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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Mega-disasters and urbanization spur spike in displacement: report
SENDAI, Japan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of people forced from their homes each year by disasters has quadrupled over the past four decades, and the risk of being displaced has doubled,
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Africa: Nearly 30 Countries 'Highly Vulnerable' to Ebola-Style Epidemic- Charity
London — Almost 30 countries around the world are "highly vulnerable" to an Ebola-style epidemic, with Somalia, Chad, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Haiti most at risk, a major charity said on Tuesday. An
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Haiti sustainable energy roadmap
This Haiti Sustainable Energy Roadmap—developed in partnership with Haiti’s Bureau of the Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for Energy Security—explores the issues involved in building a sustainable
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Lawsuit Against U.N. on the Spread of Cholera Epidemic in Haiti Advances
A federal judge in New York has agreed to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit filed against the United Nations by advocates for Haitian victims of the deadly cholera epidemic that first appeared on the island
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Global Weather Hazards Summary (September 26 - October 2, 2014)
Rainfall improving in Latin America, with dryness ongoing in parts of West Africa and Ethiopia according to Global Weather Hazards Summary (September 26 - October 2, 2014).
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World hunger easing but 1 in 9 people undernourished - food agencies
The number of hungry people in the world has fallen sharply over the past decade but 805 million, or one in nine of the global population, still do not have enough to eat, three U.N. food and agriculture
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The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. A stock-taking of where stand on reducing hunger and malnutrition shows that progress in hunger reduction at the global level and in many countries has continued but that substantial additional effort is needed in others.
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Haiti reports nearly 40,000 cases of chikungunya virus
Haiti has recorded nearly 40,000 cases of chikungunya, according to figures released here yesterday by the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP). It said that as a result of the 39,343 cases
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From Haiti to the Amazon: Public health issues related to the recent immigration of Haitians to Brazil
In late 2010, Haitian immigrants began to arrive at remote river border crossings in the western Brazilian Amazon. Attracted by the prospect of work in Brazil's burgeoning economy, thousands of Haitians
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Drought threatens population in the northwest of Haiti
Only cactus grows along the dirt road fringing arid fields on the way to the isolated village of Bas des Moustiques, on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Port-de-Paix in Haiti. A lack of rain