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From Delivering Aid To Ending Need
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Dear colleague,
Humanitarian crises can no longer be viewed in isolation from broader sustainable development efforts and humanitarian aid alone cannot fulfil the needs of 60 million displaced and 125 million people in need of assistance. A new coherent approach is required to shift focus from delivering aid to ending need, as recognised at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul last week.
Highlighting the need to strengthen health resilience in South East Asia, AIDF released an infographic on current health threats and gaps in development assistance for the health related SDGs. Despite significant progress made over the last decade to improve access to water, sanitation and increased vaccination coverage, the region continues to struggle with underdeveloped public healthcare systems.
Dengue fever alone causes nearly 400 million infections annually, impacting half of the world’s population. The WHO aims to reduce dengue mortality by 50% and morbidity by 25% by 2020. Break Dengue, a non-profit organisation connecting dengue projects from around the world so that together they can have a bigger impact, has launched a new competition to find initiatives that help combat dengue fever by integrating the new vaccine into the anti-dengue arsenal.
In less than three weeks, AIDF will host its 2nd annual Aid & Development Asia Summit 2016 at the UN Centre in Bangkok. Don't miss out and book your place now.
Warm regards,
AIDF Team
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Addressing Vaccination Cold Chain Challenges in Vietnam
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Over the years, Vietnam - supported by the Luxembourg Government and other organisations including WHO, UNICEF, JICA and GAVI between 1995 and 2012 - has significantly developed its nationwide vaccine cold chain - the process by which vaccinations are stored and transported in refrigerated equipment to ensure that they are safely delivered to patients – which extends to 5,000 communes, 700 districts and 63 provincial level cold chain facilities.
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JCB Donates 3CX Backhoe Loader To Help Quake-Hit Ecuador
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JCB has donated a 3CX backhoe loader worth $100,000 to help rescue and clear-up operations in Ecuador, which was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Saturday, 16 April 2016, resulting in the deaths of at least 570 people and injuries to over 7,000 people. It has been reported that 25,000 people remain in shelters as a consequence of the devastating earthquake that has been described by the country’s President Rafael Correa as the biggest tragedy in Ecuador in seven decades.
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€10,000 Prize For Dengue Projects
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A new competition has been launched to find initiatives and campaigns that help to combat dengue fever by integrating the new vaccine into the anti-dengue arsenal.
Dengue fever causes nearly 400 million infections annually, impacting half of the world’s population. The WHO aims to reduce dengue mortality by 50% and morbidity by 25% by 2020. New tools, including the world’s first vaccine, innovative vector control measures and smarter surveillance systems could be game-changers. But only if we use them.
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Establishing a Reliable Communications Network for SOS Children’s Villages in the CAR
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Thuraya deployed vital communication links in the Central African Republic to connect SOS Children’s Villages and extended their outreach to foreign aid donors. The Central African Republic (CAR) ranks 185th (out of 187) in the United Nations Human Development Index, which assesses health, education, standard of living, child welfare, and other factors. One of the world’s poorest countries, the CAR is heavily dependent upon foreign aid.
The country has more than 935,000 Internally Displaced People – most of them women and children; food insecurity is rampant, access to water and sanitation is limited and there is a high risk of diarrhea, typhoid, cholera and AIDS.
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![[infographic] Health & WASH in South East Asia](http://www.aidforum.org/images/sized/images/AIDF_Asia_-_Health_in_South_East_Asia_download-280x146.jpg)
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[infographic] Health & WASH in South East Asia
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AIDF has released an infographic on healthcare in South East Asia (SEA). The infographic provides an overview of current health threats, including those related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), trends in financing for health focus areas as well as gaps in development assistance.
Despite significant progress made over the last decade to improve access to water, sanitation and raising vaccination coverage, the region continues to struggle with underdeveloped public healthcare system. Over 130 million people still lack access to essential health services representing 21% of SEA population and 176 million, or 28%, live without sanitation access.
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Aid & Development Asia Summit 2016
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21/06/2016 - 22/06/2016
With less than three weeks to go, there are only a few places left available at the AIDF Asia Summit 2016. Meet over 250 key players in South East Asia’s development and humanitarian aid sectors from regional governments, UN agencies, Red Cross, development banks and donors, NGOs, research institutes and the private sector to establish new partnerships and foster existing relationships.
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