Reports

Afghan Recovery Report No. 21 Deprived of qualified doctors, rural Afghans are turning to herbal healers to cure serious illnesses. By Abdurrahman Omar in Kabul Suffering from stomach ache? Try pouring oil on a piece of cotton, burning it, and then…

Malnutrition and Disease: Killing Threats in Southern Africa. At least 300,000 people in southern Africa could die from hunger and disease in the next six months due to the worst food crisis of the last ten…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: This updates Fact Sheet #1 dated November 15, 2001 Background According to the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of…

Afghanistan's critical link between north and south is in dire need of promised foreign aid By Ilene R. Prusher SALANG PASS, AFGHANISTAN - When we arrive at the Salang Pass at 8:30 a.m., the cars are already lined up for…

WHO urges Afghan medical students to tackle rural health problems but safety worries are hampering progress. By Zarlashta Awreen in Peshawar. (ARR No 16, 26-Jun-02) International health officials are calling for more doctors to be sent to deal with acute rural…

The United Nations Children's Fund today issued a series of updates on emergency donor appeals. The reports detail the humanitarian conditions of countries in crisis for which appeals were launched in the beginning of 2002. Without an immediate infusion…

WHO's Exceptional Measures for Health Needs in Emergencies. Gro Harlem Brundtland, WHO Director-General, announced exceptional action in response to health needs in emergency and crisis situations throughout the world. Her statement was made at the World Health Assembly, the WHO's…

ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT (APS) USAID/DCHA/OFDA Pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, the United States Government (USG), as represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), Office of U.S.…

PROJECT: Mine Awareness and Risk Reduction Education (MA/RRE) in Afghanistan REQUESTING AGENCY: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS: Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (MACA), United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Agency (META) OBJECTIVES: To reduce mine/UXO injuries. To…

New documents on the EHA website (http://www.who.int/eha/disasters) Situation Reports/Newsletters/Press Releases/Statements Ad Hoc Reports Analysis of Health Services Utilization Post Volcanic Eruption in Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo), March Press Releases WHO Rushes Medicines and Experts to Area Affected by Afghanistan…