I. OVERVIEW Higher fuel, fertilizer and transport costs can affect women twice over: through higher food prices as consumers, and through lower agricultural earnings and reduced work as producers. The Middle East escalation is placing additional strain on global food security. Continued disruption
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. Note This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is intended to provide practical guidance to humanitarian partners supporting Rasuwa Bhotekoshi flood response operations. It summarizes operational arrangements and decisions communicated by the Government of Nepal and relevant auth...
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. Diesel fuel reserves at the ZNPP remain low following an extended loss of off-site power in August and September, when the plant relied on EDGs for nearly three weeks. Efforts to replenish the reserves have been hampered by military activity in the area. EDGs provide backup pow...
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. Following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, global life expectancy has returned to close to pre-pandemic levels. At the same time, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for an increasing share of deaths, with conditions such as diabetes, dementia, mental health ...
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Countries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic . The escalation of conflict in the region since February has damaged schools, displaced families and made it harder for children to access safe, consistent learning. In Lebanon alone, years of crisis and conflict have disrupted children’s...
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. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of globally-traded food commodities, averaged 136.0 points in September 2026, up 1.5 percent from August and 5.8 percent from a year ago. “We are seeing a persistent and increasingly ...
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Countries: Uganda, Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, World .
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Countries: Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Sudan .
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Countries: World, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain . Highlights 31,100 children arrived in Greece, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, and Malta in 2025 (22% girls and 78% boys).1 This was 25 per cent less than the total number of child arrivals in 2024 (41,700). More than two t...
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Countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan . The report recognizes important progress, including the interruption of circulating variant poliovirus outbreaks in five countries and accelerating progress on poliovirus containment, while highlighting the significant challenges that remain. Th...
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. After 11 years of conflict, children in Yemen are once again facing some of the deadliest fighting in years. Renewed clashes in Taiz and Al Hodeidah, in the west of the country, have already displaced 18,500 people in just 72 hours, forcing families from their homes and disrupt...
