Informes

INTRODUCTION Nepal beholds vast topographic, climatic, floral and faunal diversity. These are however shaped and reshaped by disasters since ages. The slow but persistent mass movements of tectonic plates beneath its surface puts Nepal in a very…

Islamabad, November 24, 2020 — UNDP in Pakistan held the second Provincial Project Steering Committee (PPSC) for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to review the progress of the Scaling up of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Reduction in…

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals continued in the north while planting and development of second season cereals is underway in south and central areas, and there is concern in some areas due to…

GUIDANCE ON PROMOTING SAFE PRACTICE IN SCHOOLS AFTER REOPENING As of 3 October 2020, public schools (all grades), private schools (all grades), and community-based education (CBE) classes (all grades) are authorised to reopen, following the 14 March…

Nutritional Risk in Infants under 6 months: literature review A review of existing literature and data on the risks of undernutrition in infants under 6 months (u6m) was conducted. Searches were made on: Pubmed, Google and en.net.…

Potential risk of famine in Yemen and South Sudan, warns Save the Children. An estimated 11 million children under five are facing extreme hunger or starvation[i] across eleven countries in Africa, the Caribbean, Middle East and Asia,…

Highlights • 231978 cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Nepal, of which 212590 cases have been recovered so far. • Of the reported cases, Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) is the leading cause of morbidity…

An affordable and community-based approach with high potential for transferability. Simple and effective local flood early warning systems (LFEWS) allow local authorities and municipalities improve their ability to predict and warn flooding events and to respond…

The document presents a German-Indonesian cooperation for tsunami early warning, an initiative of the German Government to support the development of a Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TEWS) in the Indian ocean. All TEWS activities in the Indian…

This short document helps you understand the importance of risk data for informing and driving the comprehensive urban resilience agenda in which the Bangladeshi government has embarked. The agenda was launched as a response to rapid…