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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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.
Más de 30.000 personas evacuadas por inundaciones en Colombia
Un primer informe resalta afectaciones en 12 barrios y ocho veredas de Mocoa: cuatro personas lesionadas, 169 familias afectadas (597 personas, de las cuales 171 son menores de edad y 25 son adultos mayores).
Al menos 5.000 personas afectadas por inundaciones en Antioquia, Colombia
Unas 1.000 familias en el municipio de Caucasia resultaron damnificadas por inundaciones posterior al desbordamiento de caños y afluentes del río Cauca, debido a las intensas lluvias que iniciaron el 28 de julio.
Inundaciones en Colombia dejan unas 15.997 personas damnificadas
Las fuertes lluvias en los últimos cinco días causaron el desbordamiento del río Arauca, desencadenando inundaciones tanto en el casco urbano como en la zona rural de los municipios de Arauca, Arauquita y en menor nivel, en Tame.
Colombian Red Cross scales up emergency response to avalanche and flash flood risk
On 14 May, Antioquia’s state governor declared the situation a “public calamity”, predicting that the bursting of Ituango hydroelectric dam could affect up to 133,000 people.
About 120,000 people at high risk as dam threatens failure in Colombia
Only 6,485 of 120,000 people have been evacuated so far. The Red Cross is supporting the National Disaster Risk Management Unit in preparedness and contingency planning.
Más de 1.800 personas en albergues temporales debido a emergencia en zona del Proyecto Hidroituango en Colombia
Sobre la zona de influencia del río Cauca que se ve inmersa dentro del Proyecto Hidroituango, han sido evacuadas más de 6.500 personas (incluye los 1.500 operarios que evacuaron la presa).
Lluvias dejan 12 personas muertas y 1.067 familias afectadas en Colombia
Se han registrado 103 eventos como deslizamientos, inundaciones, vendavales, crecientes súbitas, tormentas eléctricas, remoción en masa y granizadas que han ocasionado daños a vías y viviendas.
Unas 4.570 personas resultaron afectadas por inundación en Nariño, Colombia
Como consecuencia de las lluvias registradas entre el 31 de marzo y el 2 de abril, aproximadamente 830 familias resultaron afectadas por el desbordamiento del río Magüí en el municipio del mismo nombre.
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.
Nigeria + 3 more
Millions remain in desperate need of aid in Lake Chad basin
While scaled-up humanitarian efforts narrowly averted famine last year, continuing conflict has left almost eleven million people in urgent need of life-saving assistance.
US$1.05 billion required to reach 6.1 million people in north-east Nigeria
With emergency assistance as a priority, protection, resilience-based capacity-building activities will be a focus to strengthen national response mechanisms and ensure sustainability.
Pakistan + 11 more
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
Nigeria + 3 more
Over 100 children forced to carry out bomb attacks in 2017
In 2017, Boko Haram forced at least 135 children in north-east Nigeria and in Cameroon to become suicide bombers, five times as many as in 2016, according to a UNICEF report.
Nigeria + 1 more
Thousands of displaced people cut off from aid in Borno state
The population of Pulka, a small town in Borno state, cannot access the fields outside the town — their only livelihood — due to the high risk of attacks from Boko Haram. Basic needs are not met.
Jordan + 1 more
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.
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.
Up to 15,000 civilians remain trapped in Syria's Ar-Raqqa city
The humanitarian situation inside the city remains dire, with a majority of the remaining population reportedly facing deteriorating humanitarian, health, living and security conditions.