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In one of the camps for displaced people that was worst hit by Hurricane Sandy, chlorox and aquatabs are being distributed and portable latrines installed as cholera cases are on the rise. MINUSTAH
In one of the camps for displaced people that was worst hit by Hurricane Sandy, chlorox and aquatabs are being distributed and portable latrines installed as cholera cases are on the rise. MINUSTAH
WFP is providing food assistance to around 100,000 displaced people in Rakhine state. WFP
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today "extreme weather due to climate change is the new normal" and "there can be no looking away, no persisting with business as usual, no hoping the threat will diminish or disappear." UNTV
The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin wrapped up a three-day visit to camps in Lebanon and Jordan that are home to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. WFP
UN humanitarian agencies today reported a surge in refugees from Syria, with over eleven thousand fleeing to neighbouring countries in the last 24 hours alone. CH UNTV