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"Without significant and sustained support from international donors and partners, the ability to meet the needs of those affected will remain severely limited,” said IOM Yemen a.i.chief, Matt Huber.
OHCHR condemns the surging strikes on schools where forcibly displaced Palestinians have sought shelter, conducted with apparent disregard for the high rate of civilian fatalities.
Increasingly, civilians fleeing Maungdaw and Lashio are being killed. The humanitarian community strongly condemns the escalation of violence and demands protection for all civilians.
The 8 July attack destroyed or damaged several healthcare facilities across the country, killing at least 43 civilians, including 5 children, and injuring 147, including 7 children.
With record levels of internal displacement, acute food insecurity, and gender-based violence, urgent and concerted action is needed to stem the worsening humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo.
"The life of a child in Gaza, in month ten of this conflict, is not a life. We cannot say it enough – there is no safe place, and everything is running out – food, water, fuel, medicines. Everything."
More than 11,000 people, including refugees hosted in the country and local communities in the eastern Kassala state, have been impacted by severe floods and heavy rains in the past two weeks.
More than 11,000 people, including refugees hosted in the country and local communities in the eastern Kassala state, have been impacted by severe floods and heavy rains in the past two weeks.
The deluge resulted in 30 fatalities. Severe damage has been reported in villages across the governorate, with initial reports suggesting one village was completely swept away.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for an emergency meeting of experts to determine if the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Two out of three Sudanese civilians no longer have access to essential health services after most of the country's hospitals and health centers were forced to close their doors.
WFP said about 90,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger in the capital Khartoum, while as many as 13 other areas across the war-ravaged country are also at risk of famine.
Unlike past epidemics, this outbreak has affected many Comorians, with 10,342 cases and 149 deaths. Through community engagement, most inhabitants of Anjouan and Moheli have been vaccinated.
“This flood comes at a time when food insecurity in Myanmar is at an emergency level. With more than 13 million people grappling with food insecurity, the floods only exacerbate their vulnerability.”
“This flood comes at a time when food insecurity in Myanmar is at an emergency level. With more than 13 million people grappling with food insecurity, the floods only exacerbate their vulnerability.”
A series of massive landslides in the hills of India’s southwestern Kerala state have killed more than 385 people, including children, in the past week and forced at least 1,580 children from their homes.
Through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, with co-financing from the Government of Mozambique, the country has received about 800 000 malaria vaccine doses to vaccinate around 300 000 children.
While most displacements in recent decades have been due to conflict, in 2022 climate disasters became the main reason people fled their homes and moved to other areas within the country.
Strikes on more than 17 schools last month reportedly killed at least 163 Palestinians, suggesting a failure to comply with the principles of distinction when carrying out military operations.
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