Reports

KABUL, 15 July 2009 (IRIN) - Most people in the Afghan capital Kabul live in illegal, unplanned and sub-standard houses that are prone to natural disasters and lack water and sanitation facilities, according to government officials. "Of the [estimated] five…

MANILA, 14 July 2009, 1600 hrs - Almost 100 Australians are currently in hospital with Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, health authorities said, as a new analysis of hospitalized cases in the state of Victoria found that young and healthy people…

The UK is today launching a major action plan to protect 15 million of the world's poorest people from the devastating impact of climate change in some of most high-risk flood areas on the planet. A fifth of Bangladesh…

MANILA, 10 July 2009, 1600 hrs - The summer holidays have been brought forward for 43 secondary schools in Hong Kong (China) in an effort to curtail the spread of Pandemic H1N1 2009, health authorities said, as 57 new…

JOHANNESBURG, 8 July 2009 (IRIN) - The World Bank has made a list of the five main threats arising from climate change: droughts, floods, storms, rising sea levels, and greater uncertainty in agriculture. Four of the world's poorest nations…

The Netherlands will strengthen its relationship with Bangladesh in the field of water management and land reclamation. That is the outcome of the visit of the Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation, Bert Koenders, and the Dutch State Secretary for…

Climate change is damaging people's lives today. Even if world leaders agree the strictest possible curbs on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the prospects are very bleak for hundreds of millions of people, most of them among the world's poorest.…

Despite changes in the US approach to the Muslim world, civilian populations are at greater risk than ever before in countries at the frontline of the war against terrorism, Minority Rights Group International (MRG) says as it launches its…

Executive summary Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on 2 and 3 May 2008, making landfall in Ayeyarwady Division, approximately 250 kilometres (km) southwest of Yangon. A category 3 cyclone, Nargis affected more than 50 townships, mainly in Yangon…

MANILA, 26 June 2009, 1600 hrs-As case numbers of Pandemic H1N1 2009 continued to climb in the Philippines, health authorities in that country urged people with pre-existing medical conditions to consult their doctor immediately if they show flu symptoms. Philippines…