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Besides Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance and Environmental surveillance, how else do disease surveillance officers track the poliovirus in populated cities, hard-to-reach geographical areas and...

Crisis Impact Overview ▪ Since June, above average rainfall in many parts of Ethiopia has encouraged vegetation growth, providing favourable ecological conditions for desert locust breeding (1). ▪...

Highlights In Q3-2019, the cost of the food basket increased by over 10 percent in nine countries. The prices of cereals surged in DRC resulting from seasonally low market supplies compounded by weak...

Introduction By the beginning of 2018, there were more than 25.4 million refugees around the world, 19.9 million of them under UNHCR’s mandate. The statistics presented in UNHCR’s latest education...

Contents 525 Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication – Pakistan, January 2018–September 2019 532 Update on vaccine-derived polioviruses – worldwide, January 2018–June 2019 Sommaire 525 Progrès...

Focus on enhancing resilience and self-reliance in displacement settings 14 November 2019 - Nairobi, Kenya: Discussions on the need for durable solutions in displacement settings, including economic...

Ethiopia is one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in Africa, sheltering over 700,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of 31 October 2019. The Ministry of Peace jointly with UNHCR and...

Delayed rainfall sustains dryness in Southern Africa, while flooding is likely to continue across East Africa Heavy rainfall triggered flooding in Accra, Ghana last week. Rising water levels in the...

Abstract Understanding forced displacement and developing effective solutions requires closing several critical gaps in the data. With forced displacement rising worldwide, the body of work on...

KEY MESSAGES • Maize, wheat, rice and, and sorghum are important staple foods in East Africa. Domestic maize production contributes over 50 percent of national grain supply in Burundi, Rwanda,...