Reports

By David Brunnstrom RATNOI, Pakistan, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Hundreds of pneumonia cases are already being treated in Pakistan's earthquake zone and hundreds of thousands risk death or disease unless they move below the snowline or get emergency shelter. With many…

As people move into makeshift camps, the risk from disease is growing. The focus on the most remote communities in earthquake-hit Kashmir is overshadowing the danger thousands of people face in a growing number of camps, international aid agency Oxfam…

This document is the National Disaster Risk Management Plan based on a situation analysis of natural and human-induced disasters in Timor-Leste. In eight parts, it describes risk reduction strategies within sustainable development to confront different types…

In A Second Wave of Fatalities, Children Will Be First Victims NEW YORK/GENEVA, 19 October 2005 - UNICEF warned today that tens of thousands of children are in peril in remote earthquake-affected parts of Pakistan because of deteriorating weather, injury, and…

(Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 October): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Jan Egeland reiterated the need for early warning to avoid the spiralling numbers of dead and wounded experienced in recent disasters. Speaking at…

Children are at risk of exposure to winter as families continue to stay outdoors following the massive earthquake near the border between Pakistan and India on 8 October measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale. Staff from Save the Children who…

UNITED NATIONS, New York - As trucks carrying life-saving medicine and surgical supplies began to arrive in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the area worst hit by Saturday's devastating earthquake, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, issued an appeal today for $3.2 million…

Abstract/Résumé Nepalese society is characterized by social exclusion. To this day, women, ethnic groups and the low Hindu casts are subjected to widespread discrimination. The democratization process during the 1990s triggered hopes for improvement among these marginalized groups. However, those hopes…

By Maude Froberg in Meulaboh The night's tropical rain is no exception. It goes as this type of rain normally goes - first barely making a noise, then, all of sudden crashing down hard. As the rain hits the roof…

KATHMANDU, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Nepal's Maoist rebels have appealed to the United Nations for help to maintain peace, saying a ceasefire they announced last week was at risk because the government was trying to sabotage the truce. Maoist chief…