The wider EU response to COVID-19 includes the #Team Europe package of €46 billion to support partner countries. Of this, €34 billion had been disbursed as of April 2021, including €2.7 billion euros...
INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background SIMVA activities begun in 2004, and before this survey, four phases of study had been completed. Phase 1, 2004–2006, was an extensive literature review. Phase 2,...
Every year landmines claim thousands of victims, often long after a conflict has been resolved. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs supports organisations involved in mine clearance, risk education and...
Sanamxay District, Attapeu Province, Lao PDR, 25 November 2021 – “When the flood came, my husband was holding my hand so we could die together,” says Kinnavanh Xayasy, recalling the devastating day...
Overview In this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:
GENERAL REVIEW OF JULY 2021 For the month of July 2021, a total of 113 disasters were reported. The ASEAN Member States that were affected were Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the...
Children and youth are key agents of change in tackling the climate and environmental crisis, which risks undoing decades of progress fighting for children’s basic rights. Although they are often not...
Ministers from across Asia and the Pacific today recommitted to increasing the number of national birth and death registrations, with an emphasis on reaching the most vulnerable populations. The...
Rathana Peou Karlijn Muiderman Joost Vervoort Abstract/Description Anticipating the possible impacts of climate change has become a key global focus. Scenarios and many other methods and tools are...
Understanding the impact Background To better understand the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on the lives of vulnerable children in Asia, and to make evidence-based policy and programming...