Malaria and malnutrition, the double sentence
Source: MSF Country: Niger (the) Watch the video The pediatric unit in Niger's Guidan Roumji hospital is overwhelmed. Since the beginning of the year, MSF has treated close to 69,000 malnourished...
View ArticleQ&A: Disaster Resilience Starts with Grassroots Women
Source: Inter Press Service Country: World, Kenya, Nicaragua, Philippines (the) By Julia Kallas UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 2012 (IPS) - Women and girls can be powerful agents of change, but they are...
View ArticlePM announces support to fight sexual and gender-based violence in the...
Source: Government of Canada Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Canada 13 October 2012 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced support that...
View ArticleDr. Dalil Meets with Head of Gates Foundation in UAE on Issues of Polio...
Source: Government of Afghanistan Country: Afghanistan Publish Date: Oct 10, 2012 Dr. Suraya Dalil, Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan during her visit in United Arab Emirates (UAE) has met...
View ArticleSyria Crisis Weekly Humanitarian Situation Report: Syria, Jordan, Lebanon,...
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Syrian Arab Republic (the), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey Highlights • In Syria, as part of preparations for the approaching winter, procurement has begun of...
View ArticleDrill Tests PRCS’ Field Hospital Readiness Levels
Source: Palestine Red Crescent Society Country: occupied Palestinian territory (Al Bireh – 3/10/2012): PRCS concluded today a drill to test the readiness of its field hospital. The drill took place...
View ArticleSomalia Emergency Weekly Health Update - Reporting dates 6 - 12 October 2012
Source: World Health Organization Country: Somalia, Kenya BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS Following recent confirmation of three vaccine-derived poliovirus type-2 (cVDPV2) cases in the refugee camps in Dadaab,...
View ArticleCholera 'under control' in Iraqi Kurdistan: minister
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Iraq 10/14/2012 12:52 GMT BAGHDAD, Oct 14, 2012 (AFP) - Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said on Sunday that a fresh outbreak of cholera that...
View ArticleIn Kenya, minors find essential care in a refugee camp supported by UNICEF
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Kenya, Somalia By Cifora Monier DADAAB, Kenya, 12 October 2012 - The world’s most populated refugee settlement is in Dadaab, North Eastern Province, Kenya. The...
View ArticleInternational experts visit Erbil to assess cholera outbreak, 9 October
Source: World Health Organization Country: Iraq Erbil, 9 October – International WHO experts, led by WHO Representative in Iraq Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, visited north Iraq to assess the cholera...
View ArticleWHO assesses cholera outbreak in Kirkuk, 10 October
Source: World Health Organization Country: Iraq Kirkuk, 10 October, Dr Jaffar Hussain, WHO Representative in Iraq reaffirmed the support of WHO to the Government of Iraq in overcoming the cholera...
View ArticleKala-azar outbreak kills 10 people in Jonglei
Source: Sudan Tribune Country: South Sudan (Republic of) October 12, 2012 (JUBA) - At least ten people have died and 42 others admitted in to hospital following the recent outbreak of Kala-azar in...
View ArticleForeign Ministry sends medical aid package to Port Sudan
Source: Government of Egypt Country: Sudan (the), Egypt Consul of Egypt in Port Sudan, Ambassador Mohammed Khalil delivered a gift from the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa...
View ArticleEvaluation of Somalia Drought Response 2011/12
Source: Oxfam Country: Somalia This report presents the findings of an effectiveness review carried out on Oxfam's response to the 2010/11 drought-related food crisis in Somalia, undertaken through...
View ArticleEvaluation of Ethiopia Drought Response 2011/2012
Source: Oxfam Country: Ethiopia, Somalia This report presents the findings of an effectiveness review carried out on Oxfam's response to the 2010/11 drought-related food crisis in Ethiopia that was...
View ArticleDoctors strike after attack on medical director
Source: Radio Dabanga Country: Sudan (the) MORNEI (14 Oct.) - Doctors and staff from Mornei hospital in West Darfur went on strike on Sunday October 14, in protest against an attack on the...
View ArticleTajikistan Monitoring & Early Warning Monthly Report, October 2012
Source: UN Development Programme, UN Country Team in Tajikistan Country: Tajikistan GENERAL TRENDS NATURAL HAZARDS In October, there is a risk of mudflows and local flooding due to intense rainfall....
View ArticleYei River County seeks aid
Source: Miraya FM Country: South Sudan (Republic of) Authorities of Yei River County, Central Equatoria State have appealed to the State Government and Non-governmental organizations (NGO's) to...
View ArticleDoctor speaks out on blood storage
Source: Miraya FM Country: South Sudan (Republic of) A senior Doctor in Juba teaching Hospital says the hospital lacks equipment for storing blood. Dr. Wani Mena revealed to Radio Miraya that, there...
View ArticleTime travelling in Sindh
Source: Save the Children Country: Pakistan Written by Huzan Waqar, Communications Officer, Save the Children, Pakistan. The day I reached the flood affected areas of North Sindh and Balochistan,...
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