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July 2015

Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights

Source: Assessment Capacities Project Country: Afghanistan, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea,…

Basic understanding of the pulse oximeter

Oxygen binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells when moving through the lungs. It is transported throughout the body as arterial blood. A pulse oximeter uses two frequencies of light (red and infrared) to determine the percentage (%) of…

Only 20% of FAO humanitarian appeals covered

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization Country: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Iraq, Jordan,…

Air strikes, clashes continue to flaunt Yemen truce

RELIEFWEB.INT -  Air strikes in support of forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi went on, despite a six-day humanitarian truce, which technically took effect just before midnight on 10 July. Aden, Yemen | 12:40 GMT…