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Raising awareness on the tsunami threat
Because tsunamis are the deadliest type of major natural disaster in terms of the proportion of victims killed, World Tsunami Awareness Day is being inaugurated on November 5, 2016.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights persistent violence in CAR, Yemen and Nigeria
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights heightened violence in the CAR, Libya and Yemen
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Ebola crisis and 1.5 million IDPs in Nigeria
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
How the world must act now to prevent catastrophe in 2015
Aid agencies fear that efforts this year to prevent the crisis from deteriorating will falter as rival sides are regrouping, ready to resume violence once the rainy season ends this month.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights conflict in Yemen, Syria and Iraq
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights flood and disease risk in South Sudan
Over 68 per cent of the estimated 1.3 million people displaced within South Sudan are sheltering in flood-prone sites where they are at risk of contracting malaria, acute respiratory infections and other diseases.
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UN's Central Emergency Respond Fund allocates US$103.6 million in second quarter of 2014
By the close of the second quarter of 2014, donors had contributed $296.1 million to CERF for 2014, bringing total contributions to over 68 per cent of total pledges for the year.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights floods in Sudan and crises in Gaza and Syria
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights violence in Iraq and flooding in Paraguay
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Aid agencies release plan to assist up to 4 million people in South Sudan by December
Six months into the conflict, around 1.5 million people have been uprooted from their homes and over seven million people are at risk of hunger and disease.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights violence in Iraq and cholera in South Sudan
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights crises in Syria, Iraq and CAR
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Rain and flooding worsen living conditions in displacement sites
The latest OCHA situation report highlights heavy rains and deteriorating conditions caused by flooding especially in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile states.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights the Balkan floods and CAR conflict
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights cholera outbreak in South Sudan and shelling in Fallujah
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights peace talks in South Sudan; civilian returns to Homs
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
Crisis continues to disrupt implementation of key health programmes
Latest WHO report details health sector response, including vaccination campaigns. The prevailing insecurity has led to targeted damage to health system functions and medical missions.
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ACAPS launches updated analysis of scale, severity, and impact of crisis
The purpose of the Disaster Needs Analysis is to inform decision-making and emergency response in South Sudan's Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile States.