The Commonwealth Malaria Report 2022
<p>The annual Commonwealth Malaria Report has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted malaria services, leading to an increase in malaria incidence and mortality rates. Data from the report also
Vanuatu
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Cyclone Pam lifts chance of El Nino this year in Australia, forecasters says
Cyclone Pam's impact may not be restricted to devastating the island nation of Vanuatu – it may also have boosted the likelihood of an El Nino event for later this year, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
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Cyclone Pam: massive storm bears down on Vanuatu, with 260,000 people in its path
Evacuation alerts issued as experts warn the category five cyclone could be the most powerful storm ever to hit the island nation A “once-in-a-lifetime” storm is bearing down on the South Pacific islands
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Magnitude 7.0 quake hits off Vanuatu- USGS
(Reuters) - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island of Vanuatu on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck 37 miles north-northeast of the capital Port Vila, and was
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Vanuatu climate worries rise as aid cut off
Vanuatu’s weather patterns are changing as the planet warms up, undermining the island nation’s ability to feed itself, according to Shirley Laban, Oxfam’s climate change manager for the country. Prolonged
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Quake of magnitude 6.1 strikes off coast of Vanuatu - usgs
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck 19 miles (30 km) east-northeast of Port Vila, capital of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday. The quake was measured
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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes off Vanuatu - USGS
An undersea earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude, and only 10 km deep, struck off the coast of Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The
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Global Warming Causes More Extreme Shifts of the Southern Hemisphere's Largest Rain Band, Study Suggests
The changes will result from the South Pacific rain band responding to greenhouse warming. The South Pacific rain band is largest and most persistent of the Southern Hemisphere spanning the Pacific from
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Strong 6.5 quake strikes off Vanuatu: Hong Kong Observatory
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Sunday, the Hong Kong Observatory said, but there were no reports of a tsunami warning. The quake struck at 2210 IST around 81 kilometres southwest of the capital Port Vila. The shallow quake, which had a depth of four kilometres, was measured by the US Geological Survey as having a magnitude of 6 on the Richter scale.
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Bangladesh sixth most vulnerable
IN the recently published 2011 Global Assessment Report by the UNDP, Bangladesh was found to be one of the countries 'most vulnerable' to disasters. Bangladesh is the sixth among countries that are 'most
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CHOGM ends endorsing urgent action on climate change, global food crisis
The three-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2011 ended Sunday endorsing the importance of taking urgent action on climate change and global food crisis. Reflecting on the unique nature