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29 March 2012 - 5:19pmMongolia regularly suffers from extreme weather conditions. The crisis is known locally as a dzud—a complex, long-lasting natural disaster in which a summer drought is followed by heavy snowfall and unusually low temperatures in winter. But the most recent dzud, which happened... -
27 March 2012 - 9:59pmThe UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated almost US$5 million to support a national immunization campaign to protect 7.9 million Yemeni children under age 10 from a deadly measles outbreak. Measles has re-emerged in epidemic proportions in Yemen, claiming the lives of more than 155... -
26 March 2012 - 6:58pmFifteen-year-old Espoir has spent the past six months in a transit centre for child soldiers. The centre is run by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Bureau for Volunteer Service for Children and Health, in Bukavu, South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Espoir—which... -
23 March 2012 - 8:58pmThe UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has highlighted the importance of working with South-East Asian countries to implement measures to manage and reduce the risk of disasters, which affected more than 176 million people in the region last year. During her visit to Cambodia, Singapore,... -
22 March 2012 - 3:23pmSometimes it requires only a small, simple intervention to save lives. About one teaspoon of diluted chlorine solution renders 20 litres of water safe for human consumption and helps protect people from deadly waterborne diseases. Mrs. Menekito, a volunteer for the Congolese Red Cross, is making...
