In Numbers USD 5.5 m six months (January 2024- June 2024) net funding requirements Operational Updates WFP and the Government of Saint Lucia entered a new agreement to augment the existing Caribbean...
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Antigua and Barbuda + 14 more
In Numbers USD 5.5 m six months (January 2024- June 2024) net funding requirements Operational Updates WFP and the Government of Saint Lucia entered a new agreement to augment the existing Caribbean...
Brazil + 26 more
Update: February 21, 2024 14:00 PM (GMT-5) Between epidemiological weeks (EW) 1 and 6 of 2024, a total of 1,040,264 suspected cases of dengue were reported, resulting in a cumulative incidence of 177...
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Domestic food price inflation remains high. Inflation higher than 5% is experienced in 57.9% of low-income countries (a decrease of 5.3 percentage points since the last update on February 1, 2024),...
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Considering the number of dengue cases reported in the first weeks of 2024, with an exponential increase in several countries of the Region of the Americas, following a year in which the highest...
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Regional Context As of 31 December 2023, some 114 million people worldwide were forced to flee conflict, violence, and human rights violations. Thousands embarked on dangerous journeys across borders...
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REGIONAL PROFILE Countries across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are prone to extreme weather events and natural hazards, including drought, earthquakes, and hurricanes, that can lead to...
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This thematic evaluation, commissioned by the Regional Bureau for Latin American and the Caribbean (RBP), examines the work carried out by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Shock-Responsive Social...
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KEY FIGURES 13 Countries identified as priority countries with El Niño forecast to persist into 2024 39 People left dead following landslide in Colombia, as well as 4 people missing 130K Students in...
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AT A GLANCE • Since the last update on November 30, the agricultural, cereal, and export price indices closed 2 percent, 6 percent, and 1 percent higher, respectively. • Domestic food price inflation...
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Regional Context In November, countries under the UNHCR Multi-Country Office in Panama observed several policy changes in favor of refugees, asylum-seekers, and others in need of international...
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HIGHLIGHTS Latin America and the Caribbean remains the second most disaster-prone region in the world, with growing numbers of people affected by such disasters as storms or floods. Between the year...
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OVERALL PROGRESS For the first six months of 2023, the Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross Society has spent substantial time on fostering a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of...
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In light of the beginning of the peak dengue circulation season in the southern hemisphere, the persistence of viral activity in the Central American Isthmus subregion and Mexico, and the...
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In Numbers USD 6 m six months (November 2023- April 2024) net funding requirements, representing 51 percent of total Operational Update Following the sixth round of surveys on food security and...
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The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a climate pattern characterised by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific, is currently present. The Climate Prediction Center indicates...
Suriname, November 30, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) -- Between November 13 and 24, 2023, Suriname has taken a significant step in combating malaria through a specialized initiative program aimed at enhancing...
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Analysis of the Regional Group on Risks, Emergencies and Disasters for Latin America and the Caribbean (REDLAC) coordinated by OCHA ROLAC As of November 2023 Key considerations The 2023 El Niño...
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USAID’s Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) Mission supports the countries in the Eastern Caribbean to build their climate resilience through investments in disaster preparedness and response,...
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AT A GLANCE • The agricultural and export price indices closed 3 percent and 7 percent higher than two weeks ago, respectively, while the cereal price index was unchanged. • Domestic food price...