Source: World Health Organization
Country: Sudan (the)
13 November 2012 - The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Sudan has notified WHO of a yellow fever outbreak affecting 23 localities in Greater Darfur. As of 11 November 2012, a total of 329 suspected cases including 97 deaths were reported from this outbreak. Central and South Darfur have reported most of the suspected cases.
Laboratory confirmation was conducted by WHO regional reference laboratory for yellow fever...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Pakistan
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Humanitarian partners urgently require funds to provide critical life-saving services to flood-affected people in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh.
Funding for critical humanitarian services in KP and FATA is insufficient to meet the outstanding needs.
Funds urgently needed for floods response
Partners require US$159 million to provide critical assistance...
Source: UN Development Programme
Country: Cuba
Santiago de Cuba - The first flight carrying 40 tonnes of United Nations humanitarian aid for Hurricane Sandy-affected Cubans arrived today in the hardest-hit city of Santiago de Cuba in the eastern part of the country.
The shipment includes essential items for hygiene and cooking, as well as school kits, waterproof canvas for temporary shelter, water tanks and water purification tablets.
Hurricane Sandy hit Cuba’s...
Source: IFRC
Country: Angola
This Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 1,562,562 in cash, kind, or services to support the Angola Red Cross Society (CVA) to assist 12,000 households (60,000 beneficiaries) for 9 months, and will be completed by the end of August 2013. A Final Report will be made available by end of November 2013 (three months after the end of the operation).
CHF 100, 000 will be allocated from the IFRC Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support this operation...
Source: Government of Germany
Country: Germany, Syrian Arab Republic (the)
In New York Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle announced that Germany is increasing its humanitarian assistance for the victims of the Syrian conflict by 12 million euros. He will meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today to discuss this and other issues. The Minister issued the following statement today in New York:
“By providing 12 million euros for the United Nations Central Emergency...
Source: UN Development Programme
Country: Bahamas (the), Cuba, Dominican Republic (the), Haiti, Jamaica
Port-au-Prince/New York - Hurricane Sandy, which ploughed through the Caribbean region before hitting the eastern coast of the United States, severely impacted several countries causing nearly 80 deaths: 60 in Haiti, 11 in Cuba, two in the Bahamas, two in the Dominican Republic and one in Jamaica.
Some 1.8 million Haitians have been affected by Hurricane Sandy, the...
Source: Episcopal Relief and Development
Country: United States of America (the)
Thanks to the generosity of Episcopalians from around the country, Episcopal Relief & Development is in the process of making emergency grants to impacted dioceses in support of parish-based relief activities following Superstorm Sandy. In the US, these funds will help congregations expand feeding ministries and facilitate the provision of shelter and transportation assistance for those in need...
Source: IFRC
Country: Pakistan
Flash floods prompted by monsoon rains across Pakistan in the third week of August 2012 affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Gilgit Baltistan (GB) provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) state. A second spell of monsoon rainfall started over the southern parts of the country from the end of the first week of September peaking on 9 and 10 across Pakistan resulted in flooding across the provinces of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. The hardest hit...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Cuba, Haiti
November 2012 – Some 1.8 million Haitians have been affected by Hurricane Sandy, the United Nations relief agency said today after its first assessment of the situation in the region, adding that food security remains an urgent concern in the Caribbean nation.
Initial data collected by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) showed Hurricane Sandy, which ploughed...
Source: International Organization for Migration
Country: Pakistan
IOM has expressed concern that a lack of funds for post-flood operations in Pakistan will limit the organization’s ability to reach the hardest-hit communities.
“Government figures suggest that over 3.4 million people have been affected and the inter-agency shelter cluster reports that over 386,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. Many of these areas are experiencing their third consecutive year of...