Rapports

Executive summary The Sahel sub-region countries are among the poorest in the world. The impact of disasters in this region is magnified because populations are already vulnerable. Multiple natural hazards are prevalent, including health emergencies and epidemics, food insecurity, locust invasions,…

Le Programme d'intervention en réponse à la crise alimentaire mondiale (Global Food Response Program - GFRP), mécanisme de financement rapide doté de 1,2 milliard de dollars mis en place par la Banque mondiale pour faire face à la crise…

Washington, D.C., October 16, 2008 The $1.2 billion Global Food Response Program (GFRP) - the World Bank's fast-track food crisis initiative - was created in May 2008 to rapidly disburse assistance to countries hardest hit by the food crisis.…

New York - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) have launched a new initiative to tackle the severe lack of midwives in developing countries. Every year half a million women die in pregnancy or…

GLIDE n=B0 EP-2008-000029-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 Red Crescent response to emergencies. The…

Introduction Dans le cadre du suivi de la campagne agricole, la Direction de la Météorologie et la Direction Générale des Prévisions et des Statistiques Agricoles ont organisé une mission conjoint Groupe de Travail Pluridisciplinaire (GTP) - Système d'Alerte Précoce (SAP). Cette…

Abidjan/Brazzaville, 8 September 2008 -- The city of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire can once again be considered safe from a Yellow Fever epidemic after the national Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF nongovernmental organizations and others in the…

Africa Conflict and Humanitarian Unit (ACHU) Summary of key findings - Total spend in 2007/8 was =A3205m, a decline from =A3236m in 2006/7. However using adjusted figures the amount is broadly similar for both years. Both these years' spend was…

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…

Dakar, 6 August 2008: The United Nations has recently allocated over 13 million dollars to six countries in West Africa, to assist in alleviating the consequences of increasing food prices on vulnerable populations. The amount was received from the Central Emergency…