Geneva/Panama, 1 July 2020 – The continued rapid spread of COVID-19 in the Americas and its aggravating influence on disasters and other health emergencies in the region is “extremely concerning”,...
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster The situation began on 30 May 2020 when the Provincial Director of Health of Equateur province informed of the occurrence of 4 deaths in the Air...
Summary of the major revision made to the Emergency Plan of Action Given the persistence of the disease and the continued transmission of the Ebola Virus Disease, challenges with security in...
Description of the disaster The collapse of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam on 23 July 2018 as a result of Tropical Storm Son Tinh that had made land fall days earlier, caused massive flash floods that...
Description of the disaster A total of 19, 296 dengue positive cases were confirmed and reported to Government Hospitals of Pakistan in October 2019. More than 30 deaths were reported in September...
Description of the disaster Beginning in May 2019, Yemen experienced increasingly heavy rainfall in different parts of the country, leading to widespread floods in June that required immediate...
Foreword While much progress has been made to improve the protection, participation and survival of children around the world, despite all the advances, violence, abuse and exploitation in disasters...
Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: The DREF operation was exceptionally extended by two months until 30 August 2020. The extension was to ensure the completion of the...
Dhaka/Kuala Lumpur/Geneva, 30 June 2020 Urgent early action is being taken to protect lives in Bangladesh as floods threaten 4.1 million people in large areas across the country that are already...
For ten years, the people of Syria have faced a brutal and unrelenting crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic and recent harsher economic sanctions have exacerbated humanitarian needs, making the situation...