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	Around the world, the right to health of millions is increasingly coming under threat by World Health Organization (WHO), agencies   WHO launches US$ 1.5 billion Health Emergency Appeal to tackle unprecedented global health crises.   Conflict, climate change, epidemics, and displacement are converging to create an unparalleled global health crisis, with 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in 2025. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for US$ 1.5 billion for its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA), to support life-saving health interventions worldwide.   The appeal, launched by WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, outlines the critical priorities and resources needed to address 42 ongoing health emergencies, including 17 Grade 3 crises – the most severe emergencies requiring the highest level of response. With health systems stretched to their limits and global financial resources dwindling, the US$ 1.5 billion are needed to help people facing the most difficult situations.   “Conflicts, outbreaks, climate-related disasters and other health emergencies are no longer isolated or occasional – they are relentless, overlapping and intensifying,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. "This appeal is about enabling WHO to save lives, protect the right to health, and provide hope where there is none.”   WHO is committed to delivering emergency health assistance, including in conflict zones such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the occupied Palestinian territory and Sudan.   WHO’s response in emergencies is aligned with wider humanitarian efforts and prioritizes providing essential care and medical supplies; treating malnutrition and supporting maternal and child health; conducting vaccination campaigns to prevent disease outbreaks; and offering mental health support to populations impacted by trauma.   The Appeal highlights four key challenges facing the world currently: climate change, conflict, displacement and disease outbreaks. These are responsible for fueling deeper, longer lasting health crises and putting the world’s most vulnerable at greater risk.   With the support of donors and partners, WHO aims to fulfill its unique role in health emergencies, while upholding the principles of international humanitarian law, ensuring that no one is left behind even in the most challenging circumstances.   This appeal is about more than just funding – it is a call to action. As crises grow more frequent and severe, the gap between global needs and available resources continues to widen. Supporting WHO’s Health Emergency Appeal is a vital investment in global solidarity and health equity.   http://www.who.int/news/item/16-01-2025-who-launches-us-1.5-billion-health-emergency-appeal-to-tackle-unprecedented-global-health-crises   Feb. 2025   Multiple disease outbreaks heighten public health emergencies for children across Eastern and Southern Africa. (UNICEF)   Public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox and, more recently, viral haemorrhagic fevers, are posing significant threats to the safety and wellbeing of millions of children in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF said today.   The high number of health crises, often worsened by climate shocks, is impacting already vulnerable communities and compounding risks to children in the region.   “The alarming frequency of public health emergencies and disease outbreaks in the region is disrupting vital safety nets for children and stripping away their right to a safe and nurturing environment,” said UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Etleva Kadilli.   “Global and regional stakeholders must come together to fortify protection systems offered by families, communities and state services to ensure every child can thrive, even in the face of multiple challenges.”   In 2025, 17 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are grappling with multiple public health emergencies, the majority of which are outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, measles and diphtheria.   The region is experiencing major outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers, including Marburg virus disease in Tanzania and Ebola disease caused by the Sudan virus in Uganda. Additionally, mpox continues to be a significant health concern, particularly in Burundi and Uganda, with risks of cross-border transmission due to high levels of population movement.   Furthermore, cholera is currently affecting 12 countries, including Angola, Burundi, South Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, with the region recording the highest number of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea deaths globally.   Children are inherently more vulnerable to the physical impacts of these diseases due to their developing immune systems and unique physiological characteristics. The risks are even greater for children suffering from malnutrition.   “In any emergency, children and the most vulnerable suffer the most,” said Kadilli. “Aside from investments in essential infrastructure and services, promoting routine immunization and addressing the social determinants of health, sustained funding for protection efforts must continue to be prioritised to support the overall wellbeing of children in the region.”   http://www.unicef.org/press-releases/multiple-disease-outbreaks-heighten-public-health-emergencies-children-across http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01805-6 http://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-appeals-us588-million-address-mpox-crisis-cases-among-children-rise http://www.savethechildren.net/news/burundi-number-children-facing-malnutrition-doubles-one-four-country-battles-worsening-mpox http://www.savethechildren.net/news/drc-child-mpox-cases-surge-75-fold-worst-hit-province-schools-restart-week http://www.savethechildren.net/news/rising-acute-malnutrition-drc-puts-45-million-children-aged-under-five-greater-risk-mpox http://www.who.int/health-topics/monkeypox   To mark World Health Day, the World Health Organization has launched the “My health, my right” campaign to champion the right to health of everyone, everywhere.   The campaign advocates for ensuring universal access to quality health services, education, and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination.   All around the world, the core challenges consistently compromising the right to health are political inaction coupled with a lack of accountability and funding, compounded by intolerance, discrimination and stigma.   Populations facing marginalization or vulnerability suffer the most, such as people who live in poverty, are displaced, are older or live with disabilities.   While inaction and injustice are the major drivers of the global failure to deliver on the right to health, current crises are leading to especially egregious violations of this right. Conflicts are leaving trails of devastation, mental and physical distress, and death.   The burning of fossil fuels is simultaneously driving the climate crisis and violating our right to breathe clean air. The climate crisis is in turn causing extreme weather events that threaten health and well-being across the planet and strain access to services to meet basic needs.   Everyone deserves access to quality, timely and appropriate health services, without being subjected to discrimination or financial hardship.   Yet, in 2021, 4.5 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, were not covered by essential health services, leaving them vulnerable to diseases and disasters.   Even those who do access care often suffer economically for it, with about 2 billion people facing financial hardship due to health costs, a situation that has been worsening for two decades.   To expand coverage, an additional US$ 200–328 billion a year is needed globally to scale up primary health care in low- and middle-income countries. Progress has shown to be possible where there is political will.   “Realizing the right to health requires governments to pass and implement laws, invest, address discrimination and be held accountable by their populations,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “Realizing the highest attainable standard of health, is a fundamental right for all people, everywhere.”   The right to health is enshrined within the WHO Constitution, and at least 140 countries recognize the right to health in their national constitutions. But recognition alone is not enough, which is why WHO supports countries to legislate the right to health across sectors and integrate human rights into health policies and programmes.   The aim of this support is to make health services available, accessible and responsive to the needs of the populations they serve and to increase community participation in health decision-making.   On this World Health Day and beyond, WHO is calling for governments to make meaningful investments to scale up primary health care; to ensure transparency and accountability; and to meaningfully involve individuals and communities in decision-making around health.   Recognizing the interdependence between the right to health and other fundamental rights, the campaign includes calls to action on finance, agriculture, environment, justice, transport, labour and social affairs.   Individuals, communities and civil society have long defended their right to health, improving access to health care services by breaking down barriers and advocating for equity.   http://www.who.int/news/item/05-04-2024-who-calls-for-action-to-uphold-right-to-health-amidst-inaction--injustice-and-crises http://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/12/worldwide-policies-leave-health-care-inaccessible-too-many http://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/11/global-failures-healthcare-funding http://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/impunity-attacks-medical-facilities-and-health-workers-must-end-says-un   * Oxfam reaction to Bloomberg investigation into patients detained and denied care at hospitals funded by the World Bank. (Published: 16 Jan. 2025)   In response to the publication today of Bloomberg’s investigation into human rights abuses alleged to have been committed in private hospitals funded by the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and development finance institutions (DFIs) run by rich country governments, Oxfam International’s Health Policy Manager Anna Marriott said:   “These grim findings make one thing brutally clear: nothing has changed. The World Bank and other development banks, including those of the UK and France, are still bankrolling profiteering from expensive, out-of-reach healthcare and abhorrent human rights violations.   “This is a grotesque betrayal of the very principles these institutions claim to uphold. Development banks should be reducing inequality and poverty, yet their investments in private healthcare are worsening both. Access to healthcare is a fundamental human right and needs to be safeguarded from the ‘private finance first’ approach that dominates today’s development agenda.”   http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-01-16/world-bank-funded-hospitals-in-africa-asia-detained-patients-and-denied-care http://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/oxfam-reaction-bloomberg-investigation-patients-detained-and-denied-care-hospitals   Sep. 2024   Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance. (The Lancet)   "Under the better care scenario, across all age groups, 92 million deaths could be cumulatively averted between 2025 and 2050, through better care of severe infections and improved access to antibiotics to prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR) deaths. In a scenario where the world has new, more potent drugs, 11 million cumulative deaths could be avoided".   Superbug crisis could get worse, killing nearly 40 million people by 2050, by Jacqueline Howard & Sandee LaMotte for CNN   The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them could increase nearly 70% by 2050, a new study projects, further showing the burden of the ongoing superbug crisis.   Cumulatively, from 2025 to 2050, the world could see more than 39 million deaths that are directly attributable to antimicrobial resistance or AMR, according to the study, which was published in the journal The Lancet.   Antimicrobial resistance happens when pathogens like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to evade the medications used to kill them.   The World Health Organization has called AMR “one of the top global public health and development threats,” driven by the misuse and overuse of antimicrobial medications in humans, animals and plants, which can help pathogens develop a resistance to them.   The new study reveals that when it comes to the prevalence of AMR and its effects, “we expect it to get worse,” said lead author Dr. Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.   “We need appropriate attention on new antibiotics and antibiotic stewardship so that we can address what is really quite a large problem,” he said.   The researchers – from the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Project, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and other institutions – estimated deaths and illnesses attributable to versus associated with antimicrobial resistance for 22 pathogens, 84 pathogen-drug combinations and 11 infections across 204 countries and territories from 1990 through 2021. A death attributable to antimicrobial resistance was directly caused by it, while a death associated with AMR may have another cause that was exacerbated by the antimicrobial resistance.   About 520 million individual records were part of the data to make those estimates.   The researchers found that from 1990 to 2021, deaths from AMR fell more than 50% among children younger than 5 but increased more than 80% among adults 70 and older – trends that are forecast to continue.   It was surprising to see those patterns emerge, Murray said. “We had these two opposite trends going on: a decline in AMR deaths under age 5, mostly due to vaccination, water and sanitation programs, some treatment programs, and the success of those,” Murray said.   “And at the same time, there’s this steady increase in the number of deaths over age 50,” he said, as the world ages; older adults can be more susceptible to severe infection.   The researchers found that the pathogen-drug combination that had the largest increase in causing the most burden among all age groups was methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. For this combination – the antibiotic methicillin and the bacteria S. aureus – the number of attributable deaths nearly doubled from 57,200 in 1990 to 130,000 in 2021.   Using statistical modeling, the researchers also produced estimates of deaths and illnesses attributable to AMR by 2050 in three scenarios: if the current climate continues, if new potent antibiotic drugs are developed to target resistant pathogens, and if the world has improved quality of health care for infections and better access to antibiotics.   The forecasts show that deaths from antimicrobial resistance will increase by 2050 if measures are not in place to improve access to quality care, powerful antibiotics and other resources to reduce and treat infections.   The researchers estimated that, in 2050, the number of global deaths attributable to antimicrobial resistance could reach 1.9 million, and those associated with antimicrobial resistance could reach 8.2 million.   According to the data, the regions of the world most affected by AMR and attributable deaths are South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa – and many of these regions don’t have equitable access to quality care, Murray said.   “There are still, unfortunately, a lot of places in low-resource settings where people who need antibiotics are just not getting them, and so that’s a big part of it. But it’s not just the antibiotics. It’s when you’re sick, either as a kid or an adult, and you get sent to hospital, and you get a package of care, essentially, that includes things like oxygen,” Murray said.   “In low-resource settings, even basics like oxygen are often not available. And then, if you are very sick and you need an intensive care unit, well, there’s big parts of the low-resource world – most of them, actually – where you wouldn’t get access to that sort of care,” he said. “So there’s a spectrum of supportive care, plus the antibiotics, that really make a difference.”   But in a scenario where the world has better health care, 92 million cumulative deaths could be averted between 2025 and 2050, the researchers forecast. And in a scenario where the world has new, more potent drugs, about 11 million cumulative deaths could be avoided.   The “innovative and collaborative” approach to this study provides a “comprehensive assessment” of antimicrobial resistance and its potential burden on the world, Samuel Kariuki, of the Kenya Medical Research Institute, wrote in a commentary that accompanied the new study in The Lancet.   Yet he warned that the forecast models do not consider the emergence of new superbugs “and might lead to underestimation if new pathogens arise.”   Overall, “these data should drive investments and targeted action” toward addressing the growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance in all regions of the world, Kariuki wrote.   The new paper represents decades of research on the global burden of antimicrobial resistance, said Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, associate dean of global health sciences and distinguished professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study.   Strathdee saw firsthand the effects that antimicrobial resistance can have on health when her husband nearly died from a superbug infection.   “I’m somebody who’s lived with antimicrobial resistance affecting my family for the last eight years. My husband nearly died from a superbug infection. It’s actually one of the infections that’s highlighted in this paper,” said Strathdee, who serves as co-director of the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics at UC San Diego.   The new study gives Strathdee hope that the world can reduce the potential burden of antimicrobial resistance. That would require improving access to antibiotics and newer antimicrobial medications, vaccines, clean water and other aspects of quality health care around the world, she said, while reducing the use of antibiotics in livestock, food production and the environment, which can breed more resistance.   “There is possible hope on the horizon,” Strathdee said. “If we were to scale up these interventions, we could dramatically reduce the number of deaths in the future.”   http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01867-1/fulltext http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/antimicrobial-resistance http://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/26/default-calendar/un-general-assembly-high-level-meeting-on-antimicrobial-resistance-2024 http://www.amrleaders.org/resources/m/item/urgent-call-from-the-global-leaders-group-on-amr-to-member-states-of-the-united-nations http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01705-7/fulltext http://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/16/health/antibiotic-resistant-superbug-infections-2050-wellness/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/07/health/superbugs-climate-change-scn http://www.unep.org/resources/superbugs/environmental-action Visit the related web page
	Global Humanitarian Overview 2024 Mid-year update: Cost of inaction by UN News, OCHA, IOM, MSF, CARE, agencies   Global Humanitarian Overview 2024 Mid-year update: Cost of inaction. (OCHA)   In the face of major cuts in global funding, humanitarians prepared for 2024 by taking difficult decisions about who, and what, to include and exclude from humanitarian appeals around the world. Based on in-depth needs analyses, targets were tightened and tough choices were made, resulting in a reduction in the global appeal by more than $7 billion from 2023 to 2024 and a reduction in people targeted of 57.4 million.   However, as of the end of May, underfunding and access impediments combined to have devastating consequences, which were particularly acute given the already narrowed focus of the 2024 appeals:   With humanitarian operations globally just 16 per cent funded by the end of May, many humanitarian partners had to drastically reduce, and in some instances halt, critical programmes. While humanitarians were able to reach at least 39.7 million people with some form of humanitarian assistance in the first five months of the year, this represented just 27 per cent of people targeted. This comes on the back of a considerable reduction in people reached in 2023 (143 million), compared to 2022 (157 million), which coincided with a significant decrease in humanitarian funding.   In many contexts, conflict and lack of respect for international humanitarian law (IHL)—including horrifying attacks against aid workers—as well as the imposition of bureaucratic impediments have hampered humanitarians’ ability to respond, and impacted people’s ability to safely access services and support.   In the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), humanitarian operations were consistently hampered and constrained, while medical evacuation of critical patients was suspended when the Rafah offensive began. And in northern Mozambique, a fresh wave of attacks by non-State armed groups disrupted operations in multiple locations.   A similar story has played out across each of the sectors of humanitarian responses around the world, with life-threatening consequences for people in crisis:   Under-resourcing and attacks against water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure have exposed people to a heightened risk of disease.   Globally, more than 100 million targeted people (42 per cent) have not received WASH assistance due to underfunding and attacks on infrastructure. In Afghanistan, insufficient funding has led to a surge in acute watery diarrhoea/cholera cases in high-risk areas, with over 26,500 cases in the first quarter of 2024, mainly affecting children under five.   In Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazaar), half of camps are receiving drinking water below quantity and quality standards, compromising the health of residents. In OPT (Gaza), partners estimate that 67 per cent of water and sanitation facilities have been destroyed or damaged, leaving people to collect water from unreliable resources, which are contributing to elevated levels of disease. In Guatemala, about 95 per cent of people targeted, will not have access to basic WASH, increasing the risk of diarrhoeal disease and healthy development of children.   Curtailed access to education is depriving children of their future   As wars and the climate crisis take their toll, attacks on education mount and education remains under-resourced, forcing millions of children out of school and jeopardizing their lives and their futures. In Ukraine, children’s education is significantly disrupted, with schools in some areas only operating if equipped with bomb shelters.   In Yemen, over 4.5 million children remain unable to attend school and 1.3 million displaced children are forced to cope with overcrowded classrooms. In Cameroon, some 38,000 crisis-affected children and adolescents have not received the cash transfers needed to support their schooling.   In Syria, reduced support for education costs and widespread disruptions and attacks have forced more children out of school, with over a million more at risk of dropping out. In OPT, over 600,000 children are missing out on formal schooling, with more than 76 per cent of schools in Gaza now requiring full reconstruction or rehabilitation.   In Mali, 1.5 million out-of-school children are seeing their future economic opportunities evaporate, hindering long-term social cohesion and perpetuating the cycle of poverty. In Afghanistan, the country has passed the 1,000th day in which girls over the age of 11 have been banned from going to secondary school, decimating girls’ futures and leading to an increase in child marriage and early childbearing with dire physical, emotional and economic consequences.   Cuts in food assistance due to underfunding are leaving people at risk of starvation   As a result of underfunding, food security partners have had to reduce assistance to already vulnerable people, or abandon assistance to people experiencing acute levels of food insecurity (IPC 3). As a result, these people may go into emergency or catastrophic levels of food insecurity (IPC 4 and IPC 5, respectively).   Due to lack of funding, around 3.5 million Afghans will lose access to their yearly wheat consumption, including 50,000 female-headed households, while in Burkina Faso, 1.3 million people will likely face acute food insecurity during the upcoming lean season (June – September 2024). In Zimbabwe, World Vision International was unable to provide 305,000 people with in-kind food assistance during the 2023-2024 Lean Season period.   In South Sudan, WFP is providing only 70 per cent rations, including to Sudanese refugees in catastrophic hunger conditions (IPC5), and only 50 per cent to those in emergency levels of food insecurity (IPC4). In Yemen, about 17.6 million people will continue to suffer from acute food insecurity – this will be especially detrimental among the six million people already facing emergency food insecurity (IPC 4) and there is a risk that pockets of catastrophic levels of food insecurity (IPC 5) could emerge.   Attacks against health-care facilities and workers, and underfunding of health services increase maternal and child mortality, disrupt mental health and psychosocial support and heighten non-communicable disease risk.   Globally, 516 attacks against health care facilities, assets and personnel in 12 countries and territories were recorded by the World Health Organization from January to May 20248. Meanwhile, underfunding is leaving millions of people without access to the health services they need to survive.   In Ukraine, 3.5 million people will lose essential primary health care, worsening mental health and increasing non-communicable disease mortality. In Yemen, over 500,000 women will be unable to access vital reproductive health services and about 600,000 children will be deprived of crucial vaccination services and essential childcare.   In Syria, just 63 per cent of hospitals and 52 per cent of primary health care facilities are fully functional due to a combination of conflict and under-resourcing, while hundreds of facilities and mobile medical teams are under threat of closure due to funding shortages, placing 14.9 million people at risk of interrupted access to health and nutrition services.   In Myanmar, health partners have had to prioritize services for internally displaced people, leaving about 1 million non-displaced people who had been targeted for support without assistance.   In Uganda, the number of health workers supported by refugee response partners was reduced by 28 per cent (from 2,652 to 1,918) and community health workers, who are critical for health promotion and disease prevention intervention, were reduced by 11 per cent, affecting the availability of vital health services for refugees and host communities.   In Afghanistan, since January 2024, 183 static and mobile health facilities have ceased operations due to funding constraints, limiting primary health care access for approximately 2.1 million Afghans, including pregnant women, children and individuals with disabilities in remote areas.   Internally displaced persons, refugees and migrants are facing cuts in services and support   In Colombia, where massive displacement and climate shocks combine, underfunding has placed the response to vulnerable communities under strain and forced partners to reduce temporary accommodations for refugees and migrants in-transit, with available places in collective shelters expected to decrease from 2,000 to just 586 daily from June 2024. In Burkina Faso, due to both underfunding and access challenges, 52 per cent of people newly displaced (nearly 29,000 people) did not receive any assistance in the first quarter of 2024.   In Lebanon, 115,500 refugee families will lose cash assistance from the joint United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees/World Food Programme (UNCHR/WFP) cash programme, representing a 40 per cent drop from 2023, even as more refugees in Lebanon fall below the poverty line. Similarly, in Jordan, the number of refugee families receiving UNHCR cash assistance for basic needs in urban areas has decreased by nearly one-third, while the amount of cash received has decreased by a quarter.   The bottom line – underfunding costs lives   The reality is: when people cannot reach—or be reached with—humanitarian assistance, protection and services, their lives and livelihoods are on the line. It is therefore imperative that there be an immediate step-change and a dramatic increase in global giving in order to ensure that the robust and tightly prioritized response plans and appeals prepared by humanitarian partners for 2024 are fully funded.   It is equally critical that parties to conflicts—and those who support them—around the globe take immediate action to uphold international humanitarian law, including to protect civilians and ensure that aid workers do not have to risk their lives to save others.   Spotlight on nine of the most underfunded crises   At a time when humanitarian responses across the world are desperately under-resourced, some crises have faced an even greater struggle to galvanize resources.   Over the last five years (2019-2023), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haiti, Honduras, Mali, Myanmar and Sudan9 had yearly funding coverage that has been, on average, 15 percentage points lower than for the rest of the Humanitarian Response Plans (HRPs).   And there are direct consequences: despite being relatively consistent with other HRPs in terms of the number of people targeted, the percentage of people reached under these countries' plans and appeals has been lower than the rest of the HRPs, by an average of 16 per cent.   This is despite the fact that six of the nine crises have seen major increases in humanitarian needs over the past year (Burkina Faso, Chad, DRC, Haiti, Myanmar and Sudan).   This Global Humanitarian Overview Mid-Year Update therefore shines a spotlight on these nine crises, which are amongst the most neglected in the world:   Burkina Faso   Burkina Faso continues to experience the worst humanitarian crisis in its history, with an estimated 10 per cent of the national population (more than 2 million people) internally displaced due to violence and insecurity. Food and nutritional security has been significantly constrained by limited access to productive activities and functioning markets, basic social and protection services. Humanitarian access has significantly deteriorated and is of particular concern in the north and east, especially in over 30 municipalities that are under the control of non-State armed groups. Yet, the HRP is only 15.8 per cent funded ($148 million received out of $934 required). Without concerted efforts by the international community, the situation could deteriorate even more.   Cameroon   In Cameroon, the prices of foodstuffs, fuel and fertilizers continue to rise with the 2024 lean season is fast approaching. One million people are internally displaced while the country is also hosting nearly half a million refugees and asylum seekers. Conflict continues around the Lake Chad basin as well as the socio-political crisis in the north-west and south-west of the country. Yet, the HRP has only received $70.2 million, or 18 per cent of requirements. Should the HRP remain at current levels of funding, more than 330,000 children will not receive school feeding programmes; more than 777,000, people including 11,000 persons with disabilities, will not receive essential health care; over 18,000 unaccompanied and separated children will be left without alternative care and/or family reunification; and 10,000 survivors of gender-based violence will not have access to life-saving services.   Chad   With nearly a third of the population in need of humanitarian assistance, Chad has seen a dramatic influx of refugees since conflict erupted in Sudan in April 2023, whilst insecurity and climate change have driven rising needs, particularly in Lac province. However, Chad’s HRP is only 12.4 per cent funded ($140 million out of $1.1 billion). Without concrete and urgent action: the number of people experiencing acute food insecurity (IPC 3 and above) is expected to worsen to 3.7 million people during the upcoming 2024 lean season (June-August); malnutrition rates–which are already at a nine-year high–will aggravate; close to 250,000 forcibly displaced people will not receive shelter, forcing them to continue living in overcrowded and unplanned settlements; more than 1.3 million people will not have access to safe water and will lack adequate sanitation undermining the health of women, men, and especially children, and without resources to support targeted programs for host communities, frustration and tensions over resources are likely to escalate.   Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)   The DRC has seen a major upsurge of violence and displacement over the last year, with a particularly worrying rise in gender-based violence. ​Violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict are at alarming levels, particularly in North Kivu, Ituri and South Kivu provinces. Despite being amongst the world’s most devastating humanitarian crises, with the highest number of people in need of aid in the world—25.4 million people—DRC’s 2024 HRP is only 23 per cent funded ($593.5 million). If nothing is done, it is estimated that around 1.1 million children aged six to 59 months will suffer from acute malnutrition; 9.4 million displaced and returning people will not be able to regain dignified living conditions and will continue to live in extremely precarious conditions; and—even after reprioritizing—WFP will only be able to provide vital assistance to one out of every seven acutely food-insecure people in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.   Haiti   In Haiti, armed violence in and around the capital, Port au Prince, combined with economic and political crises, have driven a massive increase in need, while generating enormous access challenges for the delivery of aid. There has been a record rise in food insecurity and displacement, totaling 580,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of June 2024, and the health system is on the verge of collapse, with only 20 per cent of primary hospitals functioning. Yet, Haiti’s HRP is only 23.2 per cent funded ($156.4 million). Without additional support: more than 43,000 people will not receive shelter and non-food items, forcing households to live in makeshift and overcrowded shelters, exposing them to multiple protection and health risks; 823,000 children under five and pregnant and lactating women will be at risk of acute and severe malnutrition; and the crucial air and maritime services provided by the logistics cluster may falter, impeding the mobility of humanitarian assets and personnel and leaving hundreds of thousands of people unassisted.   Honduras   Honduras was, proportionally, the least funded HRP in 2023 with only 16.5 per cent coverage10 and, in 2024, it has only received 20.5 per cent of its funding requirements ($41.6 million). Honduras is one of three countries facing a protection crisis—driven by mixed human mobility and the impacts of violence and compounded by the effects of climate change—in Northern Central America, with the other two being El Salvador and Guatemala. These crises highlight the intersection of successive disasters, poverty, gang-related violence and mass migration. Without urgent additional funding, the gaps in humanitarian access in Honduras will increase rapidly, affecting approximately 75 per cent of people in need (more than 400,000 people).   Mali   Despite facing recurring violence, insecurity and drought, as well as increasing protection concerns, Mali’s HRP funding coverage has steadily declined from 51 per cent in 2019 to its lowest-ever funding coverage of 31 per cent in 2023. The 2024 Mali HRP has been tightly defined and prioritized in order to sharpen the response’s focus on the areas experiencing the most significant shocks, yet it is only 14 per cent funded ($99 million). Continued under-funding for Mali will have major consequences: over 2 million people will be deprived of life-saving nutritional assistance; 2.2 million people will not receive a WASH response, particularly in IDP sites where the risk of epidemics and water-borne diseases threatens more than a million people; 1.5 million children will not have access to education, which could exacerbate social tensions; and more people could be pushed into catastrophic levels of food insecurity, particularly in Menaka circle were more than 2,500 people are already in a food catastrophe (IPC 5).   Myanmar   Escalating conflict across Myanmar is driving surging displacement, worsening food insecurity, grave human rights violations and deadly protection threats to civilians. The country is now littered with landmines and unexploded ordnance from aerial bombardments. However, despite the rapid rise in needs, financial support for Myanmar severely dropped from 2022 onward and the 2024 HRP is among the three least funded HRPs, at only 11 per cent funded ($114 million). Continued lack of funding will mean that: education partners will no longer be able to provide educational support to more than 1 million learners and educators; more than 700,000 IDPs and stateless people and 800,000 prioritized people from host communities will not receive food assistance; shelter and non-food item partners would need to de-prioritize ‘other crisis-affected people’ (in contrast to IDPs), leaving up to 75 per cent of them without support; and more than 2 million people will not have access to essential WASH if affected by disease outbreaks or natural disasters.   Sudan   After years of a protracted crisis, Sudan plunged into a horrifying conflict of alarming scale in mid-April 2023. Fourteen months on, the conflict has triggered the largest internal displacement crisis in the world and a massive deterioration in humanitarian and protection needs in most parts of the country. More than 80 per cent of health facilities are not functioning in some of the worst affected areas. Hunger is skyrocketing: almost 18 million people are in acute food insecurity and there is a growing risk of famine in parts of Darfur and Khartoum as the country enters the lean season. Women and girls are particularly impacted: 7,000 new mothers could die in the next few months if they do not get access to food and health care. Despite these staggering needs, the Sudan HRP is just 16 per cent funded ($441 million). Without an immediate injection of resources, food security and nutrition outcomes will likely plummet, putting millions of lives at risk. And if farmers do not immediately receive the certified seeds they need for the planting season, the food security situation will worsen further.   http://humanitarianaction.info/document/global-humanitarian-overview-2024-mid-year-update http://www.unocha.org/news/un-deputy-relief-chief-funding-shortages-force-tougher-aid-decisions http://www.unocha.org/latest/news-and-stories http://www.nrc.no/news/2024/july/alarming-drop-in-global-funding-to-people-in-war-and-crisis/ http://reliefweb.int/report/world/wfp-global-operational-response-plan-2024-update-11-june-2024-new-synopsis-format http://www.wfp.org/publications/hunger-hotspots-fao-wfp-early-warnings-acute-food-insecurity-june-october-2024-outlook http://www.fao.org/emergencies/en http://www.wvi.org/publications/report/enough/ration-cuts-taking-hungry-feed-starving http://www.fightfoodcrises.net/hunger-hotspots/en http://www.ipcinfo.org/   * UN WebTV: Global Humanitarian Overview 2024 - Underfunding and the Cost of Inaction: http://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1un1c1nj0   May 2024   DRC: UN and partners warn escalating conflict is fuelling unprecedented civilian suffering. (Inter-Agency Standing Committee)   Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), threatening to push the country to the brink of catastrophe without urgent international action.   Decades of conflict and the resulting humanitarian emergency have already exhausted and traumatized millions of civilians. In the last few months alone, more than 700,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, bringing the total number of displaced people to an all-time high of 7.2 million.   Ensuring that sufficient aid reaches civilians in need swiftly and without impediment is critical. But this year’s Humanitarian Response Plan is woefully underfunded, with just 16 per cent of the US$2.6 billion needed having been received. The gap between rapidly rising needs and sufficient resources means millions of people are left without the lifesaving support they need.   This lack of resources is compounding the crisis by forcing humanitarian organizations to curb their assistance, with women and girls paying a devastatingly high price. Minimal protection and security in crowded displacement camps means many are forced to exchange sex for survival and support for their families. When they venture outside to collect firewood, water or for work, they are also exposed to appalling levels of sexual violence.   Gender-based violence has surged to unprecedented levels, with recorded cases surging between 2022 and 2023. Stigma and the fear of retaliation prevent many survivors from coming forward. In addition to sexual violence, children are also at risk of other threats, including abduction, killing, maiming and recruitment by armed groups.   Perpetrators of human rights violations must be held accountable for their crimes. Under international humanitarian law, civilians must be protected.   More than 25 million people – a quarter of the population – continue to face crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in the DRC, a country facing one of the world's largest food crises.   Cholera and measles are also spreading rapidly as the health sector continues to deteriorate. Climate extremes worsened by El Niño are yet another threat for already struggling families.   Bringing an end to the escalating humanitarian crisis in the DRC requires addressing its root causes: conflict, the exploitation of natural resources, illicit financial flows, prevailing gender inequality and development deficits.   We must step up our support to the Congolese people, including to women and girls who are bearing the brunt of this conflict, as they work to rebuild their lives and livelihoods and return to their homes. The international community must mobilize additional resources for the humanitarian response and support for civil society organizations – as well as the political will to end the violence once and for all.   http://interagencystandingcommittee.org/inter-agency-standing-committee/statement-principals-inter-agency-standing-committee-democratic-republic-congo-crushing-levels http://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/countries-in-focus-archive/issue-113/en/ http://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/countries-in-focus-archive/issue-108/en/ http://www.iom.int/news/alarming-humanitarian-crisis-eastern-drc-calls-urgent-action-protect-vulnerable-populations http://www.nrc.no/news/2024/may/joint-statement-ingos-in-dr-congo-call-for-a-cessation-of-hostilities-and-the-respect-for-international-humanitarian-law/ http://www.msf.org/drc-civilians-caught-crossfire-north-and-south-kivu http://www.msf.org/msf-has-and-continues-treat-more-two-victims-sexual-violence-hour-drc   http://www.wfp.org/news/drcs-hunger-crisis-deepens-families-once-again-flee-fighting http://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/unhcr-urges-immediate-action-amid-heightened-risks-displaced-eastern-dr-congo http://www.wfp.org/news/unicef-and-wfp-demand-action-protect-children-and-unfettered-humanitarian-access-eastern-drc http://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-deputy-executive-director-ted-chaiban-concludes-visit-eastern-dr-congo http://www.nrc.no/perspectives/2024/hundreds-of-thousands-face-desperate-conditions-as-fighting-surges-in-eastern-dr-congo/   http://www.unhcr.org/africa/news/press-releases/unhcr-urges-protection-civilians-and-aid-access-amid-surging-violence-eastern http://www.icrc.org/en/document/dr-congo-civilians-firing-line-use-heavy-weapons-signals-alarming-new-phase-armed-conflict http://www.icrc.org/en/document/democratic-republic-congo-forgotten-people-north-kivu http://www.wfp.org/stories/eastern-drc-women-and-girls-pay-high-price-ongoing-conflict http://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/conflict-drc-over-hundred-thousand-people-without-clean-water-live-disastrous   18 Mar. 2024   Sudan conflict: 24 million children exposed to a year of brutality and rights violations, reports UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.   Twelve months into the armed conflict in Sudan, 24 million children are at risk of a generational catastrophe, and their rights to life, survival, protection, education, health, and development have all been gravely violated.   Marking a year of brutality against Sudanese children, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) issued the following media statement, urging Sudan to immediately put an end to these grave violations.   “Since the conflict began in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Committee on the Rights of the Child has observed repeated attacks on civilians and civilian objects, widespread killings, including ethnically motivated, and the death of thousands of civilians, many of them are children.   There were worrying reports of rape of civilians, including children, denial of humanitarian access affecting children’s access to basic necessities, and other violations of international law, including violations of children’s economic and social rights.   These violations resulted in 24 million children in Sudan being at risk of generational catastrophe. Among these children, 14 million are in dire need of humanitarian support, 19 million are out of school, and 4 million are displaced, according to UNICEF, making Sudan now the largest child displacement crisis in the world.   Their conditions are appalling, with acute shortages of food and clean drinking water; UNICEF found that 3.7 million children are acutely malnourished, including 730,000 with severe acute malnutrition.   Exacerbating the situation, two-thirds of Sudanese lack access to health care services after 70-80% of hospitals ceased operation following a severe shortage of medical supplies, including lifesaving medicines.   UNICEF has warned that tens of thousands of children will likely die without improved access and additional support, including increased international funding.   The Committee is deeply concerned by these clear violations of children’s rights to life, survival, education and development under international human rights law and international humanitarian law.   The Committee urges Sudan to immediately take all urgent and necessary measures to end these severe violations and fulfil its commitments under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.   http://www.unicef.org/press-releases/entire-generation-children-sudan-faces-catastrophe-war-enters-its-second-year http://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/03/sudan-conflict-24-million-children-exposed-year-brutality-and-rights http://www.savethechildren.net/news/sudan-nearly-230000-children-and-new-mothers-likely-die-hunger-without-critical-action-save http://www.wfp.org/news/sudans-war-risks-creating-worlds-largest-hunger-crisis-warns-wfp-chief http://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-ipc-alert-conflict-surge-threatens-millions-slide-worst-levels-acute-food-insecurity-and-malnutrition-published-29-march-2024 http://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/alerts-archive/issue-99/en/   http://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/thousands-still-fleeing-sudan-daily-after-one-year-war http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2024/02/19/sudan-collapse-international-community-we-are-failing-it http://www.care-international.org/news/ten-months-turmoil-sudan-children-battling-malnutrition-conflict-rages http://www.wfp.org/stories/sudans-war-rages-fallout-spreads-nearby-countries http://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2024/03/high-commissioner-outlines-insidious-disregard-human-life-sudan   * UN Security Council session: Protection of civilians in armed conflict - Sudan Food Security Crisis (20/3/24): http://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k17/k17g7e6gqe http://www.wfp.org/news/remarks-delivered-carl-skau-wfp-deputy-executive-director-and-chief-operating-officer-security http://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/sudan-fao-issues-stark-warning-over-deeply-concerning-scale-of-hunger/en http://www.unocha.org/news/ocha-warns-security-council-sudan-will-soon-be-worlds-worst-hunger-crisis http://www.nrc.no/news/2024/march/nrc-statement-following-un-security-council-session-on-conflict-induced-hunger-in-sudan/   Mar. 2024   Chaos across Haiti amid high risk of famine. (UN News, agencies)   The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that Haiti is on the brink of a devastating hunger crisis, with aid operations at risk of “grinding to a halt” amid rampant violence as Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Monday and armed gangs tightened their grip on the capital, Port-au-Prince.   The lack of goods and resources is worsening an already precarious economic situation, with water and basic services being “stretched to the limit”, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.   The UN Secretary-General called on all Haitian stakeholders to act responsibly and expressed appreciation to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and partners’ for facilitating a way forward to resolve Haiti’s political crisis through a just-signed agreement to, among other things, appoint an interim prime minister, Mr. Dujarric said.   In Haiti, armed groups have taken control of many of the main roads, flights to Port-au-Prince have been grounded and incomes are plummeting amid a sharp rise in displacement, according to UN agencies.   Gang violence has displaced more than 362,000 Haitians, over half of them children. At least 35,000 have fled from their homes since the beginning of 2024, trying to escape the escalating crisis.   Media reports on Monday said Kenya is now pausing its plans for the support force following the resignation of Mr. Henry, who had in October asked the Security Council to deploy a mission to restore calm amid the growing chaos wreaked by armed gangs.   WFP said that while recent agreements between Haiti and Kenya enabling the deployment of the support mission are promising, failing to address the country’s hunger crisis could itself jeopardise efforts to restore stability.   The WFP’s Executive Director, said the spreading violence is keeping aid workers from reaching communities in need at a time when donor funds are drying up. “Haiti needs more than just boots on the ground,” she said. “Efforts to restore law and order must be matched by an equally effective humanitarian response to meet soaring needs.”   Aid effort ‘running on fumes’   Right now, the $674 million humanitarian response plan for Haiti is just two per cent funded, she said. “Our humanitarian operation in Haiti is running on fumes. We need donors to step up today so we can tackle the rising tide of hunger and halt the slide into chaos.”   The security and political crises are unfolding alongside a largely unaddressed food crisis. In Haiti, Jean-Martin Bauer, WFP country director, warned of an impending famine, stressing that there are levels of hunger in Port-au-Prince that are typically seen in war zones.   “Haiti is one of the world’s most severe food crises,” said Mr. Bauer. Food security has been fragile in Haiti since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in 2020, but today, 1.4 million people are “a step away from famine”, he said. There are more than 200,000 children vulnerable to acute malnutrition.   “We need to ensure security comes back to the country. We need the port to reopen and stocks to be replenished.” If the situation in the capital continues, food prices will sharply increase over already inflated prices that saw costs jump by 25 per cent in southern Haiti in January.   Over the past few days, prices have risen by at least 10 per cent, Mr. Bauer warned. “That’s a recipe for a food crisis,” he said.   Mass hunger is related to unrest, strife and mass migration and without a strong food support for the population, the forthcoming multilateral support mission will not be able achieve its objectives alone, he explained.   While security is needed, a robust humanitarian response plan is imperative, he said.   Security and funding permitting, WFP hopes to reach 2.4 million people in 2024 through emergency assistance in cash and in-kind food rations and is working with the government to provide school meals and to implement longer-term programmes to help Haitian produce their own food, the agency said.   According to the UN Human Rights Office, more than 1,100 people have been killed or injured since January this year, the deadliest month in the last two years.   Outbreaks of deadly violence have caused major disruptions to humanitarian operations – affecting the ability of humanitarian agencies to reach civilians in need, especially those at displacement sites. Road blockages and movement restrictions are also impacting health care workers and compromising people’s ability to access basic social services. In the south of Haiti, the distribution of life-saving aid has been affected by difficulties accessing roads and ports.   More than 1,000 schools across the country, including in Port-au-Prince and other urban areas, have also been temporarily closed since mid-January due to ongoing insecurity.   http://www.unocha.org/publications/report/haiti/humanitarian-catastrophe-haiti-requires-urgent-international-action-aid-officials-say http://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/haiti-emergency-situation-report-no-21-3-may-2024 http://www.unicef.org/press-releases/violence-sending-shocks-around-haitis-collapsing-health-system http://www.unicef.org/emergencies/crisis-haiti http://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/women-and-girls-bear-brunt-crisis-ravaging-haiti-say-un-experts http://www.unfpa.org/press/world-must-not-abandon-women-and-girls-haiti http://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/haiti-ipc-acute-food-insecurity-snapshot-march-june-2024 http://www.savethechildren.net/news/more-one-million-children-trapped-gang-violence-rages-haiti http://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-catherine-russell-situation-haiti http://www.msf.org/new-survey-reveals-extreme-levels-violence-haiti http://www.iom.int/news/waves-violence-storm-port-au-prince-haiti-further-displacing-thousands http://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/alerts-archive/issue-98/en/ http://unocha.exposure.co/breaking-point-in-haiti-the-struggle-for-survival   Mar. 2024   Neglected humanitarian crisis escalates in northwest Nigeria. (MSF)   The level of humanitarian support available to respond to people’s critical needs in northern Nigeria is in dramatic decline. In the northwest, a humanitarian crisis persists, with catastrophic levels of malnutrition and recurrent outbreaks of preventable diseases, says Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Yet, the situation is largely being ignored by donors and aid organisations.   Over recent years, more than 600,000 people have been displaced from their homes in northwest Nigeria as a result of extreme violence, deteriorating economic conditions, and climate change.   Despite encouraging signs of mobilisation from humanitarian groups and donors in 2023, MSF says that the funding and aid currently available are vastly insufficient for people’s growing humanitarian needs.   “We have repeatedly expressed our concerns to the UN and donors about the alarming and deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the northwest,” says Ahmed Bilal, MSF head of mission. “The lack of recognition of the crisis is having a severe impact on the health and humanitarian needs of people, and is delaying the response, which is desperately needed.”   People living in Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina and Kebbi states, all in the northwest, have been hit by the persistent violence, mainly armed banditry and kidnappings. Last year, more than 2,000 people were killed in more than 1,000 violent incidents in the region, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.   As well as being displaced from their homes, people have lost their livelihoods, and are often no longer able to reach their farms for security reasons. They struggle to find food, and accessing healthcare and other basic services has become increasingly difficult and dangerous.   The crisis has seen rates of malnutrition and other diseases spiral. It is estimated that around 2.6 million children have severe acute malnutrition in the country, of whom 532,163 are in Sokoto, Katsina and Zamfara states, according to national surveys conducted by UNICEF and authorities.   Last year, MSF medical teams working in Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Kano states treated 171,465 malnourished children as outpatients and admitted 32,104 children for life-threatening severe acute malnutrition – a 14 per cent rise on the previous year.   In Katsina, our teams found high levels of acute malnutrition in 2023 with 17.4 per cent of the surveyed children suffering from acute malnutrition in Jibia local government area at the beginning of the lean season – not even when access to food is the most difficult.   The high rate of admissions to inpatient facilities has been accompanied by alarming mortality rates. In one of our supported facilities in Zamfara state, it reached 23.1 per cent.   Sadly, many children are dying within 48 hours after arriving in critical condition, too late to be saved due to the barriers in reaching healthcare.   When people fall sick, their families are forced to weigh up the risks of travelling to a health facility against staying put without medical care.   “I cannot recall how many times my village has been attacked,” says Aisha, whose baby is receiving treatment for malaria at an MSF health facility in Gummi, Zamfara state. “We are afraid to travel, but we had no choice, as my baby was very ill and the clinic in my village is short of health staff and medications.”   For aid agencies, security constraints are making it increasingly hard to gain access to certain areas, while escalating violence is impacting and sometimes preventing their work.   “We are very alarmed about forthcoming reductions in funding activities for some organisations amid global cuts to humanitarian assistance,” says Dr Simba Tirima, MSF country representative. “This year might become the worst year yet in terms of humanitarian needs and suffering for people.”   In order to alleviate the suffering of vulnerable communities, MSF believes that priority should be given to preventing and treating malnutrition, and to vaccinating people against preventable diseases.   Faced with the prospect of an alarming 2024, MSF calls upon the humanitarian community and Nigerian government to urgently mobilise across northwest Nigeria, where access is possible, to respond to this neglected humanitarian emergency.   http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2024/10/28/nigeria-malnutrition-crisis-reveals-extent-healthcare-collapse http://www.msf.org/levels-global-acute-malnutrition-have-doubled-last-year-parts-northwest-nigeria http://www.wfp.org/news/economic-hardship-climate-crisis-and-violence-northeast-projected-push-331-million-nigerians http://www.msf.org/neglected-humanitarian-crisis-escalates-northwest-nigeria http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/statement-humanitarian-coordinator-nigeria-mohamed-malick-fall-mass-killings-civilians-kukawa-borno-state http://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/01/nigeria-boko-haram-must-end-vicious-killing-spree/ http://www.rescue.org/press-release/displacement-caused-insecurity-and-economic-shocks-nigeria-leading-alarming-levels http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/nigeria-one-six-children-set-go-hungry-kidnappings-conflict-and-rising-prices-push-food-out-reach http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/nigeria-and-un-seek-us306-million-urgent-food-and-nutrition-crisis-response http://www.unocha.org/latest/news-and-stories http://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/resources/countries-in-focus/en/
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