Highlights Almost half of the countries in Eastern and Southern Africa region (ESAR) have been affected by cholera outbreaks since the beginning of 2019. More than 12,102 cholera / AWD cases...
Highlights Almost half of the countries in Eastern and Southern Africa region (ESAR) have been affected by cholera outbreaks since the beginning of 2019. More than 11,434 cholera / AWD cases...
Overview The Early Warning Early Action initiative has been developed with the understanding that disaster losses and emergency response costs can be drastically reduced by using early warning...
LUXEMBOURG – The ability of humanitarian responders to communicate and exchange information in emergency settings is vital to ensuring lives are saved, and that the needs of disaster-hit communities...
Posted by Alex Russell When Aniceto Matias visited rural communities in central Mozambique in late June, it had been three months since cyclone Idai swept through as one of the region’s most powerful...
On 14 March 2019, Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira City, causing human losses, massive destruction, forced displacement and disease outbreaks. A total of 1.85 million people affected; 800K...
SG/SM/19662 12 JULY 2019 The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today: I have just concluded a solidarity visit to Mozambique where I heard extremely moving...
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Background On the evening of Thursday 14 March Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in Beira, Mozambique’s fourth largest city, bringing high wind speeds of up to 224 km per hour and heavy...
Key Highlights Funding: UNHCR urgently requires US$ 11.3 million to continue providing lifesaving protection and assistance until September 2019. 28% of its total requirements has been received so...