ReliefWeb Response
ReliefWeb Response (RW Response) is a specialised digital service of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). This service is part of OCHA's commitment to the humanitarian community to ensure that relevant information in a humanitarian emergency is available to facilitate situational understanding and decision-making. It is the next generation of the Humanitarian Response platform.
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Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains one of the world’s most complex and protracted humanitarian crises in the world. An estimated 26.4 million people are in need in 2023.
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Occupied Palestinian Territory
The UN estimates that about 1.7 million people in Gaza, 75 per cent of the population, have been internally displaced to south Gaza, further exacerbating the conditions in what was already one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
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Sudan
The conflict that erupted on 15 April 2023 continues to have devastating consequences for civilians. In addition to the thousands of people killed and injured, millions of people have now fled their homes.
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Ukraine
The impact of the full-scale war, the freezing winter temperatures coupled with the energy crisis since October exacerbate pre-existing needs and are likely to lead to new multisectoral humanitarian needs.
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Asia and the Pacific Region
Every year, millions of people in Asia and the Pacific region are affected by conflict and natural disasters such as earthquakes, tropical storms, tsunamis, drought, and volcanic eruptions.
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Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the second most disaster-prone region in the world.
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Pacific Region
The Pacific is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Small, vulnerable island states are isolated by vast expanses of ocean. They experience frequent and intense disasters with disproportionately high economic, social and environmental consequences.
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Southern and Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa is a region in which emergencies tend to be protracted and large scale, resulting in significant displacement and other needs. The Southern Africa region has fewer protracted humanitarian crises, but is prone to drought, floods and cyclones.
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West and Central Africa
In West and Central African countries, food insecurity and malnutrition are worsening with the impact of natural disasters, climate change, demographic change, poorly managed urbanization, epidemics and violent conflicts.
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Whole-of-Syria
After eleven years of crisis during which the country has lost 42 places on the Human Development Index, most Syrians face a context of continuing humanitarian decline.
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