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Cyclone Mahasan update: It spared Myanmar almost entirely, and the storm’s impact in Rakhine State was minimal.
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: Storm weakened & then dissipated Thurs, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh.
May 17, 2013
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Posted by Peter.Biro on December 28th, 2012
Two months ago, Jabadjie, a 16-month-old girl suffering from acute and severe malnutrition, was rushed to an IRC-supported clinic in Kati, a district in Mali. After a few weeks of intensive care and a feeding regimen of nutritionally fortified peanut paste and milk, Jabadjie showed signs of recovery. more »
Posted in Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: health, hunger, malnutrition, Sahel |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on December 26th, 2012
I first met Nyibol Akot Padiet, a volunteer community health provider, in southern Sudan on my very first assignment with the IRC in 2010. Since then South Sudan has seceded from Sudan -- becoming the world’s newest nation -- and Nyibol celebrated the birth of a new grandchild. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: health, Malaria, community health workers, child survival |
Posted by The.IRC on December 23rd, 2012
The IRC's Ned Colt shares this photo of a boy drawing water from a well in Herat, Afghanistan. Less than half of all Afghans have access to safe drinking water. The IRC is providing clean water to rural communities where residents have had to drink water from contaminated puddles and streams.. more »
Posted in Health, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: health, water |
Posted by Ned Colt on December 14th, 2012
Only 12% of Afghans in rural areas have access to clean water: Many are forced to drink water from contaminated puddles and streams. The IRC is building wells, pipelines and reservoirs and training residents to make repairs. more »
Posted in Health, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: refugees, health, water, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on December 6th, 2012
This is the maternity ward at a health center in Niyragongo that was looted by armed men after local residents fled fighting between rebels and government troops. The IRC is working to repair damaged health centers and schools. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: North Kivu, conflict, maternal health |
Posted by The.IRC on November 29th, 2012
An IRC team yesterday began an assessment of the damage and destruction inflicted on health clinics and schools by fighting between rebels and government soldiers outside the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Education, Africa, D.R. Congo |
Posted by The.IRC on November 16th, 2012
The IRC's Maggie Fleming recently traveled with an IRC health team to deliver crucial medicines to remote clinics in South Sudan. She reports on the arduous journey they took during the rainy season. more »
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on October 31st, 2012
As our sturdy walls shuddered with the howling wind, my IRC colleagues in New York wondered how hundreds of thousands of homeless earthquake survivors in Haiti could possibly have weathered this same fearsome storm in tents. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Haiti | Tags: health, emergency response, humanitarian aid, Hurricane Sandy, Sandy |
Posted by Peter.Biro on October 15th, 2012
A week after Mohammed was born, he was abandoned by his parents and left in the care of an aunt, Assetou Diallo, who was already struggling to raise nine children. He and another of Assetou's children were diagnosed with malnutrition, malaria and pneumonia at an IRC clinic. more »
Posted in Sahel Crisis, Mali | Tags: health, malnutrition, emergency response, Mali, Sahel crisis |
Posted by Peter.Biro on October 15th, 2012
Tens of thousands of people have fled northern Mali as Islamist militants tighten their grip over the vast desert region. Those who remain face an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation with little access to food, clean water and medicine. The International Rescue Committee and international relief organizations, meanwhile, are struggling to deliver vital aid to suffering Malian civilians. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Mali | Tags: health, malnutrition, emergency response, Mali, Sahel crisis |
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