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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.
Bangladesh + 1 more
In Bangladesh, an additional $59.9M required to fully deliver on Rohingya response
UNICEF’s 2018 Humanitarian Action for Children appeal, which seeks to meet the immediate life-saving and longer-term development needs of Rohingya refugees and affected host communities in 2018, is 60 per cent funded.
New Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo
WHO is working closely with the Government to rapidly scale up its operations and mobilize health partners using the model of a successful response to a similar virus outbreak in 2017.
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.
Bangladesh + 1 more
Urgent need to scale up health services in Cox’s Bazar - WHO
An estimated 60,000 children are expected to be born in the camps in the next year. Besides newborns, pregnant and young mothers; children, adults and the elderly need basic health services.
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
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.