(Extract) What is DFID doing? Building climate knowledge and capacity DFID is supporting programmes to improve knowledge of the impacts of climate change at the local level in Africa. We were...
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Sahel: Appeal No. MAA61004 Programme Update No. 01
This report covers the period 01/01/2009 to 30/06/2009. In brief The Sahel region is among the poorest with national societies facing multiple hazards related to climate change, health emergencies...
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Coopération internationale en matière d'aide humanitaire à la suite de catastrophes naturelles : de la phase des secours à celle de l'aide au développement - Rapport du Secrétaire général (A/64/331)
Soixante-quatrième session Point 72 a) de l'ordre du jour provisoire* Renforcement de la coordination de l'aide humanitaire et des secours en cas de catastrophe fournis par les organismes des Nations...
Benin + 13 more
West and Central Africa: Flood Preparedness and Response Emergency Appeal No. MDR61003 Final Report
Period covered by this Final Report: 18 November 2008 to 30 May 2009. Appeal target (current): CHF 1,209,435 (USD 11,209,889 or EUR 804,145). Appeal coverage: 100%; Appeal history: - This Emergency...
Argentina + 7 more
The Epidemic Divide
Main findings Infectious diseases cause close to 14 million deaths every year worldwide. But the mortality rate should not be the only factor considered and can even be misleading. Even though...
Burkina Faso + 4 more
Commission decision of on the approval and financing of a Global Plan for humanitarian operations in West Africa from the general budget of the European Communities
ECHO/-WF/BUD/2009/01000 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996...
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Décision de la Commission du relative à l'approbation et au financement d'un Plan Global pour des Actions humanitaires sur le budget général des Communautés européennes en Afrique de l'ouest
(ECHO/-WF/BUD/2009/01000) LA COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUTÉS EUROPÉENNES, vu le traité instituant la Communauté européenne, Vu le règlement (CE) No.1257/96 du 20 juin 1996 concernant l'aide humanitaire1,...
Burkina Faso + 7 more
Sahel: Plan 2009 - 2010 (MAA61004)
Executive summary The Sahel sub-region countries are among the poorest in the world. The impact of disasters in this region is magnified because populations are already vulnerable. Multiple natural...
Benin + 18 more
West and Central Africa: Flood preparedness Emergency appeal No. MDR61003 Operations update No. 1
Period covered by this Ops Update: 11 July-14 August 2008; Appeal target (current): CHF 750,000 (USD 731,134 or EUR 462,475); Appeal coverage: donor support is currently being recorded, and will be...
Benin + 5 more
West and Central Africa: flood alert confirmed
By Moustapha Diallo, International Federation, Dakar The rainy season has begun in many countries across West and Central Africa. In rural areas, farmers had already cleared and ploughed the fields a...
Côte d'Ivoire + 5 more
Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre : l'alerte aux inondations se confirme
Par Moustapha Diallo, chargé de communication et d'information pour la zone Afrique centrale et de l'Ouest de la Fédération internationale La saison des pluies s'est installée progressivement dans de...
Benin + 17 more
West and Central Africa: Flood preparedness Emergency Appeal No. MDR61003
This preliminary Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 750,000 (USD 731,134 or EUR 462,475) in cash, kind, or services to support the National Societies of West and Central Africa to assist 47,500...
Sahel climate change diary - Day 1
OUAGADOUGOU, 2 June 2008 (IRIN) - The UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on conflict, Jan Egeland, is travelling in the Sahel this week to draw the world's attention to a region the UN says is...
Burkina Faso: Floods - Location Map
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Burkina Faso: Heavy rains leave hundreds homeless
OUAGADOUGOU, 28 May 2008 (IRIN) Heavy rains that hit Ouagadougou on 25 May left 542 people homeless, over half of them children, Gabriel Semdé, the provincial director of the government ministry for...