By Mariana Simões, Regional Technical Specialist on Climate Change Adaptation (Tw: @MarianaSim0es) and Mashida Rashid, Public Health Specialist, UNDP (Tw: @MashidaRashid) It is hard to believe that...
Introduction This Weekly Dry Season Situation Report presents a preliminary analysis of the weekly hydrological situation in the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) for 12 to 18 January 2021. The trend...
WHO supports the installation of public address systems at 50 remote health centers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic During the pandemic a key challenge in Lao PDR has been getting important...
This policy brief proposes reforms in primary and secondary education as developing Asia copes with the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It explores blended learning modalities that can...
USAID/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: Development & Disaster Risk Reduction, East Asia and The Pacific - Fiscal Year (FY) 2020
Communities across East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) face recurrent extreme weather events and natural hazards—such as earthquakes, floods, storms, and volcanic eruptions—that can lead to sudden-onset...
Regional Situation With over 10.5 million confirmed cases, India continues to have the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the region and the second highest globally. Whereas transmission has reduced...
by Christoph Sperfeldt AsiaPacific Issues, No. 147 SUMMARY Millions of people worldwide are stateless or do not have proof of their legal identity. As a result, they face daily obstacles from lack of...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Start Fund COVID-19 was launched in April 2020, providing rapid funding to allow Start Network members to respond to neglected and underfunded...
Chapter 1. Overview South-East Asia is frequently affected by drought and its impacts. During 2015 to 2020, the entire ASEAN region experienced at least six months of drought.1 For a better...