OCHA facilitates collective anticipatory action
Today, we can predict with increasing confidence the occurrence and humanitarian impact of certain shocks. By combining different analytical approaches, out-of-the-ordinary events cannot only be predicted, but their projected humanitarian impact can be proactively mitigated based on pre-identified anticipatory actions.
Building on growing evidence that acting prior to the onset of a predictable shock is significantly faster, dignified and more (cost-)effective than traditional humanitarian response, OCHA has facilitated the set-up of multiple anticipatory action frameworks.
Working with critical partners, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Start Network, which all have extensive experience in anticipatory action projects, in 2020 OCHA facilitated the development of five collective anticip
Vietnam s new Covid-19 hybrid variant is replicating itself very quickly
The WHO is investigating reports that a mutation of the UK and Indian variants is spreading Covid-19 faster in Vietnam
1 June 2021 • 11:08am
New social distancing measures have been introduced as fears grow about a new Covid variant
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Vietnam has suspended international flights from today into its capital, Hanoi, and commercial hub, Ho Chi Minh City, as it tries to control a suspected new hybrid coronavirus variant that it fears is fanning the Southeast Asian nation’s worst outbreak of the pandemic.
China has also tightened its border security as its neighbour, once considered a pandemic success story, now plans to test all 13 million residents of Ho Chi Minh City and tighten social distancing measures.
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My Hero is You: one year on, planning for a sequel gets underway
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 1700 children from 104 countries helped create a children’s storybook on COVID-19 that went on to reach many thousands of children around the world and to become a global success story. “My Hero is You, how kids can fight COVID-19”, was produced to help children of 6-11 years learn how to protect themselves, their families and friends from the new coronavirus, and how to manage difficult emotions related to the pandemic. A year after its launch, the storybook is available in more than 140 languages and has been adapted in multiple ways. Creative adaptations include animations, puppet theatres, audio files and colouring books, as well as braille transcripts and sign language interpretations.
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Amazon opens first Disaster Relief Hub near Atlanta airport for quick response ahead of hurricane season. (Courtesy of Amazon.)
ATLANTA With the official start of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season on Tuesday, Amazon has positioned Atlanta as a strategic response center.
Amazon on Tuesday opened its first Disaster Relief Hub in Atlanta to get a faster response to areas on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Caribbean islands and Central America typically affected by annual natural disasters.
The 10,000 cubic-foot fulfillment center space at the hub located just outside Atlanta will stock more than a half-million supplies donated by Amazon.