Innovative Insurance Cover to Help Drought-Hit Communities in Africa
Download logoHumanitarian agencies are setting up innovative climate risk insurance policies to protect up to 1.3 million people in West Africa from catastrophic drought....
World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director to Visit Burkina Faso
Download logoThe Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, will visit Burkina Faso on 12-14 August. The country is dealing with...
European Union supports Sudan in challenging times
Download logoThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a top-up contribution of €7 million, following the €6 million provided to WFP in...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children’s...
Download logoThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today launched a joint voucher programme in Dondo district...
World Food Programme (WFP) multimedia package highlights Ebola response in Democratic...
Download logoThe United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres will travel to the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo tomorrow to highlight...
Searching for polio in unusual places in Tanzania
“I have been a sewerage operator for more than 20 years now,” says Fundi Mzee, smiling as he leaves his office at the Dar...
Protecting devotion from cholera in pilgrimage sites in Ethiopia
The pilgrims come in droves. They come by foot, by vehicle and by air to the many churches and monasteries scattered around the once...
Strategic plan to reduce malnutrition in Africa adopted by WHO Member...
A strategic plan to reduce the double burden of malnutrition in the African Region was adopted at the 69th Regional Committee meeting of the...
Countries launch synchronized cross border campaign to fight against polio: Somali...
Polio is a highly infectious, debilitating disease which affects children and causes permanent paralysis. Polio is not curable, and can only be prevented by...
Ebola then and now: Eight lessons from West Africa being applied...
Download logoThe devastating 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa prompted changes in the way the world responds to outbreaks and other health emergencies. Here...