The number of Syrian refugees continued to rise, amounting to a total of 830,675, an increase of around 38,500 newly registered refugees or individuals awaiting registration in a week
World + 41 more
World + 41 more
The number of Syrian refugees continued to rise, amounting to a total of 830,675, an increase of around 38,500 newly registered refugees or individuals awaiting registration in a week
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The Global Overview collates information from a wide range of sources and displays this information in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises. Its primary objective is to rapidly inform humanitarian decision makers by presenting a summary of major humanitarian crises, both recent and protracted.
Paraguay + 4 more
DESTACADOS: PARAGUAY: Las autoridades estiman que aún hay 10,000 familias en necesidad alimentaria. CUBA: Un inusual brote de cólera en la provincia de Granma ha dejado tres muertos. PERÚ: Las autoridades han movilizado más de 92,000 frazadas a las zonas afectadas por las heladas.
Mexico + 4 more
HIGHLIGHTS: PERU: Cold Weather affects about 11,665 people in the Andean region. MEXICO: Hurricane Carlotta affected more than 12,000 families in the state of Oaxaca BOLIVIA: More than 720 confirmed cases of influenza AH1N1.
Mali + 7 more
Highlights Nutrition crisis Some 1.1 million children under 5 will suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), or up to 1.5 million in the worst case scenario and 3 million children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). Number of children under 5 admitted to therapeutic treatment programmes for...
Cholera has now spread to all districts of Cameroon’s largest city, Douala, home to 2.1 million people. The outbreak was officially declared an epidemic in September 2010 and since then it has spiked and declined a number of times. During a rainy period in March and April, the numbers of cases...
Cameroon + 7 more
DAKAR/GENEVA, 11 October 2011 – UNICEF is calling for a redoubling of efforts to combat cholera outbreaks that are claiming lives and affecting large numbers of people across West and Central Africa. This year has seen more than 85,000 reported cases of cholera, resulting in 2,466 deaths. The size...
Cameroon + 3 more
GLIDE n° EP-2011-000098-TCD 22 September 2011 This bulletin is being issued for information only and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is seeking funding through the existing country appeals...
Cameroon + 3 more
DAKAR, 30 August 2011 (IRIN) - Cholera has killed at least 1,200 people this year in the countries surrounding Lake Chad - Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria; the illness, linked primarily to poor sanitation and lack of potable water, has struck some 38,800 people in the region this year and...
Par Moustapha Diallo, Chargé de Communication FICR A Wobia, dans un petit village de pêcheurs, au sud-ouest du Cameroun, quelques volontaires de la Croix-Rouge Camerounaise apprennent aux enfants comment se prémunir du choléra. En quelques semaines, cette maladie a endeuillé plusieurs familles...