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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A new report by Christian Aid shows that floods, cyclones and drought killed and displaced millions across the globe in places which have done little to cause climate change.
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A new UNICEF report measures countries’ readiness to deliver remote learning in response to disruptions of in-person education, covering almost 90 per cent of students in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
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The assistance would include food, clothing, health services and psychosocial support, safe shelters, and protection for people at risk of gender-based violence and trafficking in persons.
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COVID-19 has disrupted essential health services in most countries in region, threatening immunization of children and care of expectant mothers and people with chronic conditions.
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About 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunization services in 2020 - 3.7 million more than in 2019 - according to official data published by WHO and UNICEF.
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Most of the world will be living with water stress in the next few years. We must all act now, said UN representatives during the launch of the GAR Special Report on Drought 2021.
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Since the start of the pandemic, children in this region have lost on average four times more days of schooling (174) against the rest of the world. Most risk missing out on an entire school year.
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UNHCR has received just 49% of the $9.1 billion required for its global operations this year. The consequences are devastating in low- and middle-income countries, which host more than 85% of refugees.
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Un nuevo informe del Secretario General y el Grupo de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo afirma que la región debe esforzarse hacia la Agenda 2030 en cuatro dimensiones clave: social, económica, ambiental y política.
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“Widespread lockdowns have resulted in horrific conditions where girls and women, who are experiencing violence and abuse, have no one to turn to and nowhere to go. They are trapped,” said Plan.
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Con 3.596.000 de casos de COVID-19 confirmados, la ONU pide 6,7 mil millones de dólares para proteger millones de vidas y frenar la propagación del coronavirus en países frágiles.
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The peak of the disease in the world’s poorest countries is not expected until some time over the next three to six months. However, there is already evidence of children missing vaccinations and meals.
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While floods are the most common disaster in the region, causing more than $1 billion in total damages since 2000, drought is the disaster that affects the highest number of people.
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Extreme weather, driven by climate change, hit every populated continent in 2019, killing, injuring and displacing millions and causing billions of dollars of economic damage, says Christian Aid.
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The Boko Haram crisis, the conflict in the Sahel and the Venezuela migration crisis are three regional crises that ACAPS highlights in its latest annual analysis.
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Las personas con obesidad se triplicaron desde 1975 y las que padecen hambre aumentaron 11% en los últimos cuatro años, según el Panorama de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional 2019.
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Widening pockets of unvaccinated children have created a pathway to the measles outbreaks hitting several countries around the world today.
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This year's edition marks sustained international efforts dedicated to reporting on, analysing and understanding the year-to-year variations and long-term trends of a changing climate.
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According to UNHCR, since 2014, over 414,000 asylum claims have been lodged by Venezuelans worldwide with nearly 60 percent of them (248,000), during 2018 alone.