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Inclusion of noncommunicable disease care in response to humanitarian emergencies will help save more lives

Inclusion of noncommunicable disease care in response to humanitarian emergencies will help save more lives

GENEVA AND COPENHAGEN – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, are responsible for 75 per cent of deaths worldwide. People affected by humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of NCDs. It is estimated that strokes and heart attacks are up to three times more likely following a disaster. However, care and treatment for NCDs are often not included as a standard part of humanitarian emergency preparedness and response, which focus on the most immediate needs.

Inclusion of noncommunicable disease care in response to humanitarian emergencies will help save more lives

Inclusion of noncommunicable disease care in response to humanitarian emergencies will help save more lives

GENEVA AND COPENHAGEN – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, are responsible for 75 per cent of deaths worldwide. People affected by humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of NCDs. It is estimated that strokes and heart attacks are up to three times more likely following a disaster. However, care and treatment for NCDs are often not included as a standard part of humanitarian emergency preparedness and response, which focus on the most immediate needs.

Refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean benefit local economies, new studies show

Refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean benefit local economies, new studies show

PANAMA CITY AND WASHINGTON DC – Forcibly displaced people in Latin America and the Caribbean can contribute significantly to the economies where they live if they have the opportunity, according to two new studies released today by the World Bank (WB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR.

UN Refugee Agency expresses alarm over escalating humanitarian crisis in eastern DR Congo

UN Refugee Agency expresses alarm over escalating humanitarian crisis in eastern DR Congo

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation civilians face in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Intensifying violence and conflict are exacting a heavy toll on innocent civilians, hundreds of thousands of whom are attempting to seek safety on the peripheries of conflict zones.

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