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Monsoon rains have caused widespread destruction since July. The National Disaster Management Authority reports 250 casualties, with thousands displaced and more than 4,889 homes destroyed.
Monsoon rains have caused widespread destruction since July. The National Disaster Management Authority reports 250 casualties, with thousands displaced and more than 4,889 homes destroyed.
UNHCR report shows that 85% of respondents are unable to meet their daily food needs. Many have resorted to extreme coping mechanisms, such as reducing meal sizes or skipping meals altogether.
Torrential rain has been causing havoc since June, with warnings that 11 million people could be exposed to exceptionally heavy rainfall in the coming days. The dam collapse claimed at least 30 lives.
The combined $200 million released this year for poorly funded humanitarian crises is the lowest in the past three years, underscoring the growing gap between humanitarian needs and donor funding.
About 766 million children were exposed to extreme heatwaves in the year between July 2023 and June 2024 as temperatures hit new record highs, according to Save the Children.
Further anticipated flooding will likely exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, especially in remote communities with significant access constraints to humanitarian aid.
The events following October 7 have exacerbated the existing education crisis to unprecedented levels, with severe disruptions affecting at least 782,000 students across the West Bank.
In addition to the loss of life, property, and infrastructure, the impacts on livelihoods and food security will be particularly acute. Maradi, Zinder, and Tahoua regions have been the worst hit.
MSF teams, with the MoH, have quickly opened a field hospital and started receiving patients amid a severe lack of supplies and resources. Field hospitals are not a solution, but a last resort.
The vaccines are set to be rolled out in five states with the highest burden of mpox cases. They will be administered in a two-dose schedule to 5,000 people most at risk, including health workers.
Approximately five million people, including two million children, have been affected, with many stranded without food or shelter. The floods have also caused significant damage to essential services.
Al Kufra, a key entry point, is now overwhelmed, receiving about 350 Sudanese refugees each day. Flooding has also impacted on critical infrastructure, with some refugees forced to take shelter in schools.
Al Kufra, a key entry point, is now overwhelmed, receiving about 350 Sudanese refugees each day. Flooding has also impacted on critical infrastructure, with some refugees forced to take shelter in schools.
The trends that led to unprecedented levels of internally displaced people at the end of 2023 continued into the first half of 2024 and, in some cases, already set new records.
In South Kivu Province, one of the hardest hit by mpox, at least 42 suspected cases have been identified among the refugee population. Cases have also been recorded among refugees in Congo and Rwanda.
Save the Children's new report reveals the dramatic impact that two years of full-scale war - displacing more than 25 per cent of the countryās 38 million population - has had on education.
The blockage of the main drainage systems by trash is impeding the recession of water levels, while there are growing concerns about increasing water-borne diseases and social tensions.
Hundreds of drones and missiles have struck Ukraine, with at least four children injured in the strikes. Across the country, entire cities remain without stable electricity and water supplies.
The plan covers the six-month period of September 2024-February 2025, envisioning a US$135 million funding need for the response by WHO, Member States, partners including Africa CDC and researchers.
Ten months into the war, Gazans are crowded into an ever-shrinking space without adequate sanitation or healthcare and are repeatedly uprooted by evacuation orders that also disrupt the aid centres.