World: WHA side event discusses SDGs, polio eradication and emergencies
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, World, Yemen24 May 2017 – The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean...
View ArticlePakistan: Polio worker shot dead in Bannu
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanAli AkbarUnknown assailants shot dead a polio worker in Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, police said. Cantt police identified the...
View ArticleWorld: World Health Assembly Update, 25 May
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, WorldGENEVA—The World Health Assembly today made decisions relating to polio, the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework,...
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Pakistan: Polio this week as of 24 May 2017
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Nigeria, PakistanThe World Health Assembly (WHA) is meeting this week in Geneva, Switzerland. Ministers of Health and public health...
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World: Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), 26 May 2017, vol. 92, no. 21, pp....
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines,...
View ArticlePakistan: Coming Together to Save Children from Polio in Islamabad
Source: Government of PakistanCountry: PakistanIslamabad, 20 May, 2017: On an unusually hot morning in May, Sehat Muhafiz (health protector) mobile vaccination teams mark the gates of residents of...
View ArticlePakistan: Delay in Fata reforms breeds unrest among tribesmen
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanSher Alam ShinwariThe volatile Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata) has been the centre stage for the world powers’ theatre for the last over...
View ArticlePakistan: Ponds in Gujar Khan villages disappearing fast
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanGUJAR KHAN: An ancient pond near the Miana Mohra village of Gujar Khan has touched the lowest level due to the sweltering heat and diversion of water in...
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Yemen: Weekly Epidemiological Monitor, Volume 10; Issue no 21, 21 May 2017
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, YemenCurrent major eventImplementation of Electronic EWARN Platform in EMROIn collaboration...
View ArticleWorld: Colombo Process states seek better protection for Asian migrants...
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, WorldPhilipines - This week, (22-23/5), the...
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Pakistan: Fact Sheet: Pakistan Humanitarian Pooled Fund (PHPF) Pakistan, May...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: PakistanIn 2010, the humanitarian community established the Emergency Response Fund (ERF) as a pooled fund mechanism to provide...
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Afghanistan: Afghanistan Weekly Field Report | 21 to 27 May 2017
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), PakistanCountrywide Conflict Displacement2017: As of 28 May, 103,229 individuals1 have...
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Afghanistan: Return of Undocumented Afghans - Weekly Situation Report - 21 -...
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), PakistanHighlights5,088 undocumented Afghans returned from Pakistan6,357 undocumented Afghans returned...
View ArticleAfghanistan: EU announces over €44 million of humanitarian funding to help...
Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid OperationsCountry: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), PakistanThe European Commission has...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Floods and Landslides - Office of the UN Resident...
Source: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sri LankaCountry: China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United States of AmericaDear colleagues,As of 29 May (16:00, UTC+5:30), severe weather conditions have...
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Pakistan: Desert Locust Joint Survey in the Spring Breeding Areas of the I....
Source: Government of Pakistan, Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsCountry: Iran (Islamic Republic of), PakistanSummaryThe Desert Locust...
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Serbia: UNHCR Serbia Update 22-28 May 2017
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Iraq, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,...
View ArticlePakistan: Turbat reels under record heatwave
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanIntikhab HanifLAHORE: Vast areas of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan reeled under the severe heatwave that intensified on Sunday, the first day of...
View ArticlePakistan: No respite from punishing heatwave
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanKhalid HasnainLAHORE: Turbat blazed for the second consecutive day, recording the highest ever temperature of 53 degrees centigrade, while Sibi faced...
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World: A guidance note: National post-disaster recovery planning and...
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Indonesia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Tajikistan,...
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