Media Examine Floods' Impact In Pakistan
News outlets reported on the effects of major flooding in Pakistan and described the situation on the ground. “The worst floods in Pakistan’s history already have swept through the nation’s most important breadbasket provinces, destroying cotton and corn crops … leaving many people in need of emergency food…
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International Experts Gather To Address Pressing Threats To Food Security
From catastrophic floods in Pakistan that have left millions homeless and hungry to the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, relief efforts are under way in many parts of the world where disasters have brought food crises along with destruction…
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World Bank Calls For More Integrated Approach To Global Water Management
The World Bank on Tuesday issued a report (.pdf) calling for a more integrated approach to worldwide water management, PANA/Afrique en ligne reports (9/1)…
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At Least 3.5M Pakistanis Have No Access To Clean Water, Raising Risk For Waterborne Diseases
UNICEF estimates that about 3.5 million Pakistanis only have access to contaminated water, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday in a statement, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Approximately 2.5 million flood survivors now have access clean water (Gale, 8/26)…
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Ten Million Face Hunger In Central Africa; Niger Flooding Exacerbates Food Shortage, Leaves 200,000 Homeless
Flash floods have “worsened an already chronic humanitarian crisis caused by drought” in central Africa where aid agencies have warned that “10 million people are already facing severe food shortages, particularly in the landlocked countries of Chad and Niger, after a drought led to the failure of last year’s crops,” the Independent reports…
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