Informes

WHO/HSE/EPR/DCE/2008.4 1. BACKGROUND AND RISK FACTORS Myanmar is the largest country in mainland South-East Asia, with a coastline of 2 400 kms which largely forms the east coast of the Bay of Bengal. Three mountain ranges, run north-to-south from the Himalayas,…

UN/ISDR 2008/05 After a Category 3 storm ripped through Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta region on Saturday, the United Nations secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction stressed the importance of having life-saving early warning systems and preparedness programmes in place…

KABUL, 25 April 2008 (IRIN) - Over half of Afghanistan's estimated 26.6 million population - and especially pregnant women and children - are vulnerable to malaria, according to Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). MoPH says that 14 of the…

By Masud Karim DHAKA, April 14 (Reuters) - Abdul Majid has been forced to move 22 times in as many years, a victim of the annual floods that ravage Bangladesh. There are millions like Majid, 65, in Bangladesh and in the…

LEGAZPI, 8 April 2008 (IRIN) - "Ask the old people here in Albay province and they will tell you, they've never experienced this magnitude of storms and typhoons before," Nong Rongasa, executive director of the Centre for Initiatives and…

Kabul, 7 April 2008 - As the impact of climate change on food and water becomes more widely recognised Afghanistan's Minister for Public Health called for increased efforts to protect the health of Afghan people from the dangers of…

What's a little bit of water, right? But when a little rain, which is often initially welcomed, comes day after day and week after week - the water does become a problem. It drowns and rots the crops, kills…

GA/10699 Sixty-second General Assembly Plenary 92nd & 93rd Meetings (AM & PM) As the General Assembly continued its thematic debate entitled 'Recognizing the achievements, addressing the challenges and getting back on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015',…

Executive Summary This National Disaster Risk Management Policy (Policy) aims to respond to the constitutional mandate to identify priorities to guide Government objectives and strategies in order to guarantee the security and safety of our citizens and their property…

By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, March 25 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's protracted and increasingly bloody civil war is making the country more vulnerable to human trafficking, a senior United Nations official said on Tuesday. People fleeing conflict-torn areas in Sri Lanka's north and…