Uganda Red Cross Society in delivering assistance to...
View ArticleNamibia: Graca Machel joins Namibia to scale up nutrition in the country
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: NamibiaNamibia, Windhoek 20 November — As the world celebrates the 23rd anniversary of the convention on the rights of the child, Global Children's Advocate and Child...
View ArticleKenya: IOM Opens Pastoralist Dispensary in Turkana, Kenya
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Japan, KenyaPress Briefing Notes 20 November 2012 Spokesperson: Chris LomIOM has launched a dispensary that will serve the local pastoralist...
View ArticleYemen: Supporting UNICEF in fight against child malnutrition in Yemen
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid departmentCountry: Yemen20/11/2012 - The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) allocated a further €3.8 million for...
View ArticleWorld: WHO proposes Strategy for Disaster Risk Management in the African Region
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: WorldBrazzaville, 20 November 2012 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing a strategy to address the negative health and economic impact of natural...
View ArticleKenya: 48 Casualties as KRCS Responds in Garissa
Source: Kenya Red CrossCountry: KenyaGarissa Clashes update as of 2.00pm Tuesday 20th November 2012At least 48 casualties were attended to at the Garissa Provincial Hospital, one admitted and one life...
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