Nearly 6.7 million people have been internally displaced in Sudan, and the situation remains dangerous and volatile. The over 920,000 refugees in Sudan, mainly from South Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, include over 200,000 who have been displaced several times within the country since the start of...
Humanitarian Access refers to a two-pronged concept, comprising: Humanitarian actors' ability to reach populations in need Affected populations' access to assistance and services Rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access is a fundamental prerequisite to effective humanitarian action, especially in...
To explore the full interactive report, please head to the GHO Section on Humanitarian Action. The Global Humanitarian Overview is the world’s most comprehensive, authoritative, and evidence-based assessment of humanitarian need. It provides a global snapshot of the current and future trends in...
Between June 2023 and March 2024, rainfall patterns have alternated between below and above-average patterns in the region. Central America and northern parts of South America experienced dry conditions and below-average rainfall from June to September 2023. Since November 2023, El Niño has...
EASTERN AFRICA The impact of El Niño-induced heavy rains and flooding during the long rainy season (March-May) have been devastating across the Eastern Africa Region. Torrential rains and flooding (both riverine and flash floods) in Burundi, Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda, Tanzania and other parts of East...
SOUTHEAST ASIA As of early April 2024, below-average precipitation is being recorded across Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Viet Nam, and the Philippines. Ongoing monitoring of the Combined Drought Index (CDI) across the region, led by FAO and national...
The Flagship Initiative was launched in 2023 to reimagine a sustainable and ethical humanitarian system, one ready to face the new reality of increasingly complex challenges. The movement aims to deliver solutions and build resilience by ensuring the priorities of crisis-affected communities drive...
The presence of Artificial intelligence (AI) is growing in the humanitarian field. It is used for data analysis, to help develop sustainable solutions in climate action and is utilized in the development of chatbots for vulnerable populations. While AI can make an positive impact in humanitarian...
Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) is the essential dialogue and interaction between civilian and military actors in humanitarian emergencies that is necessary to protect and promote humanitarian principles, avoid competition, minimize inconsistency, and when appropriate, pursue...
Recent data predict a massive increase in humanitarian needs in a near future related to climate change. This is due to the fact that countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are also those that have been impacted by decades of endemic humanitarian crises. Disaster events such as...
En esta sección se puede encontrar todo el contenido que ReliefWeb publica sobre la región de América Latina y el Caribe. El contenido incluye informes, mapas, vacantes, capacitación y desastres. La mayoría del contenido es publicado en español, pero también existen documentos en francés e inglés...
Clusters (and the four areas of responsibilities within protection) bring together UN and non-UN partners around 15 technical areas of humanitarian action, with the aim of coordinating preparedness and response activities. The cluster approach was established on 12 September 2005 and first applied...
Cash transfer programming refers to all programmes where cash (or vouchers for goods or services) is provided directly to affected people to meet one or several basic humanitarian needs. Evidence indicates that cash is almost universally preferred by beneficiaries, and that it can be an effective...
In challenging times and despite rising needs, the humanitarian system continues to save and transform lives. Strong leadership by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators plays a crucial part in this. Humanitarian leaders must act quickly and impartially while keeping a focus on...
Introduction The Data Responsibility Working Group (DRWG) is a global coordination body working to advance data responsibility across the humanitarian system. It brings together a diverse group of stakeholders including United Nations (UN) entities, other International Organizations (IOs),...
In October 2021, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) endorsed its biennium Strategic Priorities (SP) for 2022-2023, reflecting the collective commitment to deliver humanitarian assistance and protection. Overall the Principals committed to prioritize and work together to ensure that: (a)...
One in four of the world’s school-age children - more than 500 million - lives in countries affected by humanitarian crises such as conflicts, natural disasters and disease outbreaks. About 75 million children are either already missing out on their education, receiving poor quality schooling or at...
La región Norte de Centroamérica (El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras) enfrenta una situación humanitaria y una crisis de protección como resultado de los crecientes niveles de violencia e inseguridad causados principalmente por grupos vinculados a actividades criminales. Esta violencia se dirige a...
In 2015, mixed maritime movements in South-East Asia were characterized by two distinct phases: from January to May, when the volume crossing the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea was significantly greater than during the same period in previous years; and from June to December, when such movements all...
Two years after the prolonged 2016/2017 drought in Eastern and Southern Africa, livelihoods in the region continue to be affected, particularly in pastoral areas. In April 2019, FEWS NET released an alert detailing the poor progress of the March to June 2019 Gu/long rains season in East Africa and...
In February 2024, 13,800 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe through the Mediterranean and Northwest African maritime route. Thisamounted to a 7 per cent decrease compared to last month, but an 11 per cent increase compared February 2023. (UNHCR, 4 Apr 2024)
Understanding how crises affect women and men, girls and boys of different ages and disparities is critical to effective humanitarian preparedness and response. Women, girls, boys and men have distinct needs, priorities, responsibilities, limitations and protection needs. They are exposed to...
This topic includes reports and resources on a wide range of issues related to humanitarian financing such as accountability and transparency, partnerships, funding mechanisms and relevant policy discussions.
This page brings together the most relevant information on aid worker safety and security from ReliefWeb's extensive collection of humanitarian content. The two main columns show substantive reports such as safety manuals and guidelines, statistical reports on security incidents involving aid...
This page includes humanitarian content on issues related to health such as emergency medical services, equipment and supplies, including reproductive health, nutrition, psychosocial support, health education, mobile medical clinics and disease control.
