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Every year millions of people suffer and die from tuberculosis (TB). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 95% of these deaths occur in the low and middle-income nations. It is an infectious disease, and children who are exposed to family members with the illness are at high risk of contracting the disease.

On International Women’s day being celebrated today, Muslim Aid stresses the crucial role played by women across the globe in building a strong stable and caring society that fosters stability and healthy development.

The premier British faith-based charity, Muslim Aid, urges the Lancaster House Conference on Somalia to devise and implement a Humanitarian Marshall Plan. “The Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s initiative is timely and welcome” said Muslim Aid Chair, Sir Iqbal Sacranie. “This blighted country has been a victim of two different kinds of political interventions; seemingly well-meant yet producing unmitigated disaster.“

Millions of children around the world are living in poverty and denied the most basic necessities required for their development. On Universal Children’s Day on 20 November 2011, Muslim Aid expressed solidarity with the UN agencies and other humanitarian organisations and NGOs that support and promote welfare of children.

Muslim Aid has launched an emergency appeal to help the victims of the recent flash floods in Pakistan, which is still recovering from last year's devastating deluge. After heavy monsoon rains in August which are still continuing, up to 5.2 million people have been affected by floods in 22 districts in Sindh. Flood waters over roads and bridges have cut off public transport and relief workers' access to affected villages.

July 29 2011

A year on from the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history, millions of people continue to need support to rebuild their lives. Homes, livelihoods and infrastructure were destroyed, killing over 2000 people and affecting 20 million people.

Following emergency relief distribution in the immediate aftermath of the flooding, Muslim Aid began to implement a Flood Recovery Programme, including model village reconstruction projects currently underway in Charsadda, Mianwalli, Jampur, Thatta and Dadu districts, in the KPK, Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan.

Muslim Aid today launched an urgent emergency appeal to provide humanitarian relief to people affected by the severe drought and malnutrition occurring in the countries of eastern Horn of Africa.

An estimated 10 million people in Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan are at risk of starvation. A shortage of food, water and medicines, made worse by persistent drought conditions in the region have forced thousands of people to flee their homes and seek refuge in camps in Mogadishu, as well as on the border of Northern Kenya and Ethiopia.

On World Environment Day on June 5, Muslim Aid has called upon governments to redouble their efforts to tackle the wider consequences of environmental change and deliver on their commitment to help reverse the adverse effects of climate change.

In his keynote speech, Syed Sharfuddin called on member states of the Organisation of Islamic Conference and emerging market economies to play a greater role in the design and implementation of humanitarian aid. He said: "more and more countries are able to