Nepal: Nepal Monthly Update – August 2013
Source: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for NepalCountry: Nepal(extract)HUMANITARIAN UPDATEUpdate on monsoon related-incidentsMonsoon related incidents continued during August, reportedly...
View ArticleWorld: Green Star Awards: Environmental emergency “heroes” honoured
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Japan, Kenya, Nepal, WorldIndividuals and organisations involved in responding to a range of environmental emergencies, including...
View ArticleNepal: Nepal: Reports of Security incidents (1 - 31 August 2013)
Source: UN Country Team in Nepal, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for NepalCountry: NepalMonthly Update – August 2013
View ArticleNepal: Nepal: Reports of Bandhs/Strikes (1 - 31 August 2013)
Source: UN Country Team in Nepal, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for NepalCountry: NepalMonthly Update – August 2013
View ArticleNepal: Nepal Monthly Update - July 2013
Source: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for NepalCountry: NepalThis report is issued by the UN RCO with inputs from its UN Field Coordination Offices and other partners and sources. The report...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Asia - Floods (13 September 2013)
Source: European Commission - Joint Research CentreCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Viet Nam
View ArticleWorld: Analysis: How to make disasters less deadly for the disabled
Source: IRINCountry: Nepal, Pakistan, Viet Nam, WorldKATHMANDU, 16 September 2013 (IRIN) - Early and accessible information about pending disasters, relief and aid dissemination are crucial to improve...
View ArticleRepublic of Korea: South Korea: New Beacon for Refugees
Source: IrrawaddyCountry: China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Sri LankaNear South Korea’s main international airport, the national government is...
View ArticleNepal: Food shortage in Jajarkot
Source: Nepalnews.comCountry: NepalJajarkot, a remote hilly district in mid-western region, has been left high and dry due to food shortage this year too.As the state-owned Nepal Food Corporation's...
View ArticleWorld: Analyse : Comment rendre les catastrophes moins meurtrières pour les...
Source: IRINCountry: Nepal, Pakistan, Viet Nam, WorldKATMANDOU, 18 septembre 2013 (IRIN) - La disponibilité d'informations précoces et accessibles relatives aux catastrophes imminentes, aux secours...
View ArticleNepal: Hospitals better prepared to deal with emergencies
Source: ICRCCountry: NepalKathmandu (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Dhulikhel Hospital of Kathmandu University are jointly organizing an emergency-room trauma course...
View ArticleNepal: Early Warning System display board installed in Kailali
Source: Mercy CorpsCountry: NepalFor the first time in the District Administration Office in Kailali, an Early Warning System (EWS) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) has been installed in the form of...
View ArticleNepal: Nepal: Appoint Independent Rights Commissioners
Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: NepalWith Terms Expired, Human Rights Protections in Limbo(New York) – The Nepali government should expeditiously appoint qualified, independent, and new members to...
View ArticleWorld: Water and habitat: An ICRC priority for 30 years
Source: ICRCCountry: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Iraq, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldEvery year, the ICRC brings drinking water and better...
View ArticleNepal: Flood alert needs upgrading
Source: IRINCountry: NepalBANKE DISTRICT, 24 September 2013 (IRIN) - Close to half a million residents in Nepal’s mid-western Banke District depend on Bhadra Bahadur Thapa, 58, a government gauge...
View ArticleNepal: Maternal and Child Health in Nepal
Source: World BankCountry: NepalSUBMITTED BY ALBERTUS VOETBERG CO-AUTHORS: MANAV BHATTARAI, TEKABE AYALEW BELAYNepal: Staying the Course on Maternal and Child HealthThe story of mother-to-be Lalita,...
View ArticleNepal: Structural violence and social suffering among marginal Nepali migrants
Source: Tufts UniversityCountry: India, Nepal, QatarOver the past decade, Nepal has witnessed a rapid process of social transformation which has accelerated after the end of the “people’s war”. In this...
View ArticleWorld: USAID/OFDA Monitoring and Evaluation Sector Update - October 2013
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Bangladesh, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Nicaragua, Philippines, Saint Lucia,...
View ArticleWorld: USAID/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Sector Update October 2013
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nepal, United States of America, WorldSECTOR OVERVIEWUSAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster...
View ArticleWorld: Anatomy of modern-day slavery
Source: IRINCountry: Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Mauritania, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, WorldNAIROBI, 18 October 2013 (IRIN) - More than two centuries after slavery was outlawed, 29.8...
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