World: Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 21 - 27 October 2015
Source: Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan quake: new building codes largely unenforced
Source: IRINCountry: PakistanBy Kamila HyatISLAMABAD, 27 October 2015 (IRIN) - Pakistan added detailed seismic provisions to its national building code in 2007, two years after an earthquake in the...
View ArticlePakistan: WHO responds to health needs following earthquake in Afghanistan...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Pakistan27 October 2015, Kabul, Afghanistan -- Following the major 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan and Pakistan on 26...
View ArticlePakistan: International Medical Corps Responds to Devastating Earthquake in...
Source: International Medical CorpsCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanLOS ANGELES/LONDON – International Medical Corps is rapidly scaling up response efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help survivors of...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan and Pakistan Earthquake: Children cut off from aid -...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanKABUL, Afghanistan/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan , 27 October 2015– Children in earthquake-hit areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan are facing further deadly...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Humanity Road – Afghanistan / Pakistan Social Media Situation...
Source: Humanity RoadCountry: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, TajikistanHighlightsA powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on October 26 at 1:39pm local time in the Hindu Kush...
View ArticlePakistan: Crisis Response Bulletin, October 27, 2015 - Volume: 1, Issue: 41
Source: Alhasan SystemsCountry: PakistanHIGHLIGHTSRescuers hunt survivors of massive Afghan-Pakistan quake WINTER IS COMING: Temperature drops as parts of country receive rain, snowfall in Gilgit...
View ArticlePakistan: Climate change lessons take to the stage in rural Pakistan
Source: AlertNetCountry: PakistanSource: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:26 GMT Author: Aamir SaeedBADIN, Pakistan, Oct 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mir Muhammad's family had...
View ArticlePakistan: Health Minister says uninterrupted flow of resources critical to...
Source: Government of PakistanCountry: PakistanIslamabad, the 20th October, 2015:- Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar said substantial gains have been made in stopping poliovirus...
View ArticlePakistan: Chairman NDMA Accompanied PM to Earthquake Hit Areas
Source: Government of PakistanCountry: PakistanIn view of ongoing rescue relief efforts in response to an earthquake that struck parts of Pakistan on 26 October 2015, affecting mostly areas of KP,...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan Earthquake Situation report #2 - 27 October 2015 05:00PM...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: PakistanPeople AffectedOver 1632 injured231 deaths2,542 houses damaged (source: NDMA)Major Health RisksWaterborne diseases (diarrhoea dysentery, hepatitis...
View ArticleWorld: Difficult to Imagine Conference on Disarmament Regaining Relevance...
Source: UN General AssemblyCountry: Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, WorldGA/DIS/3534Seventieth Session, 18th Meeting (PM) GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS COVERAGEThe root cause of the stalemate in multilateral...
View ArticlePakistan: Quake leaves 813 schools damaged in nine KP districts
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanMOHAMMAD ASHFAQPESHAWAR: Showing the severity of devastation caused by the Monday’s earthquake, the initial assessment made by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
View ArticlePakistan: Rescue, relief work yet to begin in remote Malakand areas
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanFAZAL KHALIQ MINGORA/SHANGLA: The rescue and relief work has yet to begin in remote areas of earthquake-ravaged Malakand division forcing the people to...
View ArticlePakistan: ‘Policy needed to ensure refugees’ return to Afghanistan’
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanISLAMABAD: Discussing the plight of Afghan refugees, experts at a UN seminar said the lack of political will was the reason Afghans had not...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan Red Crescent Response Summary - Earthquake October 2015...
Source: Pakistan Red Crescent SocietyCountry: Pakistan(excerpt)Details of Pakistan Red Crescent ActionsActions Taken• PRC retains advantage of being present in entire Pakistan with its disaster...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan Earthquake: After Initial Response, MSF Assessing Further...
Source: Médecins Sans FrontièresCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanOctober 27, 2015An earthquake recorded between 7.6 and 8.1 on the Richter scale rocked parts of northeastern Afghanistan and northwestern...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan / Pakistan: Earthquake injures over 2000 people
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanIslamabad/Kabul/Geneva (ICRC-IFRC) – – Afghan and Pakistan Red Crescent Societies are helping...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan quake survivors help themselves in race against winter
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanChitral, Pakistan | Wednesday 10/28/2015 - 12:47 GMTby Gohar ABBASDigging through the rubble of an earthquake less than three months after...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Christian Aid sends funds to help victims of...
Source: Christian AidCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanChristian Aid has sent £50,000 to help meet the mounting needs of victims in both Afghanistan and Pakistan after Monday’s earthquake.More than 360...
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