Reports

Publication Ref. T0016 All modern-day armed conflicts have left behind problems of explosive remnants of war (ERW), usually for years or even decades after the conflict ended. Nepal is no exception and during the decade-long conflict the…

19 April 2012 A new IDS In Focus Policy Briefing, launched today, sets out the right conditions for a child-centred approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation. Children, Climate Change and Disasters, uses case studies…

HIGHLIGHTS 18 districts and 3 agencies provided surveillance data to the eDEWS this week from 519 health facilities on time. A total of 132,102 consultations were reported through eDEWS of which 21% or 27,632 cases were Acute Upper…

PORT MORESBY, 18 April 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - High levels of sexual violence and a cultural belief in witchcraft are putting an increasing number of women at risk of HIV in Papua New Guinea (PNG), health experts…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2012, the Opium Risk Assessment is carried out in two phases similar to last year. The first phase was carried out in December 2011 and January 2012 and covered the Central, Eastern, Southern and Western region,…

By Hang Thi Thanh Pham HO CHI MINH, 17 April 2012 - UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström, today visited parts of Vietnam's Mekong Delta which were affected by storm surges last October and are most vulnerable to rising…

Highlights Epidemiological week no. 15 (8 to 14 April 2012) • In week 15, 2012, total 82 districts including 3 agencies provided surveillance data to the DEWS on weekly basis from around 2,010 health facilities. Data from mobile…

Andrew Mitchell's speech held at Willis Re focussed on helping poor countries to build up their resilience to the impacts of climate change Thank you Rowan and thank you to Willis Re for hosting us all this…

This report is produced by OCHA Afghanistan in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period 10 April 2012 to 11 April 2012. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES Five houses destroyed by flash floods in Olya Cheshma village, Khanabad district…

Highlights Epidemiological week no. 14 (1 to 7 April 2012) • In week 14, 2012, total 82 districts including 3 agencies provided surveillance data to the DEWS on weekly basis from around 1,973 health facilities. Data from mobile…