Introduction:

Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series

The 2009–2010 Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series worked to address many critical and neglected maternal health topics. During this period, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Global Health Initiative (GHI) co-convened 10 public meetings and 2 private workshops with the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to identify challenges and discuss strategies for advancing the maternal health agenda.

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Follow]up to the first report on the situation of human rights defenders in the Americas

1. The purpose of this report is to follow up on the recommendations made by the Inter]American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter, the Commission, Inter] American Commission, or IACHR) in its Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas,1 published on March 7, 2006 (hereinafter, the 2006 report), as well as to provide an update on the standards of international law in this area.

En noviembre, la inflación general en América Latina y el Caribe se mantuvo estable por cuarto mes consecutivo, mientras que los alimentos presentaron un leve retroceso respecto al mes previo, según el boletín mensual de Precios de los Alimentos

About this document

The aim of this document is to provide workshop participants with basic insights into the selected case studies. It has been prepared by the WFP Office for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction with WFP and partner staff in country offices.

Overview of the selected case studies

HIGHLIGHTS:

 NICARAGUA: 1,000 people evacuated as a preventative measure due to damages to a dam.

 PERU: 100 families en the Amazonia affected by floods.

 CENTRAL AMERICA: ECLAC calculates post TD-12E reconstruction in the LAC region at US$ 4.2 billon

 ECUADOR: 11 deaths due to rabies. PAHO issued an epidemiological alert.

ANTECEDENTES

En base a las estimaciones realizadas por el CIFEEN y corroborada por el reporte del SENAMHI, se confirma la presencia del Fenomeno La Nina 2011-2012, cuyas principales caracteristicas son:

• "La Nina" 2011-2012 se proyecta con intensidad moderada y se mantendra hasta principios del ano 2012.

Natural disasters in the American continent

In the last decade, the American continent suffered from 922 natural disasters, killing more than 247 thousand people, affecting over 82 million others and causing at least US$ 487 billion of economic damages. The Americas were the second most affected continent by natural disasters, after Asia, in terms of disaster occurrence and people killed. However the Americas took the largest share of economic damages during the decade (46% of worldwide damages).

a Paz, 20 dic (ABI).- El 80% de los casos positivos de dengue está concentrado en la región del Chapare, en Cochabamba informó el martes el viceministro de Salud, Martín Maturano.

"Tenemos 113 casos positivos, de los cuales el 80% están en Cochabamba, en el Chapare, por ello nuestro punto de atención está ahí", dijo en entrevista con Bolivisión.

Maturano señaló que el periodo epidémico de este mal está marcado entre noviembre y julio debido, principalmente, a la época de lluvia que es propicia para la proliferación del mosquito que transmite el dengue.

DESTACADOS:

 COLOMBIA: 811,240 afectadas por la segunda ola invernal del 2011.

 BOLIVIA. Siete departamentos afectados por lluvia y granizadas. Dos personas han muerto.

 COLOMBIA: Unas 700 mil personas afectadas por derrame de petróleo en la ciudad de Cúcuta.