As every child deserves the right to proper healthcare, to reach some of the far-flung areas of the conflict zone, the Polio vaccination teams sometimes relied on hooves as a means of transportation.
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Natural disasters occurring three times more often than 50 years ago, says FAO
At no other point in history have agri-food systems faced more hazards and with such frequency, intensity, and complexity as during the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic, states new report.
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El número de niños desplazados por las tormentas en el Caribe se multiplica por seis a medida que empeora en impacto de la crisis climática
Aproximadamente 761.000 niños fueron desplazados internamente por tormentas en el Caribe entre 2014 y 2018, el lustro más caliente del que se tenga registro.
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More than 750,000 children displaced by storms in the Caribbean - UNICEF
Without urgent action to mitigate the effects, spike in displacement could be a new norm as climate change predicted to cause more Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the region.
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Disasters have triggered around 265 million displacements during the past decade
The problem is likely to grow and become more intractable in the future. Weather-related hazards currently account for more than 87 per cent of all disaster displacement.
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Suffering In Silence: The 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2018
CARE report found that the food crisis in Haiti received the least media attention globally in 2018, followed by Ethiopia, DRC, Philippines, Chad, Niger, Central African Republic and Sudan.
Polio outbreak in Syria successfully stopped
After an 18-month long intensive vaccination campaign, the outbreak has been successfully stopped with no international spread, according to experts.
UN and SARC deliver humanitarian assistance to 50,000 people at Rukban camp in Syria
The inter-agency aid operation will bring food, sanitation and hygiene supplies, nutrition and health assistance to Rukban. Some 10,000 children will be vaccinated against Measles, Polio and other deadly diseases.
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Conflicts and climatic shocks aggravate food insecurity in 39 countries
Civil conflicts and displacement remain the key drivers of food insecurity in East Africa and the Near East, whereas dry-weather conditions reduced cereal outputs in Southern Africa, says FAO.
New project to help hurricane-damaged agricultural areas of Haiti recover
IFAD and the government of Haiti signed a financing agreement today that will help restore agricultural productivity in areas of the country most-affected by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016.
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CERF announces new findings in latest Results Report
CERF funding enabled 12 UN agencies together with 589 partners to provide life-saving assistance in 2016 and 2017 to 22.5 million people in humanitarian emergencies in 47 countries.
Nationwide polio vaccination campaign aims to vaccinate more than 2.4 million children in Syria
Children under five in 13 governorates to be reached in a joint effort by WHO, UNICEF and the Ministry of Health to ensure that Syria remain polio-free.
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Hunger rates remain high amid conflict, climate shocks, warns UN food security report
The need for external food assistance in 37 countries – either affected by conflict or adverse climate shocks – remains unchanged compared to the situation three months back.
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Rotary gives $53.5 million to help eradicate polio worldwide
More than half of the funds will support efforts to end polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where polio remains endemic. Further funding will support efforts to keep 10 vulnerable countries polio-free
US$252.2M needed to reach 2.2 million Haitians with life-saving aid in 2018
Revised Humanitarian Response Plan has been launched to provide critical life-saving, protection and livelihoods assistance to 2.2 million Haitians out of an estimated 2.8 million people in need.
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UN aid deliveries resume to Syrians at the Berm as Jordan gives approval
Approval of an exceptional delivery of humanitarian aid was granted to provide food and winterization relief items to 50,000 people who face increasingly dire circumstances.
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Conflicts and drought spur hunger, despite ample global food supply
Global food supplies are high due to strong cereal harvests, but localized drought, flooding and protracted conflicts have intensified and perpetuated food insecurity.
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Haiti tops list of countries most hit by extreme weather in 2016
In 2016, Haiti was hit by the strongest hurricane in over 50 years and Fiji was struck by Cyclone Winston. Thus Haiti ranks first and Fiji third in the index of the most-affected countries in 2016.
Children at risk after attack on Syria vaccine store, says WHO
The WHO has received reports of an attack on medical facilities in eastern Syria that had destroyed a vaccines cold room containing 135,000 vaccine doses against measles and polio.
One year on from Hurricane Matthew, Haiti's children still incredibly vulnerable to disasters
Results of malnutrition screening show the need for continuing care with 7,443 cases of acute malnutrition including 2,343 cases of severe and 5,100 cases of moderate acute malnutrition.