Sri Lanka National Dengue Control Unit: Current Status of Dengue in Sri Lanka (As of 05.08.2026 midnight)
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. The WFP-led Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC) was activated as the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) in Yemen in April 2015 in response to the conflict. This Situation Report provides a monthly update on LTC telecommunications activities. All references to...
. SUMMARY The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has caused extensive damage to housing and has created a prolonged need for repair, compensation and alternative housing support. The government’s eRecovery programme is the principal national mechanism for co...
. Women in Labor, Children Among Patients Harmed (Beirut) – Israeli road closures in the West Bank on July 27, 2026, badly delayed an ambulance transporting a pregnant Palestinian woman in critical condition, with dire consequences, Human Rights Watch said today. The woman’s fetu...
Countries: Central African Republic, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ghana, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, United States of America . According to Third Country Deportation Watch, all but one of th...
. This Situation Update describes events occurring in Hsaw Htee (Shwegyin) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo (Nyaunglebin) District during the period between May 2025 and November 2025. This report documents local villagers’ testimonies and experiences of the human rights situation in Hsa...
. Key Messages Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes persist in inaccessible areas of the North East as escalating conflict and rising food prices continue to constrain food access and livelihood opportunities through the lean season. In Abadam, Bama, Guzamala, and Marte local governm...
. Key Messages Conflict-affected Mayo-Sava, Mayo-Tsanaga, and Logone-et-Chari divisions of the Far North are expected to remain in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) through the remainder of the June-August lean season aspoor households face food consumption gaps amid weak purchasing power, hi...
. Key Messages Pastoral areas are expected to remain in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) through September. Conditions will improve to Stressed (IPC Phase 2) between October and January, except in Mandera where Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes will persist due to slow recovery from the failed 2...
. Key Messages In plantation, western and northern coastal areas, and urban and peri-urban districts across Sri Lanka, Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes are expected to persist from July to January. Highly market-reliant households are facing poor purchasing capacity as they contin...
. Key Messages Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes remain widespread as the lean season peaks in July and August, driven by conflict, insecurity, high inflation linked to a deteriorating macroeconomy, high food prices, and the impact of evolving drought conditions on household acces...
. Key Messages Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes are expected from July to September in parts of the Western and Southern provinces and in localized areas in the east, driven by April flooding, localized production losses, prolonged dry spells, and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)-rela...
. Key Messages Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are expected to emerge in Toliara II and Amboasary Atsimo in July as poor households exhaust food stocks atypically early following below-average production and become increasingly market dependent amid seasonal food price increases. F...
. Description Continuous heavy rainfall caused river water levels to rise, resulting in flooding across Laymyethna Township, Ayeyarwady Region on 31 July 2026. Floodwaters inundated residential areas, agricultural land, roads, and public infrastructure, affecting people's safety,...
. A. SITUATION ANALYSISDescription of the crisis Since the escalation of hostilities on 28 February 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran has experienced a nationwide complex emergency with severe humanitarian, social and economic consequences. What began as an acute conflict emerge...
. Description of the EventDate when the trigger was met 15-07-2026 What happened, where and when? The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and the Borno State Ministry of Health have been responding to the outbreak since the first cases were reported on 1 May ...
Countries: World, Haiti, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan . IOM Assists 17.8 Million People Worldwide Despite Growing Humanitarian Funding Gap Geneva, 05 August 2026 – More than 300 million people needed humanitarian assistance in 2025 as conflicts, disasters and di...
Countries: Algeria, Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan,...
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. Highlights UNICEF continued to scale up its humanitarian response across earthquake-affected areas, supporting the continuity of essential health, nutrition, WASH, child protection, and education services for children and families in temporary camps and affected communities. To...
Countries: Myanmar, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Lest...
Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar . Highlights UNICEF continues delivering life-saving assistance amid multiple humanitarian challenges, including the protracted Rohingya refugee crisis affecting 1.2 million refugees and a nationwide measles outbreak. Bangladesh had reported more th...
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. FAST FACTS The number of registered displaced people In Lebanon has fallen to 360,132, with 27,200 residing in collective shelters. OUR FOOTPRINT International Medical Corps maintains a wide operational presence across the Middle East, delivering lifesaving assistance in active...
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. CONTEXT • The second month of blockades affecting the main transit routes for refugee and migrant populations begins, leading to an increase in stranded persons, the extended use of alternative routes —including on-foot stretches and informal transport—, as well as limited avai...
. CONTEXT • Since the beginning of May Bolivia has been facing sustained road blockades associated with multi-sector protests, with direct impact on regular transit routes for the refugee and migrant population. • This has increased the number of stranded persons at various point...
. Ukraine continued its campaign on energy infrastructure in occupied territories, while its strikes on oil tankers briefly suspended work at the CPC terminal. Author Olha Polishchuk 1913 conflict events 2% decrease compared to last week 200 incidents of violence targeting civili...
. Territories experiencing intense hostilities during the winter period face heightened humanitarian risks. Low temperatures, damage to housing and critical infrastructure, disruptions to electricity, heating, and water supply, restricted access to certain settlements, and the re...
. Situation Overview In close coordination with the State Ministry of Health (SMoH), Alight continues to respond to the ongoing cholera outbreak in the Foga administration unit of West Kordofan . The outbreak initially began on May 13 as Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) and was confir...
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda . Highlights • Uganda has officially declared the end of its 2026 Ebola outbreak, two and a half months after it was first announced. The declaration on 28 July followed completion of the mandatory 42- day monitorin...
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda . EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STATUS • The outbreak is mainly in the DRC, with 99.5% of cases and 99.9% of deaths, predominantly in Ituri and with continued high transmission in North-Kivu • The case-fatality ratio is high at 45.0%, indicat...
. HIGHLIGHTS Preventive population movement in Bangassou, Mbomou Prefecture More than 3,000 Chadian refugees receive food assistance in Bétoko, Lim-Pendé Prefecture GENERAL CONTEXT Mbomou Prefecture – South-East Between 27 and 29 July, part of the population of Bangassou moved pr...

Countries: World, Chad, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mauritania, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda . Alors que les effets d’El Niño se font déjà sentir parmi les populations les plus exposées à la faim, l’agence intensifie ses efforts de préparation et de réponse afin d’en atténuer l’impac...
. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Sudan Housing Land and Property Area of Responsibility (HLP AoR) Strategy 2025 - 2027 is the key guidance document for the HLP AoR work in 2025 and beyond. It outlines the strategic direction, key approaches and activities and operational modalities requir...
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. The Advocacy strategy for the support of Housing Land and Property (HLP) Area of Responsibility is developed to sensitise HLP actors, practitioners and implementers at all levels on the urgency of the HLP issues and concerns identified in Sudan, and in a very determined and lau...
. Context Five weeks after the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela, the death toll and affected population continue increasing. OCHA has formalized the national response into a six-month Humanitarian Response Plan Addendum (July–Dec. 2026). Toll: 5,546 dead, 16,740 injured, 6,462 re...
. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Palau is exposed to hazards that have the potential to create a disaster that affects the entire population. Like many of its fellow Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), Palau’s small population and economy mean the country has limited resources f...
. Area-Based Humanitarian Action for Safe, Dignified Return and Safe Access in Priority, Underserved and Contamination-Affected Areas The Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria has endorsed the Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF) 2026 First Standard Allocation (SA1), releasing US$70 millio...
. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, MATTHIAS SCHMALE, CONDEMNS A NEW WAVE OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS AND CALLS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS Following the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022, August started with two overnight large-scale attacks by the Armed F...
. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, MATTHIAS SCHMALE, CONDEMNS A NEW WAVE OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS AND CALLS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS Following the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022, August started with two overnight large-scale attacks by the Armed F...
. AMDA has been continuing its medical relief efforts at an evacuation center established at Yatsushiro Municipal Daiyon Junior High School in Yatsushiro City, one of the most-affected areas in the quake-hit Kumamoto region. Although more than a week has passed since the quake st...
. ASSAM (19 JULY - PRESENT) A total of 87 deaths have been confirmed, and more than 705,000 people have been affected, with Sivasagar being the worst-hit district. Thousands of people remain displaced, many still living in roadside shelters or unable to return home after losing t...

Countries: World, Chad, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mauritania, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda . "The sooner we help families to prepare for these climate shocks, the greater our ability to save lives and protect livelihoods. Severe floods and droughts can quickly push communities from...
. OVERVIEW: According to PAGASA, on 4 August at 2200H UTC+7, a low pressure area west of Luzon developed into a tropical depression with local name “Maymay” and at 0100H today, the system strengthened into a tropical storm with international name “KUJIRA.“ At 0700H UTC+7, PAGASA ...
. Using remote sensing techniques, the seven-day forecast of total rainfall for the country is analyzed against the long-term average rainfall to highlight the areas which are expected to receive above normal, normal and below normal rainfall. The satellite data for a period of t...
. SITUATION OVERVIEW • Despite being an upper-middle-income country, Colombia continues to face a complex humanitarian and food security crisis. WFP’s joint food security assessment in the 15 most vulnerable departments found that 37 percent of households—around 7 million people—...
. CURRENT SITUATION A week after the floods, thousands of families remain unable to return to normal life. Homes are buried under silt and debris, livelihoods have been destroyed, access to safe water and sanitation remains limited, and many households continue to live in tempora...

. The outbreak is spreading at an alarming and unprecedented rate despite the tireless efforts of frontline medical teams. According to the WHO, 3,605 confirmed cases had been reported by August 1st, making this the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded in the DRC, surpassing th...

. “Two and a half months after the Ebola disease outbreak was declared, the situation in eastern DRC is more critical than ever. The outbreak is spreading at an alarming and unprecedented rate, despite the tireless efforts of frontline medical teams. According to the WHO, 3,605 c...
. WFP remains a key food security partner to the Government, strengthening national systems and providing technical assistance to improve the Government’s capacity to manage and implement national programmes. The Lesotho Meteorological Services seasonal climate outlook for July t...
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. INTRODUCTION With the aim of informing cash-based interventions and to better understand market dynamics in South Sudan, the Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) was initiated by the South Sudan Cash Working Group (CWG) in August 2019. The initiative is guided by the JMMI ...
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. Siri Aas Rustad Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP),1 2025 saw the highest number of state-based conflicts recorded since 1946 and was the fifth deadliest year for conflict since the end of the Cold War, with approximately ...
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Countries: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Canada . With the Government of Canada’s matching fund, the appeal raised more than $7.5 million from June 25 to July 14, 2026. "We’re very moved by the generosity of Canadians," said Tiffany Baggetta, Executive Director of the Human...
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