Assessments

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides an overview of the community safety and security needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Afghanistan. This exploration shows that while livelihoods issues and access to resources and services are pressing challenges…

Background In continuation to the operations launched in 2009 and 2012, Pakistan army launched the third operation Khyber 1 in October 2014. This has resulted in displacement of families from the troubled Khajuri and Tirah valley…

Conflict and Health 2014, 8:24 doi:10.1186/1752-1505-8-24 Published: 25 November 2014 Abstract (provisional) Background Through the Balanced Scorecard program there have been independent, annual and nationwide assessments of the Afghan health system from 2004 to 2013. During this period, Afghanistan…

Executive Summary The objective of this report is to deepen the understanding of the needs of the population living in IDP camps, host communities and villages with particular attention to Gender Based Violence (GBV), child protection, livelihoods…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the first week of September 2014, heavy monsoon rains and floods in the catchment areas of the eastern rivers of Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Jhelum, resulted in flash floods that collapsed homes in Punjab,…

Background In continuation of the military operations launched in 2009 and 2011, the Pakistani army launched its third operation, Khyber 1, in October 2014. Consequent to the operation, residents from Akkakhel, Malikdinkhel and Sipah areas of Bara, fled…

Executive summary Bangladesh is affected by a critical under-nutrition rate. According to the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (2011) global acute malnutrition has increased from below emergency thresholds in 2009 (13.5%) to above the threshold 15.6% for global…

At 10:00 on 6 November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (named Yolanda locally) entered the Philippines Area of Responsibility (PAR), bringing with it severe damage across the Central Philippines. As of 17 December, the Philippines Disaster Response Operations…

The Burmese authorities have failed to implement most of the recommendations from previous United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions, in particular Resolution 68/242, adopted in 2013. In some areas, the situation has deteriorated as a result…

Executive Summary In September 2014, the Government of Pakistan requested support from the Humanitarian Country Team in Pakistan (NGOs and UN) to undertake a joint rapid assessment in Punjab following flooding impact. Although a number of districts in Punjab…