Rapports

A United States Government grant of $500,000 will help 150,000 residents in the Northern and Eastern Provinces avoid landmines and explosive remnants of war. Beginning this week in Mullaitivu, resettling communities are participating in mine…

By Lucia F. Broño Thursday 20th of December 2012 PASAY CITY, December 19 (PIA) -- For putting disaster preparedness on top of the City’s development agenda, the City Government of Pasay was awarded the “Seal of Disaster Preparedness…

By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDY Just two weeks after the violent police crackdown on peaceful copper mine protests, an international business investment assessor has included Burma in a top-10 league of countries at “extreme risk” for…

Aid organizations have warned that more than 2 million people in Afghanistan are at risk from cold, disease and malnutrition this winter, and are ramping up efforts to help vulnerable families prepare for the cold weather…

Highlights Epidemiological week no. 49 (2 to 8 Dec 2012) • Measles: 130 alerts investigated this week, responding to 54 outbreaks involving 665 measles cases. Vitamin A was provided to cases and EDOs‐H took action to improve vaccination…

Core Messages: In October Early Warning Information Working Group meeting, FEWS-NET, Solidarités International and WFP were in participation. A details report of Agromet is attached to this bulletin. Climate and water availability: During November 11-20 temperatures remained above average…

A rise in human rights violations from government crackdowns on public protest and political dissent is significantly increasing risks to business in ten of the world’s fastest growing economies, according to Maplecroft’s newly released Human Rights…

Department of Water Resources has said that the estimated cost for the development of an irrigation network in provinces in the Mekong Delta, aimed to tackle climate change and rise in sea levels for the period…

The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Nokia Company kicked off a project to help Thua Thien Hue Province adapt and mitigate climate change and conserve biodiversity. The project is to last from 2012 to 2014 in…

MANILA – As thousands of Filipinos in the southern region of the country struggle to recover from the destruction caused by the country’s latest extreme weather event, Typhoon Bopha, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)…