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Elizabeth L. Andrade, Amalis Cordova, Courtney Riggle-van Schagen, Megan Jula, Carlos E. Rodriguez-Diaz, M. Ivonne Rivera & Carlos Santos-Burgoa BMC Public Health volume 22, Article number: 2083...

MapAction urges world leaders and stakeholders gathered at COP27 to promote data-driven solutions to improve the lives of people on the front lines of climate change. In the last year alone we have...

Dili, November 15, 2022 – As the world's population reaches 8 billion today, Timor-Leste’s population in now 1.34 million, this was announced during the launch of 2022 Population and Housing Census...

The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), in partnership with the Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources Department (MRD), participated in the Exercise Pacific Wave 2022 (PacWave22) yesterday...

The Government’s aid spending on refugees within the UK is to be examined in a new inquiry by the International Development Committee. The inquiry will consider whether spending in this way from the...

Seventy-seventh session Agenda item 69 Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance Summary The...

Yemen - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023

SITUATION AT A GLANCE 31.9 MILLION Estimated Population of Yemen UN HNO – April 2022 23.4 MILLION Estimated Number of People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance UN HNO – April 2022 4.3 MILLION...

Syria ‑ Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023

SITUATION AT A GLANCE 14.6 MILLION Estimated Population in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Syria UN – February 2022 12 MILLION Estimated Food-Insecure Population in Syria UN – February 2022 6.7...

Multi-hazard Situation Report # 5 September 1 – October 31, 2022 Highlights A total of 2,566 children were treated for wasting, bringing the total from January to September 2022 to 16,058 (9,020...

SC/15106 9192ND MEETING (AM) Russian Federation, United States Speakers Exchange Barbs on Libyan Oil Revenues The international community must encourage Libya’s leaders to work towards the holding of...

Overview This evaluation assesses the quality of the World Bank’s early response to the COVID-19 crisis and the initial steps toward recovery, focusing on the health and social response. It...

By achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, delivering human rights and leaving no one behind, we can usher in a world where all 8 billion people can thrive 15 November 2022 - The global...

Economic downturn poses further risks for food security 11 November 2022 - Hunger is on the rise globally. The number of people affected by acute food insecurity nearly doubled in recent years and it...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is raising concern that progress is stalling at COP27 and that there is a risk that the ambition to deliver and build on...

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PANAMA – In the wake of the three devastating hurricanes Fiona, Ian and Julia that gathered strength in the Atlantic Ocean in September and October causing heavy rain, flooding and mudslides, WFP is...