Saving lives through SAFE cooking WFP works to ensure that the food assistance provided can be consumed as safely and nutritiously as possible. While cooking may be thought of as a safe activity, in...
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Safe Access To Fuel and Energy (SAFE) 2017
Saving lives through SAFE cooking WFP works to ensure that the food assistance provided can be consumed as safely and nutritiously as possible. While cooking may be thought of as a safe activity, in...
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Putting Clean Cooking on the Front Burner
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Efficient and clean cooking can reduce toxic air pollution, save lives, protect the environment, and improve livelihoods. Accelerating the transition to clean stoves and fuels...
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2017 year in review: key health issues
Review the biggest health stories from WHO in 2017. Relive some of WHO's major achievements in the past year. See the timeline here
WFP Nutrition Policy (2017-2021) [EN/AR]
WFP’s new Nutrition Policy details how the organization will support governments to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2, particularly target 2.2, to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Building...
'Ticking time bomb' as Pacific children bear mental scars of climate disasters
"I'm scared that if it ever floods at night, it will come into my house and the flood will take me away. That's one of my greatest fears" - Freddy Sei, 15 By Lin Taylor SOUTH RIVER, Vanuatu, Dec 19...
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UNHCR Chad Factsheet - October 2017
620.186 Persons of concern - refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs and returnees - for UNHCR operations in Chad. 225 Refugees interviewed by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless...
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RIASCO Humanitarian Outlook for Southern Africa - November 2017 to April 2018
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Southern Africa continues to recover from the 2015/2016 El Niño-induced drought, which by January 2017 had affected about 41 million people across the Southern Africa Development...
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Regional Overview: Impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria
CONFERENCE SUPPORTING DOCUMENT SITUATION OVERVIEW Disclaimer: This report aims to provide an overview of the impact of the hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Caribbean. For the purposes of this report,...
Nace una iniciativa especial para luchar contra las consecuencias del cambio climático para la salud en los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo
Comunicado de prensa conjunto CCNUCC/OMS 12 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2017 | BONN (ALEMANIA) - Hoy, en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático, la Organización Mundial de la Salud, en...
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Sustainability, stability, security: Why it is vital for global security and stability to tackle climate change and invest in sustainability
Executive Summary For several years now researchers and organizations the world over have analyzed the relationship between foreseeable climate change impacts and the geostrategic issues they raise...
Lancement d’une initiative spéciale pour parer aux effets des changements climatiques sur la santé dans les petits États insulaires en développement
12 NOVEMBRE 2017 | BONN, ALLEMAGNE - Aujourd’hui, à la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (COP23), l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé a lancé, en collaboration avec le...
Fiji see links between disease and climate change
A Fiji Ministry of Health official says climate change increases the risk from mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue fever. Read more on Radio New Zealand International.
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Global-warming ground zero: Chad grapples with climate damage
By Inna Lazareva DOSSEYE, Chad, Nov 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Leila Ousmane and her 10-year-old daughter walk in disbelief atop the crumbling bricks that, until a few days earlier, formed the...
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BONN : la Conférence de l'ONU va reconnaître le rôle des femmes dans l'action climatique
12 novembre 2017 – Alors que la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le climat (COP 23), à Bonn, en Allemagne, entame sa dernière semaine de négociations, la Présidence fidjienne a annoncé dimanche la...
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Bonn: UN climate conference recognizes the role of women in climate action
12 November 2017 – With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23), in Bonn, Germany, entering its final week of negotiations, the Fiji Presidency today announced the Gender Action Plan,...
Launch of special initiative to address climate change impact on health in Small Island Developing States
Joint news release UNFCCC/WHO 12 NOVEMBER 2017 | BONN, GERMANY - Today, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), WHO, in collaboration with the UN Climate Change secretariat and in...
CARE International Annual Report FY16
A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO Around the world, CARE celebrated its anniversary in 2016, remembering that day 70 years ago when the first CARE Packages arrived in Europe, bringing food and other essential...
Partnering for the health of people and planet
Climate change has far-reaching impacts on human health and well-being. Changing temperature and rainfall patterns impact crop yield, food and water security, and nutrition. The increased frequency...
Niñas y adolescentes, las más afectadas por el cambio climático
Plan International participa en COP23, la conferencia de la ONU sobre cambio climático, del día 6 al 18 de noviembre, para que los gobiernos de todo el mundo hagan políticas y programas de adaptación...