Food and Nutrition

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World: Humanitarian and Country Icons 2012

OCHA adds 500 free humanitarian symbols to communications tools and services

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA) has created a set of 500 freely available humanitarian icons to help relief workers present emergency and crisis-related information quickly and simply.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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

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Mali + 6 others
El brote de cólera en Malí y Níger agrava la situación provocada por la sequía

Unas 60 personas han muerto recientemente en el Sahel, donde se han registrado más de 2.800 casos en lo que va de año, por una epidemia de cólera que está afectando sobre todo a la población infantil y se está propagando por los alrededores del río Níger.

Acción contra el Hambre, en colaboración con Unicef, está repartiendo kits de higiene a más de 2.000 familias de la ciudad de Gao, en el norte de Malí, para atajar la epidemia.

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Somalia + 4 others
American Red Cross Commits Additional $1 Million to Horn of Africa

Friday, December 16, 2011 — Since 2009, massive, widespread drought has plagued the Horn of Africa region, bringing intense suffering to areas of Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Djibouti and affecting more than 13 million people. Although seasonal rains have returned to the region, flooding and security issues hamper humanitarian operations in the region.

American Red Cross:

All American Red Cross disaster assistance is provided at no cost, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. The Red Cross also supplies nearly half of the nation's lifesaving blood. This, too, is made possible by generous voluntary donations. To help the victims of disaster, you may make a secure online credit card donation or call 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Or you may send your donation to your local Red Cross or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. To donate blood, please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543), or contact your local Red Cross to find out about upcoming blood drives..


© Copyright, The American National Red Cross. All Rights Reserved.

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Humanitarian assistance, emergency relief, rehabilitation, recovery and reconstruction in response to the humanitarian emergency in Haiti, including the devastating effects of the earthquake - Report of the Secretary-General (A/66/332)

Sixty-sixth session
Item 70 (a) of the provisional agenda* Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations

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Iraq + 12 others
Regional Response Plan for Iraqi Refugees 2011 Mid-Year Review

  1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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

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Gaza Strip land crossings weekly status report 7-13 August 2011

This week, 1285 truckloads (34,657 tons) were unloaded at the crossings.

Erez

123 international organization staff members entered Israel.

126 international organization staff members entered the Gaza Strip.

276 patients and accompanying individuals crossed into Israel and the West Bank for medical treatment.

Imports

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Appeal No. MAAIQ002 Programme Update

Report
IFRC

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

In brief

Programme outcome: