Sri Lanka
Drought Situation Report - Sri Lanka 27th August 2024 at 0900hrs
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Sri Lanka
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Bangladesh + 1 more
Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif Statement on the 7-Year Anniversary of the Rohingya Crisis Seven years ago, a brutal campaign of violence, rape and terror against the Rohingya people ignited in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Villages…
Afghanistan
Sahar Fetrat Researcher, Women's Rights Division Sahar_fetrat Heather Barr Associate Director, Women's Rights Division heatherbarr1 Imagine a country where everything — everything — about how your life unfolds depends on your gender. If you’re a girl, you’re banned from all education once…
Philippines + 1 more
Objective To improve the rice and corn production of smallholder farmers through efficient fertilizer use and capacity building. Activities implemented Distributed 1 383 tonnes of urea and complete fertilizer to 7 813 farming households, of which 1 341 rice-farming…
Bangladesh + 9 more
Introduction The Regional Working Group (RWG) on immunization systems strengthening (ISS), which also covers introduction of new and underutilized vaccines (NUV) and the impact on health system strengthening (HSS), is an interagency body that was set up…
Myanmar + 1 more
GENEVA – On the seventh anniversary of attacks by the military junta, that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews,…
Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
What happened, where and when? The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology of Lao PDR issued urgent flood warnings on 22 July 2024 due to Tropical Cyclone Prapiroon, which was moving across the central South China Sea and…
Afghanistan
HIGHLIGHTS A total of 46 Health Cluster partners reached 666,025 people with humanitarian health services through 746 health facilities in 284 districts of all 34 provinces. Between 1 November 2023 and 31 July 2024, the Health Cluster partners…
Afghanistan + 21 more
Highlights of the week WildPoliovirus ▪ Six new WPV1 cases reported this week – 4 from Afghanistan and 2 from Pakistan. The WPV1 cases from Afghanistan are all from Kandahar province (2 from Arghestan and 1 each from…
Thailand
Heavy rainfall has been affecting Thailand since 16 August, causing floods and landslides that resulted in casualties and damage. According to media, as of 26 August, at least 22 people died, including 13 people due to a…