Food insecurity conditions in vulnerable districts from July onwards

Key Messages

• While the Technical Secretariat for the Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN)
Vulnerability Assessment Group (GAV) and partners are planning for annual assessments in the near future, food security appears to be generally stable in most of the country, including in many areas affected by last year’s drought.

Chapter 1

UNESCO’s post-disaster response

A series of severe natural disasters in all parts of the world marked 2010 with tragic consequences. These events tested to the full UNESCO’s capacities for rapid response. The Organization participated in 15 of the 25 humanitarian appeals launched by the United Nations, with project proposals in 13 post-conflict and post-disaster countries and regions. Some of these initiatives are described below.

Meanwhile, post-conflict and post-disaster work continued in many other countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan.

CHF 156,983 was allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC)'s Disaster Relief Emergency

- Food security conditions remain stable across the country as the lean season progresses, given the availability of surplus staple grain stocks from the 2009/10 season on the local market. Surplus grain availability on the market is supporting more gradual grain price increases than is typical and lower maize prices as compared to the previous season, benefitting consumers in this lean season.

- In the first part of the outlook period from January through March, food security is expected to remain stable

The Cluster Approach was endorsed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) in September '05 http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/. Nine Clusters were agreed upon, with a lead agency designated for each. WFP is the lead agency for Logistics Cluster.

The global cluster leads are "accountable to the Emergency Relief Coordinator for ensuring predictable and effective inter-agency preparedness and response within the concerned areas of activity".

"ZRA has issued the alert, but they have not yet informed us of the dates on when they will open the gates," said Patrick Kangwa, head of operations at Zambia's Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit.

The ZRA manages Kariba Dam situated between

The central government delegation, led by the interior deputy minister for Civil Protection and Fire Services, Eugénio Laborinho, met with the local commission of the sector so as to outline an action strategy to be implemented in the ground.

Speaking to Angop at the end of the meeting, the spokesman and provincial delegate of the Ministry of Interior, Commissioner

Luanda - The Home Affairs deputy minister for Civil Protection and Fire Service, Eugénio Laborinho, announced for 2011 the installation of natural calamity warning systems in some cities of the country, to control and prevent heavy rains and lightning, that have lately claimed many lives and causing material damages.

The government official was speaking to the press at the end of a visit he paid to four zones of central Huambo province, affected by rains, under a programme of checking the problems caused by natural calamities in the region.

Malaria prevention and control is a major foreign assistance objective of the U.S. Government (USG). In May 2009, President Barack Obama announced the Global Health Initiative (GHI), a six-year, comprehensive effort to reduce the burden of disease and promote healthy communities and families around the world. Through the GHI, the United States will invest $63 billion over six years to help partner countries improve health outcomes, with a particular focus on improving the health of women, newborns and children. The GHI is a global commitment to invest