Confirmed measles cases in 2014 have increased almost fourfold in Guinea and tripled in Sierra Leone compared to 2013, as a drop in immunization coverage rates has left children vulnerable.
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Confirmed measles cases in 2014 have increased almost fourfold in Guinea and tripled in Sierra Leone compared to 2013, as a drop in immunization coverage rates has left children vulnerable.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The death toll and the number of suspected cases of measles continue to rise in Guinea. The Ministry of Health said that there are already more than 1,300 new cases in 2014.
National Committee of Emergency Management's recommendations highlight purchase of vaccines and strengthening immunization in districts most affected
Sharply increasing number of cases over the past weeks prompted the Government to declare an outbreak. WHO, UNICEF and MSF will support the response.
The heavy downpour of the last few weeks has triggered floods and water-logging in Satkhira, Khulna and Jessore districts displacing over 1.25 million people with colossal damage to crops, infrastructures and livelihoods. The figures projected by the Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are varying...
More than a million people in Bangladesh are enduring flooding misery after heavy rains. Following severe flooding in late July, further downpours have swollen the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers and are jeopardising more communities. Those fleeing the flood waters have taken shelter in makeshift...
SATKHIRA, 22 August 2011 (IRIN) - Heavy monsoon rains have caused several major rivers in Bangladesh to burst their banks, displacing thousands and affecting nearly a million people in all, according to the country's Disaster Management Bureau (DMB). Nine river monitoring stations out of 73 operated...
Since mid-July torrential monsoon rains coupled with a depression in the Bay of Bengal has caused devastating flash floods across the Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh. The floods have caused ten deaths, left 30,000 people marooned and forced over 150,000 people from their homes. Many of them are...
CHF 262,770 (USD 320,870 or EUR 223,470) has been allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) deliver immediate assistance to some 25,000 beneficiaries...