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Briefing note on the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA)

30/06/2016

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

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The Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) has been working over the last 7 years (from November 2009 to December 2016) to influence climate resilience policy and practice in Uganda, Mozambique and Ethiopia. This brief highlights ACCRA’s unique contribution to enhancing the governance of adaptation and planning processes through a multistakeholder process that builds on:(a) […]

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Briefing paper

Right to a Future: Empowering refugees from Syria and host governments to face a long-term crisis

09/11/2015

7 documents

20 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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With no end to the conflict in Syria in sight, the four million people forced to flee the country have no foreseeable prospect of safe return. And as the impact of the crisis on neighbouring countries grows and aid dries up, the situation for these refugees is becoming increasingly dire. This briefing calls for a […]

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Technical briefing

Prioritising Community Engagement to Strengthen Health Systems in Ebola Recovery

09/07/2015

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Enormous progress has been made in the fight against Ebola, but there are still new cases occurring in Sierra Leone and Guinea, and sadly also again in Liberia. Evidence from earlier outbreaks shows that when the region is declared Ebola-free, there is a 30 percent probability that the disease will re-emerge within one year, and […]

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Media briefing

Risk of Relapse: Somalia crisis update

07/05/2014

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

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With a third of Somalia’s population in need of humanitarian aid, the country is clearly in severe crisis. Although the humanitarian statistics are better than in previous years, most aspects of everyday life for people fall far below acceptable living standards. 2.9 million Somalis are in humanitarian crisis 50,000 children are severely malnourished Women in […]

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Briefing note

Keeping the Lifeline Open: UK remittances and markets in Somalia

09/09/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Somali migrants around the world send approximately $1.3bn each year to friends and families at home – more than total humanitarian aid to Somalia. Of these remittances, more than £100m million comes from the United Kingdom. This briefing shows how banks and regulators are in danger of inadvertently undermining this lifeline and driving it underground, […]

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Briefing paper

A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa

18/01/2012

6 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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More than 13 million people are still affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa. There were clear early warning signs many months in advance, yet there was insufficient response until it was far too late. This briefing, published jointly by Oxfam and Save the Children, examines the factors that allowed a drought in […]

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Briefing paper

HIV/AIDS and Food Insecurity in Southern Africa

01/12/2002

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Southern Africa is facing a serious humanitarian crisis with severe long-term consequences affecting the entire region. Erratic rainfall, poor governance, poverty, unsustainable debt, failing agricultural policies, unfair international trade regimes, and collapsing public services have all contributed to the current situation, but without HIV/AIDS the crisis would not be of the same dimensions. The HIV/AIDS […]

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Briefing note on the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA)

Right to a Future: Empowering refugees from Syria and host governments to face a long-term crisis

Prioritising Community Engagement to Strengthen Health Systems in Ebola Recovery

Risk of Relapse: Somalia crisis update

Keeping the Lifeline Open: UK remittances and markets in Somalia

A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa

HIV/AIDS and Food Insecurity in Southern Africa