July 2015

The app quiz, called 'Fighter, not Killer', is a new tool that will help in the dissemination of the rules that protect civilians in conflict. It's available in English, French and Arabic Can a hospital be targeted if…

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Practice Network Country: World Although national institutions and local organisations can help improve humanitarian responses to particular crises, they have often been kept at arm's length by the…

Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Ukraine At the maternity hospital in Stakhanov, mothers who have just given birth wash themselves from water buckets, and sickness among children and mothers is increasing. By Sven G.…

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Myanmar More concerted support needed to resolve the plight of displaced people and those with undetermined citizenship, the top official says. YANGON, Myanmar, July 16…

Source: World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund Country: World However, six countries have less than 50% coverage with DTP3: Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Somalia, South Sudan and the Syrian Arab…

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia,…

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Haiti, Indonesia, Philippines, World Humanitarian workers are increasingly turning to ‘medium-low’ or ‘low-tech’ solutions as some of the infrastructure that is needed to…

Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Liberia There were 30 confirmed Ebola cases reported in the week to Sunday, according to the WHO -- 13 in Guinea, three in Liberia and 14 in Sierra Leone. Monrovia, Liberia | AFP…

Source: UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Country: World 14 July 2015, ADDIS ABABA – Details of an €80 million package of support from the European Union to disaster risk management across sub-Saharan Africa over…

Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal | AFP | Tuesday 7/14/2015 - 15:06 GMT Nepal's government Tuesday unveiled the first budget drawn up since April's massive earthquake, with a focus on funding…