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RDP Response NUTRITION RDP, in collaboration with WFP, distributed nutritional supplements to a number of 13,570 children under 2 and 9,980 PLW to prevent the chronic and acute malnutrition in 2 out...

Improving the survival chances and quality of life of women, newborns, and children remains an urgent global challenge. Since 2012, substantial progress has been made in reducing maternal and under-5...

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Improving the survival chances and quality of life of women, newborns, and children remains an urgent global challenge. Since 2012, substantial progress has been made in reducing maternal and under-5...

PLAN OVERVIEW The Humanitarian Response Plan 2022-2023 promotes a multi-sectoral response that puts people at its centre in a comprehensive, coordinated and inclusive approach. In 2023, we will...

Abstract This paper studies the effect of the 2018 drought on household consumption and poverty in Afghanistan, a semi-arid and conflict-affected country. The paper combines geolocated household data...

Malawi, 21 March 2023 - After passing through Southern Africa for the second time this month, Tropical Storm Freddy swept through Southern Malawi on 12 March 2023, with strong winds and heavy rains...

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...

Executive summary The Gambia is highly prone to disasters, particularly floods. Climate change driven global warming is increasing sea and river levels. Desertification and drought in The Gambia’s...

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...

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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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...