The world’s largest measles outbreak is still spreading across DRC. Chad’s measles outbreak has been raging for two years since May 2018, while CAR declared its measles outbreak in January 2020.
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The world’s largest measles outbreak is still spreading across DRC. Chad’s measles outbreak has been raging for two years since May 2018, while CAR declared its measles outbreak in January 2020.
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Food insecurity and malnutrition, forced population displacements and health emergencies have brought more than 7 million people to a state of acute or chronic vulnerability, including over 4 million in need of assistance.
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More than one in 10 children – almost 20 million worldwide – failed to receive potentially lifesaving vaccines in 2018, with conflict, displacement and cost cited as obstacles to basic immunization services.
Parts of Chad, including the capital, N’Djamena, and the city of Am Timan, are in the throes of a measles outbreak that has lasted for a year and is rising in intensity.
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Les besoins nutritionnels se sont creusés considérablement, accusant une hausse de 29 % par rapport au début de l´année 2018. Sur les 23 provinces du pays, 16 sont en situation d´urgence nutritionnelle.
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The UN and its partners aim to assist 93.6 million of the most vulnerable with food, shelter, health care, emergency education, protection and other basic assistance, according to the GHO.
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Informal settlers are more exposed and vulnerable to displacement and are more likely to be relocated and excluded from the provision of durable housing assistance, finds IDMC report.
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Asia and the Pacific witnessed 119 disaster events in 2014, but effective cyclone early warning systems, together with enhanced preparedness, saved countless lives, says ESCAP.
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About 8,000 people have been displaced by the storm in the Philippines; the Government is leading the response, including the distribution of food and non-food items to the affected people.
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The Government of Nepal is leading the response. Humanitarian partners have strengthened their presence on the ground to support the delivery of food, water and medication.
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Rescue efforts are ongoing in the southwestern province of Yunnan, where a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck on 3 August, affecting more than a million people.
Aid workers are trekking for hours to assist survivors of the earthquake that triggered landslides, blocking rivers and creating massive bodies of water that could unleash more destruction.
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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck China on 3 August killing more than 381 people and injuring 1,800. In Nepal, ten people have been killed by landslides triggered by monsoon rains.