Global Report on Food Crises 2020
<p>The 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises describes the scale of acute hunger in the world. It provides an analysis of the drivers that are contributing to food crises across the globe, and
Haiti
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High cholera vaccination coverage following emergency campaign in Haiti: Results from a cluster survey in three rural Communes in the South Department, 2017
<p>Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) has increasingly been used as an outbreak control measure, but vaccine shortages limit its application.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/cholera-vaccination-Haiti.pdf"
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Disaster risk reduction at farm level: multiple benefits, no regrets
This report assesses and identifies solutions with special relevance for smallholder farmers: DRR good practices that work at farm-level and which, with small investments, can have a significant positive
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Disaster risk reduction at farm level: multiple benefits, no regrets
This report assesses and identifies solutions with special relevance for smallholder farmers: DRR good practices that work at farm-level and which, with small investments, can have a significant positive
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The financial cost of natural disasters around the world
A new report on natural disasters over the past 20 years by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction suggests Africa is not the continent when it comes to natural disasters wreaking havoc
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Evaluating the effectiveness of sexual and reproductive health services during humanitarian crises: A systematic review
<p>An estimated 32 million women and girls of reproductive age living in emergency situations, all of whom require sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services. This systematic review
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Looking beyond government-led delivery of water supply and sanitation services the market choices and practices of Haiti’s most vulnerable people
The Haiti water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic seeks to inform how to maximize the socioeconomic impact of the scarce fiscal resources channeled to the sector. The study assesses
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Five dead, 19 missing after Haiti rains, flooding- officials
Five people were killed and 19 went missing after torrential rains and flooding hit Haiti, its Department of Civil Protection said on Thursday. Streams, rivers and ravines overflowed causing the casualties
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Effectiveness of insecticide-treated bednets in malaria prevention in Haiti: a case-control study
<p>Insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) are effective in preventing malaria where vectors primarily bite indoors and late at night, but their effectiveness is uncertain where vectors bite outdoors and earlier
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Mayaro virus in child with acute febrile illness, Haiti, 2015
Mayaro virus has been associated with small outbreaks in northern South America. We isolated this virus from a child with acute febrile illness in rural Haiti, confirming its role as a cause of mosquitoborne