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Since its establishment in 2009, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has carried out humanitarian operations in 58 countries across 5 different continents in an attempt to...

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster From mid-March to April 2019 widespread flash flooding affected large parts of Iran, most severely in Golestan, Fars, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Ilam and...

Direct economic losses and damage from natural disasters in 2019 were estimated at USD232 billion. This was reduced from recent elevated levels in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The USD232 billion was 3...

15 climate disasters of 2019 that cost more than $1 billion In 2019 extreme weather driven by climate change killed thousands around the world Christian Aid report identifies 15 events that cost more...

Following the floods and landslides of April 2019, the Plan and Budget Organization (PBO), Government of Iran commissioned the United Nations (UN) system to conduct a Post Disaster Needs Assessment...

TEHRAN, 3 December 2019 (IRCS) – Iranian Red Crescent has deposited Rls. 1,700 billion (40,476,000 US dollars) to the bank accounts of 17,123 households whose houses were stricken by the floods in...

Tehran, 5 December 2019 – With support from Japan, WHO has delivered a mobile clinic to the Islamic Republic of Iran to improve access of vulnerable people – especially those displaced or affected by...

Madrid, 3 de diciembre de 2019 – El año 2019 pone punto final a una década marcada por registros de calor excepcionales, por el retroceso de los hielos y por subidas del nivel del mar sin precedentes...

Madrid, le 3 décembre 2019 – L'année 2019 marque la fin d'une décennie de chaleur exceptionnelle, de recul des glaces et d'élévation record du niveau de la mer à l’échelle du globe, en raison des gaz...

2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat and high-impact weather Madrid, 3 December 2019 - The year 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat, retreating ice and record sea levels...

In Numbers 30,144 people assisted in September 2019 310 mt of food assistance distributed US$145,690 distributed through cash-based transfers US$0 m six months net funding requirements (December 2019...

The Global Humanitarian Overview published on 4 December 2018 announced funding requirements of $21.9 billion for 21 Humanitarian Response Plans (HRP) and the Venezuela Regional Refugee and Migrant...

Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Center for Environmental and Occupational Health, hosted a two-day (22-23 Oct. 2019) workshop on “Climate Change...

In Numbers 30,131 people assisted in September 2019 310 mt of food assistance distributed US$145,690 distributed through cash-based transfers US$0 m six months net funding requirements (November...

Of the estimated 10.8 million new displacements worldwide in the first half of 2019, a record 7 million were due to natural disasters, nearly twice the total caused by conflict and violence during...

The Global Humanitarian Overview published on 4 December 2018 announced funding requirements of $21.9 billion for 21 Humanitarian Response Plans (HRP) and the Venezuela Regional Refugee and Migrant...

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Tehran, 1 October 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran, held a 2-day expert meeting from 1 to...

Tehran, 18 September 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) in the Islamic Republic of Iran has received a special award from the National Medical Emergency Organization on the occasion of the...

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES DUE TO CONFLICT AND DISASTERS IN FIRST HALF OF 2019 Geneva, 12 September 2019 - More than 10 million new internal displacements were recorded between...