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While an estimated 99% of children in oPt received their third dose of polio vaccine in 2022, this fell to 89% in 2023, according to the latest routine immunization estimates.
While an estimated 99% of children in oPt received their third dose of polio vaccine in 2022, this fell to 89% in 2023, according to the latest routine immunization estimates.
To date, 149 states have acceded to the Refugee Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol. UNHCR – as guardian of the Refugee Convention – is urging the remaining 46 UN Member and Observer States to join it.
Increasing food insecurity and malnutrition, challenges in accessing safe water and sanitation, as well as risks to disease outbreaks such as cholera, are a serious threat, says UNICEF.
The needs are skyrocketing, yet MSF at Al Nasser hospital is witnessing a shortage of vital supplies. Al Nasser is facing an overwhelming increase in patients as other functioning centres are lacking.
The conflict in the South of Lebanon has exacerbated the multiple crises that have disrupted the education of the most marginalized children and youth in the country.
Thousands of schools have been severely affected across the Philippines, which has the highest number of children displaced in the last six years from weather-related events at 9.7 million.
More than 800,000 people, comprising 183,464 families, have been affected by the confluence of the southwest monsoon, tropical depression Butchoy, and Tropical Cyclone Gaemi.
About 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in 11 people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report.
The likely increase in rainfall in 2024 is very concerning given the number of people at risk in flood-prone areas, threats to WASH and the risk of water- and vector-borne disease transmission - MSF.
The funding will support food assistance and nutrition support to children with acute malnutrition and the vulnerable families affected by the worst drought in 40 years in Huíla and Cunene provinces.
In the Asia-Pacific region, the total number of people within UNHCR's mandate remained relatively constant from 2014 to 2020 averaging around 9.4 million. However, it reached 15.7 million by end-2023.
Without sufficient access and programming, food insecurity and malnutrition will continue to surge. A staggering one in two children under five are estimated to be experiencing malnutrition or stunting.
Without sufficient access and programming, food insecurity and malnutrition will continue to surge. A staggering one in two children under five are estimated to be experiencing malnutrition or stunting.
Flash Appeal will complement the El Nino-induced prolonged dry spells and floods appeal launched in April by building upon national initiatives and covering gaps not reached by the national plan.
The influx is exacerbating an already dire situation in Tillabéri, which is now home to at least 153,400 internally displaced Nigeriens and 36,552 Burkinabé asylum seekers.
On average, one Palestinian child was killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, every two days since October 2023, a nearly two-and-a-half-fold increase from the previous nine months.
The number of reported casualties has increased to 58. Across all affected provinces, households are in immediate need of food, shelter, health and WASH services, including clean drinking water.
The lessons learned from Oxfam’s partnership response contribute to wider efforts in the humanitarian community to build quality partnerships and to strengthen local leadership and sustainability.
To add to the devastation of war and complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of polio linked to the disastrous sanitation situation created by the conflict.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) completed the repair of two dams that will ensure water supply to more than 70,000 people in northeast Ukraine last week.