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Afghanistan and Pakistan: Humanitarian needs must not be...
6 June, 2013
5 June 2013, New York: OCHA's John Ging (right) speaks at a UN press briefing following his visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Credit: OCHA/Paolo Palmero
OCHA Operations Director warns that unless humanitarian needs are met, development efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be for nought.
OCHA...
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Pakistan: Overcoming barriers to health care
28 May, 2013
A house destroyed by flooding that hit Gilgit-Baltistan in 2010, destroying infrastructure and leaving many communities isolated for months. Photo: Shifa Foundation0
In northern Pakistan, an OCHA-supported project uses technology to bring doctors to patients cut off by floods.
The Gilgit-Baltistan region...
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Pakistan: Earthquake survivors receive aid
24 May, 2013
Muhammad Omer, 70, lost his two-roomed mud-brick home when an earthquake hit the border region of Pakistan and Iran in mid-April. Aid agencies have provided thousands of families with basic but critical assistance. Photo: Islamic Relief
Aid agencies have assisted thousands of people hit by an earthquake...
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Pakistan: Improving displaced communities’ access to water...
15 April, 2013
Children in Bara using a newly installed hand-pump to draw water from the well. Credit: IRC
Emergency humanitarian funding helps the International Rescue Committee provide critical services.
Displaced by insecurity in their village in Pakistan’s north-west, eight-year-old Sana Batool and her family...
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Humanitarian Issues: A new way to access information
21 March, 2013
The Humanitarian Kiosk (H.Kiosk) application provides a range of up-to-the-minute humanitarian related information from emergencies around the world.
Q and A on Humanitarian Kiosk app.
What is Humanitarian Kiosk?
One of the challenges faced by humanitarian workers is access to timely, relevant and...
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