July 2015

More than half the population are children, presenting challenges not just on how to provide schooling and restore abruptly halted educations in Syria, but also in investing for the future.

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Some 250,000 displaced Iraqis and 100,000 Syrian refugees are living in camps under canvases, tarpaulins and blankets that barely shield them from the blistering summer heat.

RELIEFWEB.INT -July 28, 2015 at 02:31PM Source: Assessment Capacities Project Country: Afghanistan, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic…

UNISDR today launched a search for communities that demonstrate excellence in managing disaster risk to draw attention to the importance of local knowledge in tackling emergencies.

RELIEFWEB.INT -July 28, 2015 at 12:27PM Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic More than half the population are children, presenting challenges not just on how to provide schooling and restore…

Oxygen delivery using a Manual Resuscitator (aka bag-valve mask/BVM device) is commonly performed during resuscitation efforts. As the name implies it is assumed manually delivering breaths by squeezing the bag.

BOSTON — Coast Guard crews responded to an offshore distress call from a 43-foot sailing vessel that was disabled and adrift in a winter storm about 150 miles south of Nantucket, today. Watchstanders at the First Coast Guard District…

NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens and the NHS Five Year Forward View partners today (Friday) announced eight new vanguards that will launch the transformation of urgent and emergency care for more than nine million people.

RELIEFWEB.INT -July 27, 2015 at 02:31PM Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: World ICRC report intended to help hospitals prepare for and manage situations that could jeopardize maintaining the health of people affected…