Humanitarian agencies in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have warned that a lack of funding is limiting their ability to meet the most pressing needs of people and communities. Over the past decade the UN and its partners have seen a dramatic reduction in donor support to one of the world's most protracted humanitarian emergencies.

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DAMASCUS/AMMAN/GENEVA, 17 May 2013 – Despite heavy fighting, UNICEF and partners have provided life-saving supplies over the last week to some of the hardest to reach areas in Syria, including Aleppo and Al Houla, as well as children and women who fled recent violence in Al Bayda and Baniyas.

UNICEF and partners reached Zamarin and surrounding areas, on the outskirts of Tartous, which is hosting some 6,000 women and children who fled the nearby villages of Al Bayda and Baniyas, where mass killings have reportedly taken place this month.

The shortage of trained nurses at government hospitals is stifling progress in the fight against the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mothers to babies.

This was revealed by the AIDS and TB Director in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Owen Mugurungi, at a roundtable discussion in the capital today.

Mugurungi said increasing the number of health staff would help drive success in the current Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission initiatives.

In the last 23 years, global mortality rates have decreased by 47 percent. With funding from international governments and non-governmental organizations, developing countries across the globe have received unprecedented aid in the form of education and healthcare support to decrease mortality rates.

CHF 282,784 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Sudanese Red Crescent Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 11,480 IDPs. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.

Summary:

Appeal will focus on assisting those affected by seasonal floods, drought, chronic food insecurity, population movement and epidemics such as yellow fever, malaria and cholera.

Highlights

UNHCR began on 06 May 2013, the relocation of 18,200 Sudanese refugees from flood prone Jamam refugee camp, to the new site, Kaya, ahead of the onset of this year’s seasonal rains.

Clashes between host and refugee communities in Doro camp illustrate the possible threat of civil unrest across Maban. Efforts are underway to bring the two communities together.

Over 95% of refugee children have been immunized during the national polio immunization campaign this month.

Les statistiques de l’OMS montrent une diminution de l’écart entre les pays ayant la meilleure et la pire situation sanitaire