South Sudan
Toby Lanzer is the United Nations’ top humanitarian official in South Sudan. Since conflict broke out in December 2013 he has travelled across the country to meet people struck by violence and coordinate the response to…
South Sudan
General Overview To improve the quality of data presented in this bulletin, data cleaning was undertaken to which resulted in the reporting sites dropping from 44 to 26. The proportionate morbidity data has been adjusted to account for weekly…
South Sudan
“They were so happy when the building started, sad when the construction stopped and cried when the materials started being taken away.” - Dr. Ann Evans, nurse practitioner and Public Health consultant As weeds overtook the concrete…
South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, 11 April 2014 - The youngest citizens of the world’s newest nation are on the verge of a nutrition crisis and nearly a quarter of a million children will suffer severe acute malnutrition…
South Sudan
4 April 2014 - The UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) had adapted its programme in South Sudan to respond to evolving needs during the current crisis, the organization’s programme manager, Lance Malin, said today in…
South Sudan
With the conflict in South Sudan in its fourth month, and with a million people having fled their homes across the country, aid groups are now warning of the possibility of a serious food crisis by…
South Sudan
(Washington DC, 12 April 2014) The heads of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the European Union (EU) Commissioner for International…
South Sudan
(New York, 11 April 2014): The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Valerie Amos, has allocated US$15 million to support the most critical life-saving aid operations in South Sudan. This is the second allocation from the Central…
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS Humanitarian organizations are increasingly concerned regarding severely deteriorating food security conditions in South Sudan. An estimated 7 million people are vulnerable to food insecurity, with 3.7 million people at high risk, according to the U.N.…
Rwanda
Le 13 avril 1994, le Dr Jean-Hervé Bradol, responsable des programmes MSF au Rwanda et au Burundi, arrivait à Kigali avec son équipe d’urgence pour ouvrir un programme chirurgical et soigner les rescapés. Vingt ans…
