In a border community where people move between countries every day, the risk of further transmission was real. But preparedness at the district level made the difference. A community member who recognized the potential danger quickly alerted health authorities. Within hours, district health teams
disaster
. At the start of the outbreak, this representative of revival churches in the Bandaka chiefdom was himself plagued by doubts. In his community, rumours claimed that health teams were using substances to contaminate toilets and shower areas. Others alleged that patients taken to ...
disaster
. They prevent children from falling ill, avert permanent disabilities, and protect entire communities against diseases that, until recently, caused suffering, disability, and death on a massive scale. For this reason, the National Integrated Vaccination Campaign against polio, m...
disaster
. What happened, where and when? From the second half of 2025, multiple tropical storms and typhoons battered the northern and north-central provinces of Viet Nam, resulting in widespread and prolonged oods, ash oods and landslides that impacted over 20 provinces, with extensive ...
disaster
. What happened, where and when? A dengue fever outbreak was ocially declared in the Cook Islands on 22 May 2025. Transmission spread across Rarotonga and the outer islands of Aitutaki, Atiu, Mauke and Mangaia, aecting both urban and remote communities. At the peak of the outbrea...
disaster
Countries: World, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia . Key Messages El Niño is firmly established and is expected to strengthen further. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) forecasts show near 100% likelihood that El Niño will persist through February 2028. El Niño conditions ar...
disaster
Countries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic .
disaster
. Oct 2026 We are utterly heartbroken by learning of the brutal killing of two wonderful NRC colleagues yesterday in Port‑au‑Prince**,** Haiti. Our two colleagues, Bonaparte Février and Richard Alexandre, were cherished friends and colleagues within our NRC family in Haiti and ac...
disaster
. What happened, where and when? Between 28 and 31 December 2025, heavy rainfall in Kilosa District, Morogoro Region, combined with runo from the adjoining Dodoma highlands, caused severe river overows and widespread ooding across Tindiga, Magole, and Dumila wards. The oods direc...
disaster
. Climate change poses a grave threat to people everywhere. Warming is causing climate variations, including more extreme and less predictable weather around the world, and global efforts have so far not been enough to prevent, let alone reverse, these trends. People living throu...
disaster
Countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand . The core countries of focus for this region are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iran, Israel,...
disaster
. EDITORIAL The humanitarian context continued to deteriorate during the quarter, marked by both an increase in population movements and the expansion of the Ebola outbreak. According to alert monitoring data, 78 displacement incidents were recorded across 25 territories, affecti...
