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The World Humanitarian Summit: Talking shop or game changer?

02/26/2015. The build-up to the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul is gathering pace, but what guarantees are there that anything will actually be accomplished?

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Safeguarding health: a global health and humanitarian priority

01/21/2015. The United Nations General Assembly passed what may become a landmark resolution calling for concerted and specific actions by States to protect health workers from violence.

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Sahel’s plight worsens amid fighting, says UN aid chief

03/18/2015. Conflict in Africa's Sahel region is the biggest threat to saving lives in one of the poorest places on earth, according to the UN aid chief in charge there.

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World Water Day : Secretary-General’s Message for 2015

03/22/2015. This year, as the UN prepares to adopt a new post-2015 sustainable development agenda in September, World Water Day highlights the essential and interconnected role of water

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Ending Ebola requires continued resources and “the right words”

03/20/2015. The goals of the campaign – Words Against Ebola – are to promote knowledge and awareness, alleviate fear, overcome complacency, and create a community of global support to bring Ebola cases down to zero.

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Sudan: More aid for conflict-hit families as ICRC reaffirms commitment

03/18/2015. Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan still face great hardship, particularly in the conflict-stricken Darfur region.

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Leading medical organizations team up to bring new TB treatments to those in need

03/19/2015. International organizations Partners In Health (PIH), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Interactive Research and Development (IRD) and their financial partner UNITAID will start in April the endTB project, a partnership aimed at radically changing the management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

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International community meets in Geneva to set course for future humanitarian action

10/13/2015. The discussions will serve as a basis for the World Humanitarian Summit planned for May 2016 in Istanbul.

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