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In 2023, the ETC confronted more emergencies than ever before. With 12 active emergency operations across the year, the cluster responded to new and protracted crises spanning the ongoing conflict in...

El Niño remains active, with a weakening trend evident in oceanic indicators. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, sea surface temperatures in the central tropical Pacific and...

Situation Update: The SPC Epidemic Intelligence System noted recent measles outbreaks reported in multiple countries (Maylasia, United States, United Kingdom, European Countries), and the US Centers...

Alerts : · AFR: Fiji (3) Respiratory virus epidemiology in the Pacific Island Countries for EPI – WK 8, 2024 PSSS, EPI -WK8, 2024 Influenza-like Illness (ILI), Severe Acute Respiratory Illness...

Honiara/Rome, 1 March 2024 - A global food crisis and the effects of climate change are taking a toll on those most vulnerable: millions of people – many of them small-scale farmers and their...

MANILA -- Measles cases went up 255% from 2022 to 2023 in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, an increase caused by gaps in vaccination coverage and disease surveillance and...

Alerts : · AFR: Fiji (2), Wallis & Futuna (4), Vanuatu (5) · Influenza-like Illness (ILI) : Niue Respiratory virus epidemiology in the Pacific Island Countries for EPI – WK 7, 2024 PSSS, EPI -WK7,...

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: East Asia and the Pacific - Early Recovery, Risk Reduction, and Resilience, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023

REGIONAL SUMMARY In Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) provided more than $50 million to partner organizations conducting early recovery, risk reduction,...

CONTEXT The Pacific Islands are highly vulnerable to recurring extreme weather events and natural hazards—such as droughts, earthquakes, floods, storms, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions—that can...