Informes

By Leonilo D. Lopido TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Mar 9 (PIA) -- True to its commitment and support to the national government’s campaign plan in addressing natural disasters and calamities, the Philippine National Police Regional Office 8…

By Kara Santos MANILA, Mar. 8, 2012 (IPS) - As the world commemorates International Women’s Day today, women around the globe are speaking out on various issues that affect them. In light of recent natural disasters and…

By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL, March 8 (Reuters) - Afghanistan risks giving up advances made in healthcare and humanitarian development as global attention and financial support wane ahead of the planned withdrawal of foreign combat troops in 2014,…

Highlights Epidemiological week no. 7 and 8 (12 to 25 February, 2012) • In week 7 and 8, 2012, total 81 districts including 2 agencies provided surveillance data to the DEWS on weekly basis from around 1,838 health…

The IOM-led Shelter Cluster has organized a high-level consultative workshop in Karachi, Pakistan, on camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) to improve disaster preparedness in Sindh. Twenty-two representatives from provincial government, national and international NGOs engaged in…

On 2 March 2012, USAID/Nepal awarded a $2 million, five-year Cooperative Agreement to International Development Enterprises (IDE) to provide support for a program entitled the “Initiative for Climate Change Adaptation (ICCA),” with an initial obligation of…

Vietnam is the fifth of the 10 most heavily affected countries by climate change and rising sea levels, with dozens of tropical storms and major floods each year, causing hundreds of deaths and losses worth hundreds…

GENEVA, 5 March 2012 - The UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, and HE Yoichi Otabe, the Japanese Ambassador to the International Organizations in Geneva, announced today the start of consultations on a…

Government of Afghanistan Releases Latest Data on Poverty and Food Security Poor nutrition and food insecurity affects a sizeable proportion of the Afghan population, particularly during the lean spring months and when food prices rise KABUL, March 4,…

Written By Kate Morioka, ActionAID ActionAid Australia has released its research report "A Climate for Change - Understanding women’s vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change from ActionAid’s rights-based approach – case studies from Papua New Guinea…