An estimated 1.3 billion children globally, over one in two, live in countries where dengue outbreaks are frequent and continuous, and the situation is expected to get worse due to the climate crisis.
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An estimated 1.3 billion children globally, over one in two, live in countries where dengue outbreaks are frequent and continuous, and the situation is expected to get worse due to the climate crisis.
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The number of movements in which people fled in search of safety and shelter - sometimes more than once - was also unprecedented in 2022, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
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According to the report, explosive weapons used in cities, towns and villages caused at least 20,793 civilian deaths and injuries around the world in 2022, compared with 11,343 in 2021.
Bangladesh + 12 more
The acceleration of digitalization is rapidly reshaping systems and processes and broadening participation with positive implications for more effective and anticipatory humanitarian action.
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From Pakistan to the Philippines, Asia and Pacific is the region most affected by disaster displacement worldwide, according to a new report by IDMC and Asian Development Bank.
Afghanistan + 9 more
The South and South-West Asia disaster risk landscape is being reshaped by hazards under the disaster-climate-health nexus, increasing the vulnerability of populations to such hazards.
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IFRC has launched 26 new operations this year, 15 of which are climate-related disaster responses. South Asia has been the worst hit, with millions of people affected by multiple disasters.
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A new UNICEF report highlights the terrible price children are paying not only as a result of COVID-19 but due to the climate crisis and humanitarian disasters affecting the region.
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More than 150 people have died across the two countries and dozens are missing after some of the heaviest rains in more than a century was dumped on provinces in Nepal and northern India.
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Between January and September 2021, many of the 56,600 Haitian migrants were accompanied by children born during their journey. Migrants also arrived from Cuba, Venezuela, Asia and Africa.
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Save the Children is warning that extended lockdowns are taking a devastating toll on children’s mental health and is urging all governments to include psychosocial support in health services.
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This funding will be used to procure oxygen and testing supplies, medical equipment, personal protective equipment and infection prevention and control material across South Asia.
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During a year marked by intense storms and conflict, 40.5 million new displacements were triggered across the world by disasters and violence, the highest annual figure recorded in a decade.
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Half of Bangladesh is under water, leaving nearly one million families stranded. Flooding and landslides in Nepal have left 200 people dead or missing. In India, almost 12 million people are affected.
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Many young children who remain at home due to the lockdowns do not get the play and early learning support they need for healthy development, according to a new UNICEF-Innocenti report.
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"Every year there are monsoon floods, but this year is different as it comes at the height of a deadly COVID-19 global pandemic. Tragically, already 550 people have lost their lives," said IFRC.
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Millions of children and their families across India, Nepal and Bangladesh are experiencing the most devastating monsoon rains in years, with hundreds of thousands left homeless and hundreds of lives lost.
Afghanistan + 7 more
Routine immunizations in South Asia have been severely disrupted by COVID-19 lockdowns. Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles, have already been seen in various countries.
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Heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides across three countries – Nepal, India, and Bangladesh – have killed at least 93 children, and put the lives of millions more at risk.
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Save the Children is worried more bad weather could result in a major humanitarian crisis, leading to further death, injury, displacement and potential spread of water-borne diseases.