Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, March 19, 2024. Last Wednesday, March 13, 2024, CCRIF SPC, in collaboration with the Cayman Islands Government, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency...
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Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, March 19, 2024. Last Wednesday, March 13, 2024, CCRIF SPC, in collaboration with the Cayman Islands Government, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency...
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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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Actualizado: 21 de febrero de 2024 14:00 PM (GMT-5) Entre las semanas epidemiológicas (SE) 1 y 6 del 2024, se reportaron un total de 1,040,264 casos sospechosos de dengue (incidencia acumulada de 117...
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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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Washington, DC, 23 de febrero de 2024 (OPS) — El 26 de febrero de 2020, Brasil registró el primer caso de COVID-19 en su territorio, marcando el inicio de la pandemia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe ...
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Washington, DC, Feb. 23, 2024 (PAHO) - On February 26, 2020, Brazil recorded the first case of COVID-19 in its territory, marking the beginning of the pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. ...
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FRANCESCO VAROTTO, CLARA ARIZA, ROBERTO MENDEZ, NARAYA CARRASCO, SURANGA KAHANDAWA Recovery takes time. Six years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, among other...
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Description of the disaster Since 29 December 2020, the La Soufrière volcano alert level in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was elevated due to increased volcanic activity. By 8 April 2021, the alert...
In recent decades, the small island developing state of St. Lucia has made significant strides in its development, due in no small part to major investments in its national infrastructure. Yet today,...
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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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WFP can provide first-time access to financial accounts and help governments do the same. This series explores how Country Offices have enabled digital financial inclusion and women’s empowerment...
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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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PRÓLOGO La edición 2023 del Panorama regional de la seguridad Alimentaria y la nutrición de América Latina y el Caribe presenta los principales indicadores de hambre, inseguridad alimentaria,...
What happened, where and when? Over the last two months of 2022, as the rainy season peaked, the island of Saint Lucia experienced persistent rainfall contributing to heavily saturated soils. On 6...
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Con la introducción del virus SARS-CoV-2 en la Región de las Américas en 2020, asociado a la circulación de los virus respiratorios previamente presentes en la Región, incluyendo influenza y virus...
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Since the introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the Americas Region in 2020, along with the circulation of respiratory viruses previously reported in the Region such as influenza and respiratory...
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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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Como campaña emblemática, la Semana de Vacunación en las Américas se ha convertido en un catalizador de la inmunización en toda la Región de las Américas. Este Informe de la 21ª Semana de Vacunación...
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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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Análisis del Grupo Regional sobre Riesgos, Emergencias y Desastres para América Latina y el Caribe (REDLAC) coordinado por OCHA ROLAC A noviembre 2023 Consideraciones clave El fenómeno de El Niño...