Informes

Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises. Drawing on the various WHO programmes, contributions cover activities from field and country offices…

(Johannesburg: 9 February 2009) -The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, has allocated some US$11 million to boost the humanitarian response in Zimbabwe. Humanitarian actors in Zimbabwe received the largest portion of funds allocated during the Central Emergency Response Fund's…

ECHO/-WF/BUD/2009/01000 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid(1), and in particular Articles 2 and 15(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) The global…

(ECHO/-WF/BUD/2009/01000) LA COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUTÉS EUROPÉENNES, vu le traité instituant la Communauté européenne, Vu le règlement (CE) No.1257/96 du 20 juin 1996 concernant l'aide humanitaire1, et en particulier ses articles 2 et 15, paragraphe 2, considérant ce qui suit: (1) Le niveau du taux…

(extrait) LUTTE CONTRE LA MALNUTRITION DANS LE SAHEL : Un nouveau financement humanitaire en 2009 pour appuyer une réponse régionale ciblée et novatrice. Le taux de malnutrition aiguë des enfants de moins de cinq ans est un des indicateurs les plus importants…

FAITS MARQUANTS : - Les chenilles légionnaires dévastent les cultures au Liberia - La fièvre jaune en hausse en Afrique de l'ouest - Mali-Niger : insécurité persistante - Mauritanie : nouvelle élection présidentielle prévue en 2009 1- SITUATION HUMANITAIRE Sécurité alimentaire et nutrition Afrique de l'ouest…

By Lazare Zoungrana, Burkina Faso Red Cross Kombissiri is a traditionally quiet city 45 kilometres south of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, but on this occasion there is an exceptionally large crowd in its June 2nd Square. On 28 November,…

Glide Nos. FL-2007-000158-TGO; FL-2007-000132-BFA; FL-2007-000153-GHA Appeal history: - This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on a preliminary basis on 17 September, 2007 for CHF 1,469,434 (USD 1.2 million or EUR 892,617) for 6 months to assist 60,000 beneficiaries in Ghana. - CHF 100,000…

GLIDE No. EP-2008-000212-BFA The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies.…

On 3 October, The Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso reported two laboratory confirmed cases of Yellow fever in the health district of Ouahigouya, in the North of the country, near the border with Mali. Both cases were reported by…