20/12/2012 – Over the last ten years, the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) has funded over €150 million of humanitarian assistance towards Liberia’s most...
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Côte d'Ivoire + 3 more
Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) Côte D’Ivoire Crisis (ECHO/WWD/BUD/2013/01000) - Last update 26/09/2012 Version 1
CONTEXT Côte d'Ivoire is now considered to be in a post-crisis phase but faces a serious gap in the provision of essential services between the phasing out of humanitarian aid and the phasing in of...
World + 9 more
River blindness: from disease control to elimination
Emilie Filou reports on the challenges of eliminating river blindness from Africa by 2025 The implications of shift from disease control to elimination are considerable, as has been the case with the...
Gov't Distributes Over 211,000 Mosquito Nets in Bong
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOH) recently began the distribution of over 211,000 treated mosquito nets to eight health districts in Bong County. The...
World + 29 more
As Conflicts Multiply, World Community’s Capacity to Respond to People Uprooted by Violence Being Tested in ‘Unforeseen Ways’, Third Committee Told
GA/SHC/4052 Sixty-seventh General Assembly Third Committee 32nd & 33rd Meetings (AM & PM) António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Presents Report; Some 40 Speakers Express Strong Support...
New EU support to save lives of mothers in Liberia
Reference: IP/12/1186 Event Date: 08/11/2012 Brussels, 8 November 2012 Today, EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs, announces a new €42 million programme during a meeting with Ellen...
Mali + 13 more
WHO calls for urgent de-worming interventions to stop Neglected Tropical Diseases and malnutrition in the Sahel and Central Africa
Brazzaville, Congo: 27 October 2012 – As the Sahel food crisis persists, compounded by recent flooding in the region, the World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to health and development...
World + 17 more
Third Committee Debate on Women’s Rights Critical to Achieving Gender Equality, Goal That Should Receive Wide Global Support, Says General Assembly President
GA/SHC/4041 Sixty-seventh General Assembly Third Committee 10th & 11th Meetings (AM & PM) Chair Says Focus on Gender Equality Could Have Strong Spillover to Other Areas; Committee Hears from Some 56...
Liberia slowly coming to terms with civil war's impact on mental health
Liberia's 14-year civil conflict left a legacy of mental illness for many; a new scheme will offer hitherto absent medical support. Read the full story on the Guardian.
An Innovative Approach to Combating Childhood Pneumonia - October 5, 2012
Written by Andrew Schroeder, Director of Research and Analysis on October 5, 2012 When Avi Kenny graduated from Brown University in 2011 he did what most recent Ivy League grads do—he headed straight...
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
USG Humanitarian Assistance to Côte d’ivoire and Liberia (September 30 2012)
Link: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012
Côte d'Ivoire + 2 more
Côte d’Ivoire - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012
This is the final Côte d’Ivoire fact sheet for FY 2012. KEY DEVELOPMENTS Due to improved political and security conditions in Côte d’Ivoire throughout 2012, populations uprooted by insecurity...
DR Congo + 12 more
USAID FrontLines – September/October 2012
Posted by Angela Rucker, USAID FrontLines Read the latest edition of USAID’s FrontLines to learn more about how the Agency is engaging youth around the world and how it is embracing mobile...
World + 14 more
Santé : La « tâche inachevée » de la réduction de la mortalité infantile
NAIROBI , 16 septembre 2012 (IRIN) - Le nombre de décès d'enfants âgés de moins de cinq ans est passé d'environ 12 millions en 1990 à 6,9 millions en 2011. Le message, qui a été communiqué dans un...
Syria + 19 more
Donor Briefing: USG briefs Member States on CERF - 17 September 2012
Good afternoon and welcome to our Member States briefing on CERF for 2012. I want to give you an overview of how CERF has been used this year. I will also focus on some of the lessons learned from...
DR Congo + 22 more
Outbreak Bulletin - Vol. 2 Issue 6, 13 September 2012
Content Overview of reported outbreaks in the WHO African Region Based on data received from the Early Warning System through the Event Management System (EMS)*, 56 public health events were reported...
World + 15 more
Health: The "unfinished business" of lowering child mortality
NAIROBI, 13 September 2012 (IRIN) - In 1990, an estimated 12 million children around the world died under age five; by 2011, that figure had dropped to 6.9 million. The message, from a new report by...
Sierra Leone + 2 more
Cholera in Sierra Leone and Guinea ( Situation as of 01 September 2012)
Sierra Leone: A total of 15 308 cases and 249 deaths (CFR: 1.6%) reported from 12 out of 13 districts. Guinea: A total of 5 523 cases and 105 deaths (CFR: 1.9%) reported from 10 districts out of 38...
Sierra Leone + 5 more
Les agences de l'ONU préviennent que l'épidémie de choléra se propage en Afrique de l'Ouest
Communiqué de presse commun Les agences de l'ONU préviennent que l'épidémie de choléra se propage en Afrique de l'Ouest « Le taux de létalité est particulièrement élevé dans certains pays » DAKAR /...
Sierra Leone + 5 more
UN Agencies warn that cholera epidemic is spreading in West Africa
Fatality rate especially high in some countries Dakar/Brazzaville, 5 September 2012 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s agency, UNICEF, are warning that the current cholera...