Updates

World Vision initiated the Catch-Up Programme in response to COVID-19 education disruption as a pilot program with the intention to develop and field-test appropriate guidance and resources to adapt...

Two billion people lack safely managed drinking water, 3.6 billion people—nearly half the world’s population—lack safely managed sanitation, and 2.3 billion people do not have access to basic hygiene...

Depuis un an, dans une partie de la province du Nord-Kivu, la population fait face à une résurgence des combats liés à la reprise du conflit avec le M23. Caroline Seguin, coordinatrice des opérations...

Dix ans après le début de la troisième guerre civile en Centrafrique, Médecins Sans Frontières s’est associée à la photographe Adrienne Surprenant pour aller à la rencontre de familles...

This briefing note aims to promote and explore ways that digital public goods can support disaster risk reduction. It starts by providing a series of definitions and historical context, before...

Background and Methodology The Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) survey was conducted as part of the project Building Resilience and Ensuring Protective Hygiene in WASH and DRR Systems at...

Highlights Building on gains made from responding and containing previous disease outbreaks, Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH) and partners remain on high alert for health emergencies and stepping up...

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CONGO, REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA HRW: RD Congo: Atrocidades de los rebeldes del M23, apoyados por Ruanda, febrero 2023. Disponible en [EN] [FR] El grupo armado M23, apoyado por Ruanda, ha llevado a cabo...

Official Severe weather United States of America (update) On 20 March 2023, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), published updated information on the heavy rain and flooding...

Palestinian Territory - The serious potential consequences of continued disruption to the West Bank public schools due to the Palestinian government’s delay in meeting strike teachers’ demands are...

Background: On the 6th of February, two disastrous earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 hit Northwest Syria and southern Türkiye, followed by more than 11,000 aftershocks leaving thousands of...

The Information and Orientation Centers (Puntos de Atención y Orientación in Spanish) are a UNHCR initiative developed since 2017 and currently implemented in 19 departments. Since 2021, the project...

Geneva / Lilongwe – Nearly 508,250 people have been displaced and at least 499 killed (as of 20 March) by the flooding following Tropical Cyclone Freddy, as it made landfall in Malawi, leaving a...

With more than twenty years’ experience on the ground in Afghanistan, WHO’s polio eradication programme continues to leverage its extensive operational capacity to deliver better health outcomes for...

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Highlights On 14 and 15 March, UNHCR attended a two-day workshop on the integration of the work of the UN Country Team (UNCT) and United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). In 2021, the UN in...

Programmes pour les Réfugiés La Commission Nationale pour l'Accueil et la Réinsertion des Réfugiés et des Rapatriés (CNARR) et le HCR, l’agence pour les réfugiés distribuent des actes de naissance...

On World Water Day, we must recognise the urgent need for action to address the water crisis in Iraq and raise awareness about water conservation practices. Access to clean and reliable water is a...