Argentina: Floods and Mudslides - Feb 2009 Updates

This report covers the period 01/01/2009 to 30/06/2009 In brief Programme purpose: The Federation secretariat in the Americas Zone seeks to provide all possible and relevant support to the 35 Red...

Glide no. MS-2009-000041-ARG The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate...

This report covers the period 1 January to 30 June 2009 In brief Programme purpose: To increase the capacity of the International Federation to assist National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to...

Glide No. MS-2009-000041-ARG The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate...

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...

Glide No. MS-2009-000041-ARG The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate...

SILVER SPRING, Md.-One month after torrential rains flooded the town of Tartagal in northwestern Argentina, triggering severe flooding and a major landslide, survivors are still in desperate need of...

Continuous rain in the northern Argentinean province of Salta caused a major landslide in February. According the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent 17,000 families have been...

Glide No. MS-2009-000041-ARG The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate...

This note is compiled for The Risk Emergency Disaster Working Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (REDLAC) by the OCHA Regional Office through disaster monitoring and input from our Regional...