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Following decades of war and neglect, the reconstruction of the health system in Afghanistan is in full swing since 2002, thanks t- considerable efforts undertaken by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), donors, various experts, and national and international NGOs. The…

Key Findings and Recommendations The NRVA 2005 was the second national exercise in data collection on risk and vulnerability factors that affect the Afghan population. The main objective of NRVA 2005 was to gather information to update and guide policy-making…

Foreword Following the December 2004 Tsunami that hit Aceh province and caused terrible losses and sorrow, the challenges for rehabilitation and reconstruction are overwhelming. At the same time, this disaster has at least partly triggered the agreement now reached between the…

Introduction Overview 1.1 The Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Emergency Capacity is a consortium of seven NGOs undertaking a collaborative capacity-building effort. The IWG principals commissioned a Report on Emergency Capacity, which was published in July 2004. (1) The Report's…

Mission Highlights - Nearly a year after the tsunami, many farmers in the affected areas had one harvest in 2005 and are planting the 2006 wet season paddy crop. Some 29?000 hectares of farmland have been rehabilitated out of the…

Executive Summary Cognizant of the need for assessing the needs of the tsunami-affected and sharing relevant information with the affected communities in a timely and effective manner, the Disaster Relief Monitoring Unit (DRMU) of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of…

Introduction In the months following the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004, the public spotlight shone on the plight of children in the affected countries as never before. The spotlight helped -- by making the public aware of the…

Executive Summary A rapid participatory assessment was conducted by an FAO Livelihoods Adviser in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Muzaffarabad, during the period 27 to 31 October 2005. Its objective was to provide some qualitative information on how the…

1. Executive Summary A 7.6 earthquake (depth 10 kilometres) hit at 08.50 Pakistan time on 8 October with the epicentre in Muzaffarabad, 95 km north-northeast of Islamabad. The affected area consists of nine districts1 (Batagram, Mansehra, Shangla,…

The USDA estimates North Korea total grain production (including corn, milled rice, wheat, and barley) at 3.64 million tons, up 150,000 tons or 4 percent from last year and the largest crop since 1994/95. The total…