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Flood, Rainfall and River Situation; Summary of Water Levels and District Wise Flood Status Current Situation: Overall flash flood situation is improving. Water from most of low lying areas went away. Most of the rivers are flowing below their respective…

Flood, Rainfall and River Situation; Summary of Water Levels and District Wise Flood Status Current Situation: Overall flash flood situation is improving. Water from most of low lying areas went away. Most of the rivers are flowing below their respective…

Flood, Rainfall and River Situation; Summary of Water Levels and District Wise Flood Status Current Situation: Overall flash flood situation is improving. Water from different low laying areas started receding. Most of the rivers are flowing below their respective danger levels…

Project in Partnership with China to be launched in Beijing on 24 August Beijing (UN/ESCAP Information Services) - In the continuing effort to assist Asia-Pacific countries to combat food insecurity, the United Nations is partnering with China to promote hybrid rice…

(extract) Australia confirmed a further $2 million to Bangladesh to support the on-going emergency operation of UN World Food Program (WFP) to address the impact of increased food prices on the country's poorest people.

Dhaka, 11 August 2009: Australia today confirmed a further A$2 million to Bangladesh to support the on-going emergency operation of United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to address the impact of increased food prices on the country's poorest people. "I…

Briefing Paper 51 Evidence from 10 country case studies Key points - The financial crisis will exacerbate poverty and inequality and undermine progress towards the MDGs - the nature of this impact will vary between and within countries - Social protection responses…

Period covered by this Operations Update: 3 July to 27 July 2009; Appeal target (current): CHF 2,355,249 (USD 2.2 million or EUR 1.6 million) in cash, kind, or services to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to assist 36,800…

From our editor Four of the six field articles in this issue of Field Exchange endeavour to demonstrate some form of intervention impact. The programmes are all very different; nutrition supplementation of HIV positive individuals in Zambia, community based nutrition…

With a billion people on the planet going hungry every day, the world's response to the urgent hunger needs of the most vulnerable is flagging, with the result that critical food assistance is already being cut. WASHINGTON, DC - The…