Guatemala: Perfil de salud de los pueblos indígenas de Guatemala
Source: Government of Guatemala, World Health Organization, Pan American Health OrganizationCountry: GuatemalaLa Organización Panamericana de la Salud / Organización Mundial de la Salud (OPS/OMS) en...
View ArticleSri Lanka: ACAPS Briefing Note: Sri Lanka Floods and landslide, 19 May 2016
Source: Assessment Capacities Project, Start NetworkCountry: Sri LankaCrisis overviewSince 14 May, heavy rain has been affecting almost all provinces, causing severe floods and landslides. 19 out of 25...
View ArticleMexico: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Binational Dengue...
Source: Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCountry: Mexico, United States of AmericaSummaryWhat is already known about this topic?Dengue is an acute febrile illness caused by any of four dengue...
View ArticleMali: Regional Humanitarian Challenges in the Sahel
Source: Tufts University, ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Mali, Niger, SenegalBy Antonio Donini and Giulia ScalettarisThe Sahel rarely makes headlines. Until the early 2000s, it was on the...
View ArticleWorld: Policy Paper 26: No more excuses: Provide education to all forcibly...
Source: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: WorldIn 2015, the number of forcibly displaced people in the world reached its highest level...
View ArticleWorld: 39 million girls are at risk: are humanitarian responses doing enough?
Source: A World at SchoolCountry: WorldHumanitarian aid is failing millions of girls who are out of schoolGirls are more than twice as likely as boys to drop out of school during humanitarian...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: England’s forgotten...
Source: Refugee CouncilCountry: Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland‘Forgotten refugees’ in England face hunger and homelessnessThe British Government is leaving...
View ArticleNepal: Disaster, disability and difference: A study of the challenges faced...
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: NepalDocument Summary"Disaster, Disability and Difference: A Study of the Challenges Faced by Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in Post-Earthquake Nepal. The...
View ArticleWorld: Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), 20 May 2016, vol. 91, 20 (pp....
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: WorldContents257 Smallpox in the post-eradication eraSommaire257 La variole dans l’ère postéradication
View ArticleWorld: Report on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human...
Source: European CommissionCountry: WorldCommission adopts first Report on progress in the fight against trafficking in human beingsBrussels, 19 May 2016The European Commission is today reporting on...
View ArticleWorld: Further Integrating the Environment and Humanitarian Action: A...
Source: Norwegian Refugee CouncilCountry: WorldInspired by the Environment in Emergencies Forum 2015 in Oslo a discussion has emerged on how to better embed the environment into humanitarian action....
View ArticleWorld: UNEP Frontiers 2016 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: WorldToxic Crops and Zoonotic Disease: UNEP Identifies the Emerging Environmental Issues of Our TimeNew report goes behind the headlines to examine some of the...
View ArticleNigeria: Reaching the most vulnerable? The Protection Crisis in the Lake Chad...
Source: Norwegian Refugee CouncilCountry: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, NigeriaThe Lake Chad Basin is today’s Africa’s fastest growing displacement crisis with approximately 2.6 million people displaced as a...
View ArticlePuerto Rico (The United States of America): Morbidity and Mortality Weekly...
Source: Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCountry: Puerto Rico (The United States of America), United States of AmericaSummaryWhat is already known about this topic?Zika virus infection during...
View ArticleLebanon: Groundwater Governance in Central Bekaa, Lebanon, April 2016
Source: International Water Management InstituteCountry: LebanonExecutive SummaryWhat first comes to mind when thinking about the Upper Litani River Basin’s (ULRB) hydrology is the large surface water...
View ArticleWorld: Groundwater governance in the Middle East and North Africa region,...
Source: International Water Management InstituteCountry: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia,...
View ArticleMalawi: Malawi mVAM #4 - April 2016: The harvest brings lower food prices
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: MalawiHighlightsFood prices have fallen by 40 percent countrywide since March, increasing household purchasing power.However, this trend is expected to be short...
View ArticleMalawi: Malawi Maize price update: week 1 mVAM#19: 10 May, 2016
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: MalawiMaize prices continue to remain relatively stable in most parts of the 17 monitored districts as observed during the first week of May, 2016. However, the...
View ArticleMalawi: Malawi Maize price update: week 2 mVAM#20: 17 May, 2016
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: MalawiAs the country is entering the peak phase of the main harvest period, Maize prices continue to remain relatively stable across the 17 monitored districts....
View ArticleNepal: Inclusive Humanitarian Action: A study into Humanitarian Partnership...
Source: Caritas Australia, CARE, Oxfam, CBM, Plan, World VisionCountry: NepalINTRODUCTIONImpartiality – the imperative to carry out humanitarian action on the basis of need alone and prioritise the...
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