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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.

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.

Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe

In the less than five months that followed the brutal 7 October attacks and the ensuing escalation, tens of thousands of Palestinians – mostly women and children – have been killed and injured in the Gaza Strip. More than three quarters of the population have been forced from their homes, many multiple times, and face severe shortages of food, water, sanitation and healthcare – the basic necessities to survive.

UNHCR urges protection of civilians and aid access amid surging violence in eastern DR Congo

UNHCR urges protection of civilians and aid access amid surging violence in eastern DR Congo

GENEVA – In the wake of the heightened violence last week between government forces and non-state armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by the dire consequences for civilians, including an estimated 135,000 internally displaced people fleeing the town of Sake towards the nearby provincial capital Goma.

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