Syrian Arab Republic (the): Irish and US government contracts will help GOAL...
Source: GOALCountry: Ireland, Syrian Arab Republic (the), United States of America (the)GOAL is set to receive a consignment of blankets and hygiene kits from the Irish Government in the coming days to...
View ArticleIndonesia: Reaching families displaced by massive floods
Source: Mercy CorpsCountry: IndonesiaJulisa Tambunan Program Manager, IndonesiaDays of non-stop heavy seasonal rains in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, triggered floods that inundated a large part of the...
View ArticleWorld: Mercury Treaty Will Help Protect Right to Health
Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: WorldBut Governments Fail to Plan Phase-Out in Small-Scale Gold Mining(Geneva) – The international mercury treaty just agreed sends an important signal that...
View ArticlePakistan: Measles toll in Dadu continues to go up
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanDADU, Jan 19: The death toll in the measles outbreak in Dadu district continued to go up with three more children falling victim to the disease on...
View ArticlePakistan: Measles claims three more lives in Mohmand
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanGHALANAI, Jan 19: The health authorities in Mohmand Agency postponed the scheduled polio campaign starting from Jan 21 to cope with the measles outbreak...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo (the): [Video] War surgery – healing the horror
Source: ICRCCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)In the Kivus, the ICRC is participating in the evacuation of the war wounded and helping medical staff with heavy surgical operations. For...
View ArticleWorld: ICRC launches guide on "The responsibilities of health-care personnel...
Source: ICRCCountry: WorldGeneva (ICRC) – The publication, written for all health-care workers, sets out their responsibilities, derived from international humanitarian law, international human rights...
View ArticleMali: Concern mounting over welfare of civilians
Source: ICRCCountry: Mali18-01-2013 Operational UpdateCentral and northern Mali has been in the grip of crisis since early last year. Civilians continue to suffer the effects of the hostilities, which...
View ArticleChad: A determined mother saves her son from the clutches of malnutrition in...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: ChadBy Jessica MonyGUERA, Chad, 18 January 2013 - The village of Banda is a neat collection of mud huts, each marked with a boundary fence of sticks. Through the...
View ArticleCongo (the): Joseph Kabila touché par les dégâts des explosions du 4 mars...
Source: Government of the Republic of CongoCountry: Congo (the)Arrivé à Brazzaville le 19 janvier pour une visite de travail de 24 heures, le chef de l’Etat de la République Démocratique du Congo...
View ArticleCuba: Brote de cólera en La Habana prácticamente cerrado
Source: Government of CubaCountry: CubaLa Habana, 19 ene (AIN) El brote de cólera del que se informó hace unos días en esta capital está prácticamente cerrado, informó este sábado el diario Granma, que...
View ArticleBangladesh: The sun will keep smiling: USAID launches NGO health services...
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Bangladesh, United States of America (the)DHAKA, JANUARY 17, 2013 – In April 2009, Rokhsana thought she would never survive her fifth pregnancy....
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Pakistan: Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin - Disease early warning system and...
Source: Government of Pakistan, World Health OrganizationCountry: PakistanHighlightsEpidemiological week no. 2 (6 to 12 Jan 2013)• Measles: 131 alerts investigated this week, responding to 30 outbreaks...
View ArticleIndonesia: Indonesia: Floods Emergency Situation Report #2, 18 January 2013
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: IndonesiaHIGH LIGHTSThe Center for Health Crisis of Ministry of Health (CHC/MOH) reported the flood situation in DKI Jakarta Province, as following:On Tuesday,...
View ArticleIndonesia: Greater attention needed for women, children in flooded areas
Source: Jakarta PostCountry: IndonesiaElly Burhaini Faizal, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Jakarta | Mon, January 21 2013, 2:57 PMHealth Minister Nafsiah Mboi underlined on Monday the importance of...
View ArticleNamibia: Anthrax outbreak strikes Oshikoto
Source: New EraCountry: Namibia21 Jan 2013 - Story by Helvy ShaanikaOSHAKATI – The Oshikoto Regional Health Directorate is hard at work to trace thousands of people believed to have been exposed to...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo (the): Bukavu/RDC : près de 5.800 ménages...
Source: CaritasCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)Bukavu, le 18 janvier 2013 (caritasdev.cd) : Une opération mal planifiée de rapatriement des rebelles rwandais des Forces Démocratiques...
View ArticlePakistan: Growing measles alarm Prevention is better than ‘promise’
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanFrom the Newspaper | Asif ChoudaryLAHORE, Jan 20: The federal and provincial governments are facing grave challenges to stem the tide of the measles...
View ArticlePakistan: Nine more children die in upper Sindh
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanSUKKUR, Jan 20: Nine children died of measles in Jacobabad, Ghotki and Kandhkot-Kashmore districts during the last 24 hours, reports received here on...
View ArticlePakistan: President to form body on measles, says adviser
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanHYDERABAD, Jan 20: President Asif Ali Zardari, taking notice of reports about death of several hundred children from measles in Sindh over the past few...
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