Informes

Overview: In East Africa, harvest is underway for main season cereals in the north of the subregion and production prospects are generally favourable. Planting of second season cereals was recently completed in the south of the subregion,…

Islamabad The Pakistan polio programme has detected transmission of Sabin-Like Type 2 Derived (SLT2D) poliovirus through its disease surveillance system. The virus has caused seven cases of paralysis in recent months, mainly in the Northern parts of the…

Two grave warnings with major humanitarian implications published this week and last by international scientists have highlighted the seriousness of the climate crisis facing humanity. A declaration compiled by scientists from four leading universities and endorsed by…

By Denis McClean SENDAI, 6 November, 2019 - The earthquake and tsunami which occurred in Chile in February, 2010, helped save the lives of 320 people in Japan when it was struck the following year by the…

BRAC and the German Development Bank (KfW), on behalf of the German Government, signed an amendment today to set up a trust on climate change adaptation and climate-induced migration. The trust called ‘Climate Bridge Fund’ has been…

Highlights Dengue: 404 cases of Dengue are reported this week. The majority of the cases are from Rupandehi (107 cases), Kathmandu (95 cases), Lalitpur (92 cases), Kaski (52 cases), and Bhaktapur (23 cases). Malaria: One Malaria cases is…

By Denis McClean SENDAI, 4 November, 2019 - This World Tsunami Awareness Day, November 5, is an opportunity to raise awareness of the huge health risk that so-called “black tsunamis” pose to survivors who swallow their toxic…

WE, the Heads of State/Government of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic…

Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly going to launch a three year project titled, ”Formulation and Advancement of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process in Bangladesh” with…

For south-eastern, southern, south-western and western sea areas PLEASE BE AWARE The atmospheric disturbance in the southwest Bay of Bengal to the south of Sri Lanka has moved into the Arabian Sea and now located to the southwest of…