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01 Feb 2008

World
WHO's Humanitarian Action 2008-2009/ Biennial Work Plan to Support WHO's Capacity for Work in Emergencies and Crises/ Medium-term Strategic Plan 2008-2013/ Programme Budget 2008-2009

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— World Health Organization
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The present document serves a dual purpose. It is both a comprehensive global work plan for WHO's emergency and humanitarian work over the next two years and an appeal for flexible funding.

Until 2004, almost all of the extra-budgetary funds WHO received for its emergency work were tightly earmarked, usually for acute-onset crises. While such funds were vital to allow WHO to deal with immediate health needs during emergencies, by their very nature they prevented the Organization from building a sustainable structure - the
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01 Feb 2008

World
Review of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in the Post-Emergency Context: Synthesis of Lessons on Integration of CMAM into National Health Systems

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— US Agency for International Development
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With Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) incorporated into government health facilities and protocols to varying degrees in Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger, USAID's Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project, managed by the Academy for Educational Development, undertook a comprehensive review of the challenges, successes and lessons learned from the experience in these three countries. Review of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in the Post-Emergency Context: Synthesis of Lessons on Integration of CMAM into
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01 Feb 2008

World
FAO Right to Food Newsletter No. 2, Feb 2008

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
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Contents:

Letter from the Coordinator

The Human Right to Food
- Countries in Action

Human Rights Throughout the UN
-Integrating Right to Food into FAO's Work

Awareness Building and Information
- News from our Partners

The next issue of FAO's Right to Food newsletter will be issue in May 2008 and will focus on capacity building and training.
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01 Feb 2008

World
UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2008

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— UN Children's Fund
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Calling on donors to help address 39 specific crises around the world, UNICEF launches its annual Humanitarian Action Report outlining the organization's funding requirements for emergency work in 2008. The report details financial needs beyond regular country programme budgets. The appeal for almost $850 million worldwide targets the largest allocations for Pakistan, Uganda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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01 Feb 2008

Democratic Republic of the Congo
DR Congo: OCHA North Kivu Humanitarian Situation Update, 26 Jan-01 Feb 2008

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Number of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) :

Since December 2006 : 437,000 (Mainly in Rutshuru and Masisi districts)

Total estimated number for entire North Kivu : 800,000

HIGHLIGHTS

After two weeks of speeches, debates and workshops, the Kivus Conference on Peace, Security and Development ended on 23 January with the signature of an act of engagement from the different armed groups and representatives of DRC government.

FARDC reacted after security incidents on humanitarians in Rutshuru by setting-up a military survey post in Katoro.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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

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01 Feb 2008

Iraq
Iraq: IOM emergency needs assessments (post Feb 2006 displacement in Iraq) 01 Feb (1) 2007 bi-weekly report

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— International Organization for Migration
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Following the February 2006 bombing of the Samarra Al-Askari Mosque, escalating sectarian violence in Iraq caused massive displacement, both internal and to locations abroad. In coordination with the Iraqi government's Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM), IOM continues to assess the movement of Iraqis through a network of partners on the ground.

Significantly fewer Iraqis were displaced in 2007 than were displaced in 2006, suggesting that internal displacement in Iraq has slowed. However, displacement continues to occur in some locations

International Organization for Migration:

Copyright © IOM. All rights reserved.

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01 Feb 2008

Democratic Republic of the Congo
RD Congo : Le choléra menace le Katanga : Après Lubumbashi, l'OMS va construire un autre centre de traitement du choléra à Likasi

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— World Health Organization
L'ESSENTIEL :

Face à l'ampleur de l'épidémie, l'OMS décide d'envoyer dans le Katanga plus de 9 tonnes de médicaments en faveur des malades. D'autres moyens fi nanciers supplémentaires ont été mobilisés pour la motivation du personnel soignant de Likasi. Le ministre de la santé et le Représentant de l'OMS en RDC ont fait le déplacement de Lubumbashi et de Likasi pour évaluer la situation sanitaire sur place.

A lire également dans cette édition, le don de l'OMS en matériels de bureautique à la Faculté de médecine de

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01 Feb 2008

occupied Palestinian territory
OPT: OFID extends US$5 million grant to assist relief efforts in the Gaza Strip

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— OPEC Fund for International Development
February 1, 2008 Vienna, Austria - The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has approved a grant of US$5 million to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis that has evolved in the Gaza Strip. The grant was approved by the Chairman of the Governing Board, Mr. Jamal N. Lootah. Proceeds from the grant will be drawn from OFID's Special Grant Account for Palestine. The funds will be channelled through 21 NGOs for them to continue providing vital, life-saving services.

There is not a single sector in the Gaza Strip that has not been devastated by the imposition of severe restrictions

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01 Feb 2008

occupied Palestinian territory
OPT: Gaza blockade

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— Muslim Aid Australia
Since September 2007 employment, education and healthcare have been badly affected. The blockade has left homes, hospitals and factories without electricity. The lack of fuel has crippled Gaza's water supply and sewage system. Rivers of untreated sewage flow through the streets. Power cuts interrupt business and people's ability to light and heat their houses and refrigerate food.

Fuel shortages have meant that even back up generators, vital to power supplies during cuts in electricity supply, cannot work - interrupting the operation of medical equipment.

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01 Feb 2008

Tajikistan
Help for desperate refugees in Tajik winter

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 1 February 2008, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

UNHCR is rushing emergency supplies to over 1,000 desperate refugees in Tajikistan in the midst of the country's coldest winter in 25 years.

The unusually harsh winter in Tajikistan has frozen rivers, affected the production of hydropower and exacerbated an existing energy crisis throughout the country. Electricity is limited

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01 Feb 2008

Afghanistan + 13 others
Another $104 million from CERF goes to forgotten crises

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(New York: 1 February 2008): John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today allocated $104.3 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to enable aid agencies to carry out critical life-saving programmes in fifteen countries during the first months of 2008.

"These grants are often the last bit of hope for millions of people caught up in some of the most severe and protracted humanitarian crises around the world," said Mr. Holmes.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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

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01 Feb 2008

Indonesia
Indonesia: From zero to heroes

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— IFRC
By Ahmad Husein, International Federation's communications coordinator in Indonesia

On Nias Island, an Indonesian Red Cross initiative has mobilized and trained more than 800 new volunteers in just ten months.

When a community based first aid programme was launched on the Indonesian island of Nias in March 2007, there was little indication that it would go on to be a major Red Cross success story.

"At the beginning, there were no volunteers - so we had to start the programme completely from scratch," said Indonesian

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01 Feb 2008

Kenya
Displaced Kenyans lacking critical health care

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— World Health Organization
Nairobi- Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) expresses concern for the health of the people who have fled their homes in the midst of the conflict in Kenya's Rift Valley, and who are now sheltering around Nairobi, Eldoret,  Nakuru and Naivasha.

Since the unrest began at the end of December 2007, more than 800 people have been killed and many more have been injured. UN agencies have prepared relief plans for 500 000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs). They estimate that up to 250000 people so far are gathering in makeshift camps or are living with host communities. Estimates

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01 Feb 2008

Zambia + 2 others
Zambian Floods Humanitarian Bulletin No.1

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— UN Country Team in Zambia
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Update on Situation

Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) issued a press statement that they will be opening one of the Kariba gates. However, it is not stated when this will be done, but the ZRA has indicated they will provide seven days notice before releasing the gate. This will have an effect on the Kafue river basin and the Luangwa River basin and regionally on the Zimbabwe and Cahora Bassa dam in Mozambique. Warnings are being formally issued to neighboring countries.

The rain bearing system (Inter Tropical Convergence Zone) is now being pushed up and is oscillating around the

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01 Feb 2008

Ecuador
Ecuador: Informe de inundaciones, 01 febrero 2008

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— Pan American Health Organization
Fecha del informe: 1 de febrero de 2008

Fecha de ocurrencia: 28 de enero de 2008

Zona específica del impacto: Provincias de la costa y sierra ecuatoriana

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01 Feb 2008

Sudan
Facing reverse migration, International Medical Corps prepares for new challenges in southern Sudan

Report
— International Medical Corps
In Sudan, it is the Darfur region that has received much of the attention from the international community and the media. Yet South Sudan, often called the "forgotten emergency," continues to suffer from disease, poverty and political instability.

As the lesser known crisis in the country, South Sudan is still reeling from multiple civil wars that claimed 1.5 million lives and left another four million homeless. Its staggering population migration, which includes thousands of the parentless "Lost Boys," has spread across the country in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and

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