Responding to health emergencies: WHO impact in 2022 Introduction When the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first consolidated global health emergency appeal at the start of 2022, an...
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Responding to health emergencies: WHO impact in 2022 Introduction When the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first consolidated global health emergency appeal at the start of 2022, an...
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Introduction Cholera is a major health risk in many parts of the world, affecting millions of people every year. Since mid-2021, the world has been facing an acute upsurge of the seventh cholera...
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Highlights After years of steady decline, cholera has made a devastating comeback. A deadly combination of climate change, underinvestment in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, and in...
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Balance mundial Situación actual Desde que el 16 de diciembre de 2022 se publicó el primer parte sobre brotes epidémicos relativo a la situación mundial del cólera, la situación mundial se ha seguido...
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Aperçu mondial Situation actuelle Depuis la publication le 16 décembre 2022 du premier bulletin d’information sur les flambées épidémiques de choléra à l’échelle mondiale, la situation s’est encore...
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Global overview Current Situation Since the first disease outbreak news on the global cholera situation was published on 16 December 2022, the global situation has further deteriorated with...
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Abstract This combined, independent evaluation focused on DG ECHO’s humanitarian response to epidemics and its strategic partnership with WHO between 2017-2021. The evaluation found that DG ECHO...
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In 2022, 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection. This number is a significant increase from 235 million people a year ago, which was already the highest figure in...
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Syria: Ten years of conflict and crisis Conflict and humanitarian crisis have tormented Syrians for a decade. Some 13.4 million people need humanitarian assistance, including 6.7 million internally...
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Dozens of countries in humanitarian crisis are now being hit by COVID-19, leading to massive mobilization efforts. But it is crucial that the funding for this scale-up be additional funding – to the...
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Watchlist 2020 highlights the countries where the IRC assesses there to be the greatest risk of a major deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the coming year. The countries on Watchlist 2020...
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New and improved ways to provide aid enabled us to help millions of people in need January: Underlining the forgotten Many humanitarian crises don’t make the news headlines. The displaced Rohingyas...
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Dear Friends, On my very first assignment with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), I found myself in a hospital in Aweil, in what is today the independent nation of South Sudan. I...
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This year, in our annual sustainability report, we highlight our support to a selection of critical humanitarian emergencies and development initiatives. These include: Providing over 65,000 Yemenis...
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The United States Congress plays an essential role in both financial support and legislative action that makes a lifesaving difference to millions every day. By responding to the world’s worst...
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Washington, May 15, 2019 – There were at least 973 attacks on health workers, health facilities, health transports and patients in 23 countries in conflict in 2018, the Safeguarding Health in...
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Les enfants pris dans des conflits prolongés sont trois fois plus susceptibles de mourir d’une maladie transmise par l’eau que de la violence NEW YORK, le 22 mars 2019 – Les enfants de moins de 15...
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Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to die from water-related diseases than from violence – UNICEF NEW YORK, 22 March 2019 – Children under the age of 15 living in...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The IRC’s Watchlist 2019 highlights the countries we believe are at greatest risk of experiencing the worst humanitarian crises over the coming year. • This year the Watchlist has...
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Global trends and challenges More than 1 per cent of people across the planet right now are caught up in major humanitarian crises. The international humanitarian system is more effective than ever...