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PAHO/WHO to support Guyana and Suriname in studies of resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT)

Guyana and Suriname have announced they will carry out new studies to confirm whether anti-malarial treatments are losing their effectiveness in their populations, as suggested by preliminary data collected by the two countries.

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Haiti + 14 others
FAO y Gobierno de Chile se asocian para apoyar a los países del Caribe a mejorar su Seguridad Alimentaria

Esta alianza busca asistir a los países miembros del CARICOM, para hacer operativa la Agencia Caribeña de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria (CAHFSA).

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World + 7 others
Boletín de Agricultura Familiar para América Latina y el Caribe, Enero - Marzo 2013

El 2013 es un año particularmente importante: celebramos el Año Internacional de la Quinua (AIQ), y comenzamos formalmente los preparativos del Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar (AIAF) 2014. Quinua y agricultura familiar van de la mano: ambas pueden contribuir de manera sustancial a combatir el hambre, pero ambas requieren, para desplegar su enorme potencial, de inversión.

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Haiti + 37 others
Successful Caribbean test demonstrates progress in regional tsunami readiness

Over 44,000 people from 30 Members States and 15 of the territories* in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions participated in the second full scale regional tsunami exercise held on March 20, 2013.

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Haiti + 36 others
Full-scale test today of Caribbean tsunami warning system

Thirty-two countries* will participate in a full-scale tsunami alert exercise in the Caribbean on 20 March 2013. The goal is to test the reaction capacity in countries of the Caribbean and adjacent regions, including the East Coast of Canada and the United States, the Gulf of Mexico and Bermuda. The exercise was organized under the auspices of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).

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Guatemala + 31 others
Boletín de la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional - Octubre - Diciembre 2012

Mensajes principales

  • El año 2012 cerró con señales positivas para la región en materia de crecimiento económico, ya que América Latina y el Caribe se expandió 3,1% en el año, muy por sobre las economías avanzadas. Para 2013, en tanto, se espera un crecimiento de 3,6%.

  • El índice de precios internacionales de los alimentos de la FAO mostró una reducción de 7% en 2012, como consecuencia de bajas generalizadas en todos los grupos de alimentos y especialmente del azúcar, los lácteos y los aceites y grasas.

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OFID Governing Board approves new loans and grants to boost socio-economic development

Vienna, Austria, December 12, 2012. The Governing Board of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), meeting in its 141st Session, has approved 22 loans and grants totaling nearly US$300 million to boost socio-economic development in 23 partner countries. The bulk of the public sector loans will co-finance projects aimed at enhancing the transportation and energy sectors of the recipient countries, as well as the agriculture, education and health sectors.

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Haiti + 21 others
Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) DIPECHO Caribbean (CHO/DIP/BUD/2013/94000) - Last update 23/10/2012 Version 1

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2013/01000

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World + 11 others
Defeating malaria in Asia, the Pacific, Americas, Middle East and Europe

New Roll Back Malaria report highlights malaria burden in Asia-Pacific

Australia urges accelerated action against malaria in the region

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National Disaster mechanisms boosted with ERC project support

Government of BVI (GIS), BVI, October 29th, 2012 - The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) in collaboration with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Coordinating Unit, with financial support from the Enhancing Resilience to Reduce Vulnerability in the Caribbean Region (ERC) Project is hosting a stakeholders meeting to discuss the data needs for the DEWETRA Platform and how it can be used within the Caribbean context.

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Haiti + 10 others
OAS General Assembly: Member States Agree Steps Must be Taken to Improve Food Security

The member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS), meeting in Cochabamba, Bolivia, have underscored the need for action to improve food security in the Americas, including current and future proposals to provide their citizens with access to abundant, safe, and nutritious food.

This was the consensus coming out of the second plenary of the forty-second OAS General Assembly. The plenary ran from Monday into Tuesday.

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Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Needs of Older Persons in Disaster Situations in the Caribbean

PAHO/WHO celebrates World Health Day with the theme: Good health adds life to years

Every year, World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. The topic of World Health Day in 2012 is Ageing and Health with the theme: Good health adds life to years. The issue gains more importance as within the next five years, the number of adults aged 65 and over will outnumber children under the age of 5.

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Surinam combate una epidemia de dengue

PARAMARIBO — Las autoridades sanitarias de Surinam confirmaron este miércoles que el país se enfrenta a una epidemia de dengue, por la que centenares de personas han sido hospitalizadas desde la tercera semana de diciembre pasado.

"Hasta ahora más de 300 casos de dengue han sido registrados en el laboratorio del Academic Hospital, mientras otros laboratorios también han confirmado casos", anuncio el Ministerio de Salud en un comunicado.

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Haiti + 13 others
Caribbean: Appeal No. MAA49001 Mid-year reoport 2011

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IFRC

This report covers the period 01 January 2011 to 30 June 2011.

In brief

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) vision is to inspire, encourage, facilitate and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies, with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering, and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world. The IFRC’s work is guided by Strategy 2020 which puts forward three strategic aims:

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Caribbean MAA49001 Annual Report 2010

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IFRC

This report covers the period 01 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.

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Misiones UNDAC (de 1993 a enero 2011)

Qué es UNDAC?
La Evaluacion y Coordinacion ante Desastres de las Naciones Unidas (UNDAC, para su siglas en ingles) es parte del sistema internacional de respuesta a emergencias repentinas.
UNDAC fue creado en 1993. Es diseñado para apoyar a las Naciones Unidas y los gobiernos de paises afectados por desastres durante la primer fase de una emergencia repentina. Ademas, UNDAC apoya en la coordinación de la llegada de socorro internacional al nivel nacional y/o al sitio de la emergencia.

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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UNDAC Missions in Americas (from 1993 to January 2011)

What is UNDAC?
The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) is part of the international emergency response system for sudden-onset emergencies.
UNDAC was created in 1993. It is designed to help the United Nations and governments of disaster-affected countries during the first phase of a sudden-onset emergency. UNDAC also assists in the coordination of incoming international relief at national level and/or at the site of the emergency.

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Belize + 10 others
América Latina: algunos países son vulnerables a los altos precios de los alimentos

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World Bank


- Altos precios de alimentos amenazan economís en Centro AAmérica y el Caribe.

- Ingresos por altos precios de materias primas pueden contrarrestrar alza de alimentos en el Cono Sur.

- Redes de protección social deben ser fortalecidas para proteger a los pobres de la región.

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Belize + 10 others
Latin America: Some Countries Vulnerable to High Food Prices

Report
World Bank


- High food prices pose a threat to several Central American and Caribbean countries.

- Revenues from high commodity prices can offset food stuff spikes in Southern cone.

- Social protection networks can be strengtened to soften blow to the region's poor.

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Suriname: Location Map (2010)

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