CHF 119,598 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to 1,160 persons (200 households) directly and 1,819,507 persons indirectly. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged. Summary: This DREF...
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Uganda: Funding, health system constraints impede Marburg control
KAMPALA, 31 October 2012 (IRIN) - Uganda's Ministry of Health is facing serious financial and health system constraints as it battles to contain an outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever that has killed eight people in the country's southwest. According to the Uganda Virus Research Institute, as of...
DR Congo + 8 more
Kenya: WFP, Gov't to help 2.16 million food-insecure people until March 2013
HIGHLIGHTS Localized heavy rain showers impact Somalia and Kenya Food security in the region has improved as harvests start to reach the markets DRC Crisis: more than 772,450 people have been displaced in North Kivu since January 2009 Ethiopia: number of severely malnourished children declines for...
Uganda: Southwestern district stricken by Marburg virus; 7 dead
By Goodluck Musinguzi Another person has died of the Marburg viral disease in the southwestern district of Kabale, bringing the total number of such deaths to seven. Lydia Rusanyuka died Saturday morning at Rushoroza health center three after spending less than a week under medical care inside the...
World + 12 more
302 human impact disasters claimed 29,782 lives, affected 206 million and inflicted record economic damages of $366 billion in 2011 - UNISDR
302 human impact disasters claimed 29,782 lives; affected 206 million and inflicted record economic damages of $366 billion in 2011 Geneva, 18 January 2012 – For two consecutive years the long-term disasters trend has been bucked by major earthquakes which claimed thousands of lives and affected...
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Countries can save lives and reduce economic losses with better disaster preparedness - World Bank
TOKYO, September 27, 2011 – The World Bank says Japan’s systematic and careful investments in seismic safety and tsunami preparedness over several decades saved countless lives during the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Speaking at the 5th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM5), the...