About six million children were pushed into hunger in the top 10 countries that faced worsening food crises this year. This was a 32 per cent increase compared to 2022, according to Save the Children.
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About six million children were pushed into hunger in the top 10 countries that faced worsening food crises this year. This was a 32 per cent increase compared to 2022, according to Save the Children.
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On World Food Day this year, an estimated 345 million people are facing acute food insecurity and the humanitarian system is struggling to keep pace with the needs, says WFP.
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Over the past four years, the number of school closures due to insecurity has almost doubled, reaching more than 13,200 in eight countries. The education of 2.5 million children is endangered.
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Left unchecked, the climate emergency will further imperil Sahelian communities as floods, droughts and heatwaves decimate access to water, food and livelihoods, and amplify the risk of conflict.
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A large majority of the children are at high risk of a multitude of threats, including death by drowning, disease, lack of safe drinking water, malnutrition, disruption in learning, and violence.
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Alongside introductory, catch-up and follow-up campaigns, Gavi is supporting governments with dedicated outbreak response activities to counter the stall in the reduction of global measles deaths.
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Above-average rainfall and flooding across West and Central Africa has affected five million people in 19 countries, claiming hundreds of lives, upending livelihoods and displacing tens of thousands.
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Weeks of heavy rains and floods have affected 5 million people in 19 countries across West and Central Africa, killing hundreds, displacing tens of thousands and destroying many hectares of croplands.
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Red Cross reminds states of their obligation to provide assistance to migrants in distress, regardless of their legal status, to prevent death and injury along migration routes – on land and on sea.
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An estimated 6.3 million children aged 6-59 months will suffer from wasting in six Sahel countries in 2022, putting the lives of at least 900,000 children at risk.
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Since 2016, the region has recorded more than 21,000 children verified by the UN as recruited and used by armed forces and non-state armed groups, and more than 2,200 child victims of sexual violence.
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The plan brings together humanitarian operations of 34 National Societies across Africa, the Middle East and Europe and focuses on delivering assistance and protection to more than two million people.
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With the onset of the lean season, the Sahel faces an emergency that endangers the lives of the most vulnerable people, especially women, children, and the elderly.
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Revamped public health measures are ever more critical to avert a runaway surge in COVID-19 infections that could stretch health facilities to the breaking point.
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IOM has been providing migrants, among them survivors of several shipwrecks, with urgent medical assistance, food assistance and core relief items including blankets, clothes and hygiene products.
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A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins conflict, climate change and economic troubles in pushing up levels of hunger around the world.
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The last time West Africa was hit by a locust invasion in 2003-05 it affected more than eight million people, caused severe food shortages that drove up market prices and conflict over limited resources.
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Given the region's fragile health systems, rapid action is crucial to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on migrants, displaced persons, refugees and other vulnerable populations.
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“A learning crisis already existed before COVID-19 hit. We are now looking at an even more divisive and deepening education crisis,” said UNICEF Chief of Education Robert Jenkins.
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Surveillance and control teams will be mobilized across the region with a focus on Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and the Niger, and extended to Senegal.