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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Suriname initiative to further disaster risk reduction and climate resilience
By: Chani Goering Paramaribo, Suriname—Suriname is taking new initiatives to further its commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, implementing the Paris Agreement, and reducing...
Statement on past child safeguarding cases in former SOS Children's Villages Suriname
We are very sorry that we failed to keep the children and young people safe in our programmes in the former SOS Children’s Villages in Suriname. In May 2021, SOS Children’s Villages was contacted by...
“It’s important to reach out to people where they are”: an interview with Dr Hélène Hiwat and Dr Hedley Cairo
The effort to eliminate malaria in Suriname has made tremendous strides over the past 2 decades, with the number of confirmed malaria cases dropping from 14 000 in 2003 to zero (non-imported) last...
Suriname: Country Profile (as of May 2022)
SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT Suriname´s economy is highly dependent on the extractive sector, with oil and gold accounting for approximately 85 per cent of the country´s exports and 27 per cent of the...
Relief efforts in Suriname: “The main supply of food has gone.”
UN chief visits Suriname and warns “we are still losing the battle of climate change” as 3,000 households are devastated by unprecedented flooding UN Secretary General António Guterres has called for...
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El Caribe es la “zona cero” de la emergencia climática global, afirma el Secretario General
En el último día de su visita a Surinam, António Guterres empezó sus actividades en una avioneta y terminó en un podio. Un sobrevuelo de 90 minutos de Paramaribo a la Reserva Natural de Surinam...
PAHO Suriname provides response activities to aid in flooding in the interior
Suriname, June 22, 2022 (PAHO) - In response to the flooding in the interior of Suriname, PAHO has provided support through the deployment of a two member Regional Response Team between 28 May and 11...
Suriname - Floods (CDEMA, CIMH, Copernicus EMS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 June 2022)
Since the beginning of March, widespread flooding has been affecting the Interior and southern areas of Suriname. According to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the most...
Suriname Flooding - Situation Report No. 3 (as of 6:00 PM on 13 June 2022)
SITUATION OVERVIEW: A number of communities were declared disaster areas by the Government of Suriname on 25th May after experiencing widespread flooding which began in March 2022 The districts...
Suriname Flooding - Situation Report No. 2 (as of 6:00 PM on 6 June 2022)
SITUATION OVERVIEW As a result of heavy rain showers in the interior and southern sections of Suriname, various areas, in particular the Districts of Brokopondo, Sipaliwini, Marowijne, Para,...
Suriname Flooding - Situation Report No. 1 (as of 8:00 PM on 26 May 2022)
Severe Flooding in the Interior due to heavy rainfall HIGHLIGHTS: Due to heavy rainfall in the interior and southern sections of Suriname, the President declared the districts of Brokopondo,...
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Latinoamérica & El Caribe Resumen de Situación Semanal (23-29 de mayo 2022) al 30 de mayo 2022
REGIONAL: TEMPORADA DE HURACANES 2022 ATLÁNTICO La Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica de Estados Unidos (NOAA) pronostica un 65 por ciento de probabilidad de que la temporada de huracanes...
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Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update (23-29 May 2022) as of 30 May 2022
REGIONAL: 2022 HURRICANE SEASON ATLANTIC The United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts a 65 per cent chance of an above-average 2022 Atlantic hurricane season,...
Suriname - Severe flooding (DG ECHO, CDEMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 May 2022)
Due to heavy rainfall in the interior and southern areas of Suriname, the government declared several districts as disaster areas on Wednesday 25 May. Rising waters caused by heavy flooding resulted...
Suriname: Floods - DREF Final Report n° MDRSR003
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster In April, May, and June of 2021, it rained heavily in Suriname causing flooding in many communities. During a joint press conference between the...
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PAHO and Canada Provide the National Immunization Program, Bureau of Public Health, Suriname with Vaccine Refrigerators in support of the Immunization Programme
Paramaribo, 19 January 2022 (PAHO) – The BOG received the freezer in November of 2021 and the vaccine refrigerators in January 2022. The two refrigerators have a capacity of 36.5 cubic feet and the...
Suriname: Floods - DREF n° MDRSR003 - Operation Update no. 1
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster On 4 June 2021, a joint press conference between the Ministries of Public Works, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and Regional Development and...
Digital socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 among Indigenous households in Suriname
Suriname’s Indigenous community “continue to hope and believe” despite devastation from COVID-19 Captain Theodorus Jubitana was born in a small village Tapoeripa in Nickerie District, Suriname, on 10...
Suriname: Reference Map of Wanica District
Please refer to the attached Map.