Myanmar
Myanmar Humanitarian Fund (MHF) Risk Management Framework: The MHF in the context of COVID-19 pandemic, 8 May 2020
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Myanmar
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Overview: In East Africa, early onset and above-average seasonal rains have been beneficial to planting activities for main season cereals across the south of the region but has further protracted the desert locust outbreak as well as…
Viet Nam
This publication presents an overview of the Water Efficiency Improvement in Drought-Affected Provinces (WEIDAP) Project that aims to apply cost-effective technology for irrigation modernization and agricultural development in Viet Nam. The WEIDAP project features the use of…
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This report explores multiple and protracted displacements caused by natural hazard-related disasters in Asia-Pacific, including those influenced by climate change and climate variability. It unearths the underlying risk drivers of natural hazard-related disaster displacement and the…
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Colonel Tom Moore, the 99-year-old World War II veteran who recently raised nearly US$15.6 million by completing 100 lengths of his backyard with the help of his walker, has already become a legendary figure in the…
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Migrant workers’ remittances to their home countries have declined due to the coronavirus crisis. In Nepal, more than half of households depend on remittances from abroad that account for over one quarter of the country's gross…
Afghanistan
A third of the country will face food shortages, warns Save the Children KABUL, May 1 -- At a time when Afghan children need adequate daily nutrition to help strengthen their immune systems, the price of basic…
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Sandholz, Simone, Wannewitz, Mia, Moure, Mar and Garschagen, Matthias (2020). Costs and benefits of (in)coherence: Disaster Risk Reduction in the Post-2015-Agendas. United Nations University- Institute for Environment and Human Security. Abstract While the need to strengthen disaster and…
Nepal
Note: This bulletin includes data since January 2020 till date, including comparison of the same period last year. Since May 2019, 36 new sentinel sites (including public hospitals, private hospitals, and medical colleges) were added and…
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Geneva, April 24, 2020. Diaspora communities around the globe are being hit hard by lockdowns, layoffs and illnesses to due to COVID-19. According to recent analysis from the World Bank, remittances to low and middle-income countries…