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Country: Lebanon Source: International Organization for Migration Beyrouth, 22 mai 2026 – Une alliance d’organisations non gouvernementales humanitaires internationales et locales au Liban a lancé une campagne mondiale de collecte de fonds afin d’aider les familles du pays à se relever des impacts cumulés du conflit, du déplacement et de la crise économique. L’initiative est conduite sous les auspices du ministère libanais des Affaires sociales et facilitée par l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM). « L’urgence humanitaire au Liban appelle une réponse rapide, coordonnée et fondée sur la dignité », a déclaré la ministre Haneen Sayed. « Le ministère des Affaires sociales conduit cet effort, notamment à travers le filet de protection sociale adaptatif aux chocs, notre mécanisme national d’aide d’urgence en espèces, qui a déjà atteint plus de 140 000 ménages déplacés. Mais l’ampleur des besoins exige une solidarité plus large. » Son Excellence a ajouté : « Cette alliance mondiale rassemble les communautés de la diaspora libanaise, les soutiens internationaux et les organisations de la société civile autour d’une responsabilité partagée : se tenir aux côtés des familles touchées par la guerre et le déplacement. Engagés pour le Liban constitue un complément important aux efforts nationaux, en contribuant à mobiliser des ressources là où elles sont le plus nécessaires. » Le Liban continue de faire face à une succession de crises. Alors que le pays peine à se remettre d’une crise économique et financière prolongée, les hostilités récentes ont davantage fragilisé les moyens de subsistance, déplacé des familles et bouleversé la vie quotidienne. Même dans les foyers encore debout, de nombreux ménages peinent à couvrir leurs besoins essentiels, à reconstituer leurs revenus et à retrouver une certaine stabilité. « L’aide en espèces offre aux familles la souplesse nécessaire pour répondre à leurs priorités. Qu’il s’agisse de nourriture, de médicaments, de frais de logement ou de transport, les ménages savent mieux que quiconque où se situent leurs besoins les plus pressants », a déclaré Mathieu Luciano, chef de bureau de l’OIM au Liban. « En fournissant une aide en espèces, nous renforçons l’autonomie des familles et les aidons à consolider les bases nécessaires pour retrouver leur stabilité. » L’alliance humanitaire internationale comprend Save the Children Lebanon, World Vision in Lebanon, Care International in Lebanon, Himaya Daeem Aataa et le Conseil danois pour les réfugiés. Elle veille à ce que l’assistance soit acheminée par l’intermédiaire des mécanismes de coordination des Nations Unies établis et au moyen d’approches communautaires. Les ménages soutenus par l’alliance Engagés pour le Liban sont identifiés grâce aux registres nationaux et aux évaluations des partenaires, permettant ainsi à une assistance ciblée d’atteindre les personnes qui en ont le plus besoin. Pour en savoir plus et soutenir la campagne Engagés pour le Liban, faites un don sur la plateforme Rooted for Lebanon. Pour plus d'informations, veuillez consulter le Centre médias de l'OIM.
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Statement Of Dr Alan Gonzalez, Deputy Director Of Operations For Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on the occasion of The High-Level Visit To Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic Of Congo, of the Director-General Of The World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus “Two weeks after the declaration of the Ebola disease outbreak in Ituri Province, the situation is deeply alarming and a legitimate source of anxiety for communities and frontline health workers alike. Never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration. Like everyone in the affected areas, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders / MSF) teams are witnessing a response that has not yet caught up to the rapid spread of the epidemic. Unlike most previous Ebola disease outbreaks, this one involves the Bundibugyo virus, for which there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments, and which is particularly difficult to diagnose due to limited testing capacity. The reality today is that nobody knows the true scale and severity of this outbreak. New suspected cases are being reported daily, yet hundreds of samples remain untested. At the same time, major constraints, including border and airport closures, continue to delay the arrival of critical medical supplies, humanitarian aid, and specialized personnel. We know from experience that these measures severely hinder outbreak response, and isolate countries that urgently need international support. This outbreak is making those consequences painfully clear. The number of expert medical organizations responding on the ground is still far too limited, and the level of support being provided - including our own - falls far short of what is needed. People urgently need a response that matches the scale of the crisis they are facing. To bring the situation under even partial control, there must be an immediate expansion of testing capacity. This must be accompanied by a rapid, coordinated and tailored scale-up of the overall response, supported by experienced medical and humanitarian organizations, alongside guaranteed and sustained access for the swift entry of medical supplies and humanitarian staff into affected areas. This outbreak is unfolding in a context where medical needs are already acute, and we are now at real risk of a silent escalation of other critical health problems people face every day. So many health facilities are overwhelmed, and access to regular, non-Ebola care is affected while many people remain at home, too afraid to seek care. The response cannot succeed if it is imposed on communities rather than built with them. Every aspect of the response must be rooted in continuous engagement with communities — listening to concerns, addressing fear and misinformation, and building trust so that people feel safe seeking care. Trust and active community participation are essential to controlling the spread of the disease and saving lives. And the effectiveness of the response will ultimately depend on whether people believe in it.”
Country: World Source: ELRHA What if the most powerful indicator in humanitarian response was also the most neglected? When crises unfold, we count displacement, malnutrition, and funding gaps. But months later, one question often remains unanswered - how many people died? That omission matters - because mortality data changes decisions. As the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub (UKHIH) and Elrha close Phase 2 of our Mortality Estimation in Humanitarian Crises Systems Innovation Partnership, this blog marks the beginning of a series exploring why mortality estimation matters, and how grantees are innovating so the humanitarian system can do it better. Mortality: the metric that changes the conversation Credible and timely mortality figures change conversations and decisions. As Chris Porter from FCDO put it during a 2025 panel discussion: "We often debate malnutrition rates, but deaths stop people in their tracks." Mortality metrics capture crisis severity, scale, and urgency in a way few other indicators can. Mortality data used to be central to humanitarian assessments. Over time, however, it slipped to the margins - seen as too sensitive, too political, too technically complex, or too slow to be useful. The result is a paradox: the metric that best reflects human cost in crises is often missing from decision-making altogether. Why mortality evidence is so hard - and essential Estimating mortality in crises is undeniably challenging. Data is incomplete. Access is constrained. Methods vary. Numbers can be contested or suppressed, particularly in politically charged settings. Different approaches can produce vastly different estimates, eroding trust and confidence. But the cost of not measuring mortality is higher. Without credible mortality evidence the true scale of crises is underestimated; resources are allocated reactively rather than strategically; accountability weakens and advocacy relies on anecdote instead of evidence. Mortality estimation is not just a technical exercise. It is a moral and operational necessity. From reactive funding toward systems change UKHIH-Elrha’s current investments are built on a longer history of mortality-driven action. Funding followed mortality research in Somalia that helped trigger an unusual and early UN intervention in a subsequent developing famine in 2016. That response was not driven by malnutrition figures, but by mortality data. It was rare. And it worked. Recently completed research established that mortality in southern Chad was far higher than humanitarian actors had assumed, with large segments of the affected population missed entirely. This evidence forced uncomfortable reassessments, but also opened pathways to identify deaths that would otherwise have remained uncounted. Those efforts demonstrated what's possible when rigorous methods are applied under pressure. They informed response discussions, shaped advocacy, and challenged assumptions in decision-making. But they also highlight a deeper issue: Mortality estimation has been treated as an emergency add-on rather than a standing capability in crises contexts. UKHIH’s first investment in mortality estimation proved decisive in a politically charged context. Rigorous work helped establish the credibility of mortality estimates from Gaza when official figures were being publicly dismissed. This evidence made it far harder for governments and global institutions to ignore the scale of civilian death, cutting through political pressure and reaffirming the role of independent science. Building on this work, UKHIH launched the Systems Innovation Partnership in 2024 to move beyond isolated projects and towards a durable ecosystem for mortality estimation. One rooted in equitable partnerships, shared infrastructure, and long-term investment, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. What progress looks like in practice UKHIH-Elrha is currently the only dedicated funder focused specifically on mortality estimation in humanitarian crises. Across Phases 1 and 2, we've seen tangible signs of change: Stronger methods, including improved modelling approaches and shared tools and resources like the Somalia Mortality Estimation Data Observatory (S-MED) Deeper learning, through case studies examining how mortality evidence has influenced - or failed to influence - responses in crises More equitable leadership, with LMIC-based partners SIMAD Institute for Global Health (Somalia) and Evidence for Change (Kenya) playing central roles in phases 1 and 2, scaling up partnering in phase 2 with Addis Ababa University, Mekelle University (Ethiopia) and Rebuild Hope for Africa (DRC) among others. Broader dialogue, bringing together researchers, humanitarians, policymakers, and funders to tackle the "last mile" problem of uptake and use Co-funding, for longer-term, strategic investment that builds synergies and amplifies impact across the system with European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO). What this blog series will cover This blog marks the start of a weekly series showcasing the Phase 2 consortia pushing this agenda forward. IMPACT Initiatives are exploring locally led mortality estimation in Somalia, Ethiopia, and the DRC, highlighting what it takes to shift ownership and trust. Johns Hopkins University is focusing on methodological innovation in DRC, alongside practical guidance for local decision-makers on when and how mortality estimates can be generated and used. Save the Children International is developing a governance mechanism among Strategic, Technical and National Stakeholders and building an online platform making guidance, tools, and technical support accessible and equitable across the sector. Together, these consortia address not just how to count deaths, but how to ensure mortality evidence shapes response. Counting deaths to save lives Mortality evidence can't be optional because uncounted deaths represent a failure of accountability, a gap in our understanding, and a missed opportunity to prevent more. When we don’t count deaths, we're not avoiding difficult conversations - we're having them anyway, just without evidence The UKHIH-Elrha partnerships show we can do better. What remains is a choice: to embed mortality estimation as a non-negotiable part of crisis response, or to continue operating in the dark about the very metric that matters most.
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: ELRHA Author Jennifer O’Keeffe, Augustin Gang Karume and Paul Spiegel This blog series accompanies the Mortality Estimation Systems Innovation Partnership (SIP), supported by UKHIH-Elrha, which brings together diverse partners to strengthen how mortality data is collected, interpreted, and used across humanitarian crises. Earlier blogs in this series highlighted why excess mortality measurement is critical for understanding crisis severity, as well as exploring how to maximise local and national actors' leadership in the mortality estimation ecosystem. In this third blog, we turn to Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Rebuild Hope for Africa and the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health share how their work is making mortality estimation more accurate, accessible, and feasible for national actors best placed to do this work, even in the most challenging settings. “As an indicator, a mortality rate tries to evaluate the size and scale of a crisis in a single metric.” The Public Health Aspects of Complex Emergencies and Refugee Situations, 1997, Michael Toole, Ronald Waldman In 2023, the Humanitarian Congress in Vienna released a statement saying, "The humanitarian imperative is an absolute moral obligation to save lives and alleviate human suffering on the basis of need, without discrimination”. Yet**,** when resources are constrained, allocation is often based on geopolitical interests, media coverage, or how relatable a population may be to high-income donor countries. In short, human lives are valued differentially. The disconnect is not theoretical. In 2022, Rebuild Hope for Africa (RHA) led a nationwide mortality survey in the Central African Republic which estimated up to 5% of the population had died during the previous year. Despite the scale of these findings, the study received little media attention and did not lead to meaningful changes in donor policy. In conflict-affected settings, various, often compounding, factors make primary data collection difficult or impossible. These include forced displacement, insecurity, system failures, poor infrastructure, limited capacity, and restricted access. In practice, mortality is often not measured at all. And as threats to healthcare workers grow, international agencies have become understandably risk averse, collecting data only safer, accessible areas, where death rates are usually lowest. Without reliable data, decision makers and responders depend on fragmented sources and non-robust estimates. The result is a biased and misleading picture of crisis severity, that often portrays crises as less severe than they are. The magnitude of these biases and their effects on decisions by humanitarian actors, governments, and donors who rely on such data, remain largely unexamined. Our partnership between Rebuild Hope for Africa (RHA) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health (CHH) is working to change this. Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo - An Unquantified Crisis Few places demonstrate the challenges of mortality estimation more than the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the world’s most enduring humanitarian crises. The crisis worsened drastically in January 2025 when the country suffered a devastating double shock: the abrupt withdrawal of USAID funding and a violent military offensive by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23. The M23 seized large swathes of territory, killing and displacing an unknown number of people in the process. With the departure of many international agencies and a vacuum in humanitarian response, the population has been left vulnerable to the worst effects of the conflict. A year later, the true human cost remains unknown. We recognise that without reliable data, it becomes even harder to mobilise the support that people living in Eastern DRC urgently need. Placing Data and Decision-Making in Congolese hands Augustin Gang Karume, one of the authors of this blog, was born and raised in Eastern DRC, where he still lives and works today. In 2008, he founded RHA to place data and decision-making back in Congolese hands. He understood then that national actors are the future of sustainable humanitarian response. Rooted in the community and living with the long-term consequences of decision-making, national actors have a strong incentive to prioritise community needs over institutional agendas. Using local networks and knowledge, they are the best equipped to conduct primary data collection in insecure settings. While international actors have scaled back amid funding austerity, national organisations like RHA have remained in place, continuing to work for and within their communities. These actors are also proving to be far more cost-effective and efficient. Without international overhead, they can often deliver results at a fraction of the cost of international organisations. As an example, RHA’s 2022 nationwide mortality survey in the Central African Republic, cost a total of 50,000 USD, whereas a single district SMART survey may cost upwards of 15,000 USD*. National actors are the first responders in nearly all crises and remain present long after international attention and funding fade. Bridging Local Leadership with Technical Expertise With funding from the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub’s Systems Innovation Partnership, we are bridging RHA’s local leadership with technical expertise from the CHH, combining community trust with advanced epidemiological and statistical training. Together RHA and CHH are collaborating on a study to assess potential biases in mortality estimation through both primary data collection and innovative use of statistical approaches. We’re working to make mortality estimation more accurate, credible, and efficient, with the intent to apply the findings across humanitarian settings. In the primary data collection component, our study is comparing three different methods of mortality estimation: a retrospective household survey, rapid key informant listing, and a full census. Using a common reference population and recall period, the study aims to identify where biases arise, quantify which deaths are missed, and assess relative performance of a light-, medium- and resource-intensive approach to mortality measurement. In the statistical component, we are applying innovative use of established causal and design-based methods to assess biases. We are testing the utility and feasibility of these methods to answer questions like: to what extent are hard to capture deaths, such as neonatal and violent deaths, systematically missed; can fewer survey clusters still provide estimates precise enough for decision making; and can analytical adjustments be used to address known biases? We are also supporting localisation by building field-ready guidance tools designed to make mortality estimation more accessible to operational actors. These tools include an algorithm to help teams choose a method, an operational readiness checklist, and a guide to data validation, triangulation, interpretation. Our aim is to make mortality estimation practicable in even the most challenging settings, without compromising quality. As the best-placed actors to assess mortality, we hope to pilot the guidance with national actors in the DRC and elsewhere to ensure it is user-friendly, actionable, and scalable for use in any crisis. Looking Ahead: Making Mortality Count Without credible mortality data, humanitarian response risks being inefficient, inequitable, and disconnected from reality. We cannot respond appropriately to crises we do not understand. When those with the greatest capacity to measure mortality have the least stake in the results, the system fails. The best way to ensure efficiency and effectiveness is to place local organisations at the centre. Connecting local expertise with technical knowledge offers a path toward a fairer humanitarian sector, where the reality of a crisis is described by those living through it. *2017 estimate adjusted for inflation.
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Country: World Source: UN Women Crises are not gender-neutral. Women and girls are disproportionately affected due to pre-existing gender inequalities and discriminatory social norms, which limit their access to humanitarian aid, services, resources, and decision-making power. It is not surprising that the 30-year review of progress on the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action found that progress for women and girls is slowest in conflict and crisis-affected countries. The review raised the alarm about how ongoing trends may further thwart progress. The data is stark: Women and girls in extremely fragile contexts are 7.7 times more likely to live in households below the poverty line of USD 2.15 per day than those in non-fragile contexts. Under a worst-case climate scenario, up to 158.3 million additional women and girls could be pushed into poverty by 2050 as a direct result of climate change, surpassing the number of men and boys by 16 million. The number of food-insecure women and girls could rise by as much as 236 million, compared with an additional 131 million men and boys. The average incidence of child marriage in conflict-affected countries is 14.4 percentage points higher than in non-conflict settings. More than a third of maternal deaths occurred in 48 fragile and conflict-affected countries. Sexual violence in conflict zones has risen sharply in recent years, while impunity for these violations has remained the norm. Girls’ educational attainment continues to lag in conflict-affected countries. Behind these numbers are women and girls who have lost their lives, had their safety and health shattered, their rights eroded, their dignity compromised, and their potential squandered. From Gaza and Sudan to Haiti, Lebanon, and elsewhere, the gendered impacts are both immediate and long term, affecting individuals and societies. They are also not contained within borders. For example, according to a UN Women gender alert on the military escalation in the Middle East, rising food and fuel prices and supply disruptions risk deepening food insecurity and livelihood erosion and increasing unpaid care burdens for women and girls across the Arab region, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and beyond. A humanitarian system under pressure The unfolding tragedy of escalating and protracted conflicts and crises and growing humanitarian needs is taking place against a backdrop of several important global trends. First, recent years have seen a rising backlash against gender equality taking place within the wider context of democratic erosion and shrinking civic space in various countries and regions. This is influencing government policies as well as mainstream opinions and attitudes – and threatening hard-won gains for women and girls. Second, the world is experiencing a severe contraction of international aid precisely when it is needed the most. Recent data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows that international aid fell in 2025 by 23.1 per cent in real terms compared with 2024, representing the largest annual drop in the history of official development assistance. This brings aid back to 2015 levels – the year the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development began. As the Global Humanitarian Overview 2025 lays bare, the massive cuts to aid have forced the humanitarian system to do the “cruel math of doing less with less” and “hyper-prioritize” assistance toward those assessed to be in the direst need. The Humanitarian Reset, launched through the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) in March 2025, aims to make the system faster, lighter, more accountable, and more impactful. Against this backdrop, the international community needs to take bold and urgent action based on ample evidence of what works and rooted in existing commitments to gender equality and women’s rights. Put gender equality at the center of the reset First, gender equality needs to be a cornerstone of the ongoing Humanitarian Reset and not seen as a peripheral issue. In the drive for efficiency, simplification, and focus on strictly defined and hyper-prioritized life-saving assistance, there is a risk that implementation of the IASC’s commitments to gender equality may fall short. As funding contracts and established universal norms are under attack, now is the time to double down and prioritize interventions led by women and in support of their lives, dignity, and rights. Under the reset, there is a commitment that the humanitarian system will “defend” norms and principles, including on gender equality. The reset’s outcomes will depend on how consistently and concretely this is done at different levels – globally and in countries. A critical pillar is to recognize women’s vital and rich contributions in crisis-affected settings and enable their full and equal participation and leadership in decision-making processes. Women and girls are not passive victims or mere recipients of aid – they are responders on the front lines and are shaping the outcomes of crises, as community leaders and organizers, primary caregivers, educators, economic contributors, and peacebuilders. There is plenty of evidence that their leadership is a precondition for effective humanitarian responses, as well as for addressing the root causes of conflicts and for building sustainable recovery and peace. And yet we are far from achieving longstanding commitments to women’s participation and leadership as per the Sustainable Development Goals and the Women, Peace and Security agenda. All too often, participation remains tokenistic and women may have seats but no real influence over decisions made. Whether in internationally led mediation processes, in country-level humanitarian teams and cluster coordination groups, in funding allocation advisory boards, or in other decision-making forums – women need to be equally present and heard, and their perspectives recognized and heeded. They need to be able to exercise this fundamental right safely and without negative repercussions. Fund women-led and women’s rights organizations Second, women-led and women’s rights organizations working in conflict and crisis-affected countries need urgent funding. They were already underfunded and overstretched prior to recent funding cuts. UN Women’s report, At a breaking point, warns that these cuts have placed enormous additional strain on their vital work and even their very existence. Both the quantity and the quality of funding matter. Funding needs to be flexible, multi-year, and reflective of the holistic and transformative nature of their work, which is not only life-saving and life-sustaining but also often encompasses longer-term development, peace, democracy building, human rights, and gender-equality objectives. Both funding and broader political support need to take into account the significant, often overlooked, risks faced in crisis settings by women, girls, gender-diverse leaders, and human rights defenders. Work across the humanitarian–development–peace nexus Finally, it is critical that humanitarian, development, and peace actors work more closely and effectively together to address the complex challenges of today’s protracted and multifaceted crises. Meeting immediate needs should go hand in hand with building community resilience to disasters, strengthening governance systems, and addressing the root causes of conflict. Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls need to be embedded throughout this nexus and its various components – from defining collective gender outcomes, to conducting joint gender analysis and assessments, to harmonizing funding streams with gender markers and ambitious targets for funding projects and interventions that address women’s specific needs, advance gender equality, or empower women. The stakes could not be higher. As the international community navigates an era of shrinking resources, eroding norms, and multiplying crises, the choices made now will determine whether women and girls are left further behind or emerge as the architects of more just and resilient societies. Delivering on commitments to gender equality in crisis settings is not a matter of idealism – it is a prerequisite for effective, sustainable, and principled responses. The evidence is clear and the commitments exist. The world cannot afford the cost of inaction. This article is reprinted with permission from SDG Action. About the author Asya Varbanova has 20 years of experience advancing sustainable development and gender equality in complex political, post-conflict and crisis contexts, across Europe, Central and South Asia, and the Middle East. Currently serving as Head of Humanitarian Section/Deputy Chief. She has led Country Offices of UN Women in Turkiye, Moldova, Serbia and North Macedonia. She has managed development programmes and humanitarian responses in diverse settings, translating normative commitments on women’s rights and empowerment into operational results and spearheading multi-stakeholder partnerships across the UN, government institutions, civil society and private sector to advance impact at scale and institutional and systemic change.
Countries: Mexico, Haiti Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Haitian migrants search for opportunity in MexicoWithout safe routes, many migrants are choosing to travel in groups for safety in their search for work and dignity. Kate Rankin May 26 2026, 11:50am For years, the city of Tapachula, Mexico, was a transit point for people traveling north to seek refuge in the United States. Since January 2025, the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies, on top of regional pressure to curb migration, have transformed Mexico into a country of containment. Migrants cannot work formally or access basic services. Even movement is a challenge, as migrants face lengthy bureaucratic processes just to obtain documents allowing them to move legally throughout Mexico. Teams with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are operating mobile clinics to assist migrants within Mexico, and are providing general and mental health care. In the absence of safe migration routes, many migrants are choosing to travel in groups for safety, often on foot, in their search for work and dignity within the country. Below, Derly Sánchez Arias, MSF coordinator in Tapachula, explains why migrants are taking this risk, despite the dangers and challenges they face. By Derly Sánchez Arias, MSF coordinator in Tapachula On the night of April 20, 2026, after hours of rain, nearly 1,000 people left Tapachula on foot and began walking along the coastal highway. They carried only the essentials: water, some food, and their few belongings. They were not marching as a political strategy or to provoke authorities. They were walking because staying was no longer an option. After more than 25 days on the road, they aim to reach Mexico City or another city that might offer them the possibility of work and a dignified life. One of the roots of this movement lies in Haiti, where a humanitarian crisis, armed violence, institutional collapse, and the deterioration of the health care system have made daily life unviable. This is not only about political instability: It is a humanitarian crisis in which entire families flee not only poverty, but also violence in which people — especially women and girls — are used as a territory of war. Above all, they seek protection and a small chance at a sustainable future. Lemeus, en route from Tapachula to Mexico City “I went several days without eating just to pay rent” I left my home in search of better conditions. I arrived in Tapachula and faced the same challenges: finding work and a place to sleep. During my stay, I went several days without eating just to pay rent. It was hunger that ultimately pushed me to join the caravan. What I want is to reach Mexico City, but the walk, the sun, the headaches, and the blisters on my feet are just some of the obstacles that make the journey harder. Every time I woke up and couldn’t do anything, I felt stressed. Now, at least when I walk, I do so with a purpose: to achieve my plans and build a better life. A city that is both a gateway and place of containment Upon arriving in Mexico, that expectation meets a new barrier: Tapachula. The city functions as a blockade; It is a gateway but, at the same time, a point of containment where time seems to stand still. Without timely access to documents such as the Clave Única de Registro de Población (CURP) — an official identification number essential for working, accessing services, and legal status in Mexico — thousands of people remain trapped in informal shelters, with no real opportunity to rebuild their lives. Since the beginning of 2025, MSF mobile clinics have assisted more than 1,400 people from seven caravans. Ninety-five percent of patients were older than 15, and 66 percent were women. Djosymar, from Haiti “Hope is what keeps me going” I’ve been in Tapachula since December last year and I couldn’t find work. I’m a migrant — I don’t have a CURP — and that makes it harder to obtain documents and a job. I like this place, but I had no choice but to leave to try to build a better life somewhere else in Mexico. The hardest part of the journey is the sun. The route is long, and both the weather and the exhaustion make everything more difficult. So do the chafing and the burst blisters on our feet — everything becomes extremely tough. Hope is what keeps me going — hope, and the desire to help my grandmother, to take care of her. She still lives in Haiti. For me, she is everything; she is my motivation. Forced stays in Tapachula are causing physical and mental harm In Tapachula, between 20,000 and 50,000 people remain waiting, according to estimates from local NGOs. In consultations, MSF teams have heard recurring stories: Women, men, and children who have fled violence only to encounter new forms of vulnerability and violence in Mexico. The impacts are not only physical; mental health consequences are also present. Many people have chronic illnesses that have gone months without treatment. People are living in overcrowded conditions, often without reliable access to food or safe drinking water, while many children remain out of school and struggle to survive on the streets. Walking under scorching sun with open blisters is not a choice or a strategy. It is a response to stagnation. As they move forward, the caravan exposes the limits of a response that has failed to resolve the situation. Continuing to interpret caravans as a threat is to miss the essential point: They are the result of contexts that push people out, and of journeys marked by waiting, uncertainty, and a lack of viable alternatives. They are like an open wound unable to heal — the result of violence that forces people to flee, and then follows them during transit and at borders, in rejections of asylum, and the general indifference to their plight. To see them as a threat is to deny the dignity of those who, even while in pain, keep walking with the hope of finding a place to start again and live without fear. Malaika, a mother of two from Haiti “Going back is not an option” “I fled my country because of insecurity and arrived in Mexico with my two children in November 2025. After not receiving any response, my only option was to join the caravan. I was forced to take the risk and head north in search of work. The most difficult part is walking. My feet can still keep going, but they hurt. Going back is not an option — we don’t want to return to where we came from or relive those hardships: lack of jobs, violence, and undignified living conditions. For those of us already here, the only alternative is to rely on our own strength and keep our spirits up. Mexico 2026 © Ángel Rodríguez/MSF We speak out. Get updates.
Country: Yemen Source: United Nations Population Fund Please refer to the attached file. ADEN, Yemen - "I lived in silence, hiding my pain from others, enduring my own gaze before enduring theirs," recalls Safiy, 28 years from Bajil District in Al Hudaydah Governorate. For five years, Safiy carried a pain she could neither understand nor explain. After severe complications during childbirth at a hospital in Bajil, she began experiencing faecal leakage—a condition that would force her to withdraw from from daily life. Amina, 20 years, from Aden Governorate too, faced her own silent battle. Married at fifteen and pregnant nine months later, she had no access to antenatal care in her remote village. When labour came, it lasted three agonizing days with only a traditional birth attendant by her side. By the time she reached a hospital, her baby had died. An emergency cesarean section saved her life, but left her with an obstetric fistula—a devastating childbirth injury that would isolate her for a year and a half. Safiy and Amina's stories reflect a harsh reality facing thousands of women across Yemen. Global estimates reveal that Yemen has the highest prevalence of obstetric fistula in the Arab States region—113 cases per 100,000 women as of 2020, compared to 86 per 100,000 across Arab States and 36 per 100,000 in Asia and the Pacific. Obstetric fistula—a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without timely medical intervention—is both preventable and treatable. Yet in Yemen, a perfect storm of factors has made it a persistent crisis: early marriage and adolescent pregnancy, critically low rates of skilled birth attendance, and a healthcare system devastated by over a decade of conflict. When Systems Collapse, Women Pay the Price The conflict and humanitarian crisis have pushed Yemen's healthcare system to the brink. An estimated 19.4 million people lack access to basic healthcare, including reproductive health services. Nearly half of all health facilities remain fully or partially functional, and only one in five of them provide maternal and newborn care. Almost half of all childbirths occur outside a health facility. Nearly a quarter of pregnant women do not receive antenatal care, while only 3 in five women give birth with skilled assistance. For women like Safiy and Amina, the barriers to treatment are formidable: limited functional facilities with operating theatres and specialized fistula care, financial and transportation obstacles, weak referral systems in remote areas, and a severe shortage of trained fistula surgeons. Most devastating is the social stigma—the isolation and psychological trauma that discourage women from seeking care at all. A Lifeline in Darkness Safiy decided not to surrender. After being examined at a health facility in Al Huban, she was referred to a UNFPA-supported fistula treatment centre at Al Sadaqa Hospital in Aden. "When the doctor told me about my condition, she said treatment was possible," Safiy remembers. "Those words alone gave me back my breath." She underwent surgery successfully at no cost, and received financial support to cover the transportation. "I could not believe the pain that had accompanied me for five years could come to an end," she says. "Today, I am recovering step by step. I am reclaiming my health, my dignity, and my life." Amina's path to healing followed a similar trajectory. When she learned about the fistula treatment centre she contacted the coordinator and traveled to Al Sadaqa Hospital. After successful surgery, her recovery began. "The hospital not only treated my condition but restored my dignity and renewed my confidence in life," Amina says. "They gave me the chance for a new beginning.” Building Back Better UNFPA supports two dedicated obstetric fistula treatment centers in Yemen—at Al Sadaqa Hospital in Aden and Al Thawra Hospital in Sana'a—providing surgical repair, training midwives, supporting safe childbirth practices, and ensuring women with complications can access skilled care. Since 2023, nearly 300 obstetric fistula repair surgeries have been successfully completed at these two centres. Through partnerships with Ministry of Public Health and local organizations like Deem for Development Organization, UNFPA is working to strengthen referral systems, expand access to emergency obstetric care, and address the root causes that result in obstetric fistula. But the need far outweighs current capacity with steep funding cuts threating the suspension of UNFPA’s support to these two centres "Yes, my story is full of pain, but it is also full of hope,” recalls Safiy. On the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, that hope needs to transform into action. Obstetric fistula is preventable and treatable; ending it is within our reach.
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Country: World Source: UN Security Council Please refer to the attached file. I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to the request in the statement by the President of the Security Council of 21 September 2018 (S/PRST/2018/18) and responds to the Council’s requests for reporting on specific themes in resolutions 2286 (2016), 2417 (2018), 2474 (2019), 2475 (2019), 2573 (2021) and 2730 (2024). The report covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2025 and highlights key trends regarding the protection of civilians in armed conflicts; country examples used are illustrative and not exhaustive. 2. In 2025, the gap between global commitments to protect civilians in armed conflict and the reality faced by civilians widened further. Across conflicts, the same pattern was repeated: civilians bore the brunt of hostilities, were killed and injured, and were subjected to sexual violence, repeated displacement, hunger and terror. Critical infrastructure was destroyed or damaged, whether through direct attacks or incidental harm. Essential services including food, healthcare, water, electricity, sanitation and shelter were disrupted, obstructed and rendered inaccessible, pushing already fragile populations towards catastrophe. This unfolded amid legal and political impunity. 3. The tenth anniversary, in May 2026, of the adoption of Security Council resolution 2286 (2016) is marked by rising attacks on medical personnel and facilities. The report examines key challenges facing medical care in conflict since 2016. Conflict-induced hunger deepened, with two simultaneous famines. Humanitarian workers were impeded in their work, kidnapped and killed. Climate shocks and environmental degradation further eroded the resilience of conflict-affected people. 4. Technologies, including artificial intelligence, drones and information and communications technology, reshaped battlefields in ways that increased risks to civilians and challenged established normative frameworks. 5. The conflicts in the Sudan, Ukraine and in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 1 reflected a number of these patterns and trends and stood out for their scale of destruction. These trends, however stark, cannot capture the full human toll. Families searching for food and water under bombardment, children pulled from rubble and communities uprooted repeatedly remind us that harm is not abstract; it is intimate, immediate and devastating. 6. Of utmost concern is that the scale – and in some instances, the stated intent –of civilian harm appears to far outweigh the political will and investment to prevent or stop it. The question for the Security Council and Member States is how they will choose to respond. Protecting civilians requires more than expressing concern – it demands leadership, renewed political resolve and decisive and consistent action to limit the devastation of conflict in cities, stop the transfer of arms when violations of relevant rules of international law are likely to occur, and hold perpetrators accountable, to name only these. It requires Member States to defend the Charter of the United Nations and the norms that safeguard our shared humanity in both words and deeds. When force replaces law, brutality prevails and civilians pay the price.
Country: Bangladesh Source: United Nations Population Fund SHERPUR, Bangladesh — Banessa Bibi, now in her nineties, cannot remember how many children she brought into this world. She only recalls the three daughters and two sons who survived. In her village, childbirth once meant labouring in the dark corner of a room into the hands of an unskilled birth attendant. Little had changed even by the time her two daughters, Jamena and Jamila, had children. For both, the consequences were devastating. Jamila, now 45, experienced severe complications as she delivered her second child at home. Prolonged obstructed labour caused an obstetric fistula, a traumatic childbirth injury. Preventable and treatable Obstructed labour is a deadly condition if not urgently treated – and treatment is both well established and available in most referral health facilities. Usually, this means a Caesarean section delivery. When women are unable to access care, the consequences can include death of the baby, death of the mother, or long-lasting physical injuries like obstetric fistula. The fistula, a hole in the birth canal, often causes incontinence and stigma. Women with this injury are often ostracized. Preventing and treating obstetric fistula is a human rights imperative, according to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, which is the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency. A flicker of hope After her obstructed labour, Jamila was left with regularly leaking urine and a foul odor coming from her body. Out of shame and humiliation, she withdrew from public life for two decades. Even her own granddaughter refused to go near her, she described. Jamila still shudders recalling years of feeling trapped in isolation. When she first learned her fistula could be cured by doctors at the UNFPA-supported Dhaka Medical College Hospital, she finally felt a flicker of hope. Two free surgeries followed, bringing the miracle of recovery. “They gave me my life back,” Jamila said. “At first, I was scared of what would happen to me. But their kindness, counselling and stories of other recovered women gave me strength. For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, Jamila could breathe freely, sit comfortably beside others and live with dignity. Jamena, 55, also developed an obstetric fistula while delivering the first of her seven children. For years, she concealed her injury, fearing she might lose her job as a domestic worker. In 2025, after hearing about her younger sister’s surgery, she started to believe that healing might be possible for her too. With support from a UNFPA-supported fistula coordinator, Jamena sought treatment. Today, both sisters are healthy. They laugh, work, socialize and move through their community without fear or shame. A better future For as long as anyone can remember, gaps in maternal healthcare services in Sherpur had left pregnant women at high risk of fistula. But today, midwives conduct weekly outreach sessions, bringing maternal healthcare directly to local community clinics and reaching women who might otherwise never seek care. This includes midwives deployed by UNFPA with funding from Global Affairs Canada. UNFPA has also trained healthcare workers in the area, helping to dismantle long-standing barriers to care. As maternal health services improve, childbirth complications are being addressed, helping to prevent obstetric fistula from happening in the first place. And health teams are in place to provide comprehensive follow-up and treatment if it does occur. Even deep-rooted notions that home births are cheaper and less "troublesome" than going to a hospital are shifting through public awareness campaigns supported by UNFPA and the Government of Bangladesh. Banessa and her daughters lived a painful reality, one shared by generations of women in the past – but not the future.
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: World Vision Ituri Province is home to more than 900,000 internally displaced people. Thousands of children are exposed to a high risk of infection. The newly identified Ebola variant does not match any previously known strain and currently has no vaccine available. Kinshasa, 18 May 2026 – The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared a new Ebola outbreak in the health zones of Bunia, Mongwalu, and Rwampara in Ituri Province. The initial toll, considered alarming, reports 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths, including 4 confirmed positive cases. This new outbreak comes amid an already fragile humanitarian situation marked by massive population displacement, persistent insecurity, and limited access to basic healthcare services. Children are among the groups most exposed to this health threat. ***“Our main concern is for children, who are the most vulnerable in a region already heavily affected by conflict and where humanitarian assistance remains insufficient due to a lack of resources. Drawing on our experience and working alongside all stakeholders, we are taking appropriate measures to limit the spread of this outbreak and save lives, particularly through hygiene promotion, with a special focus on areas hosting increasing numbers of internally displaced people. World Vision is working closely with health authorities to respond to this new disease,”***said Philippe Guiton, National Director of World Vision DRC. David Munkley, East zone Director, also stressed the urgency of a rapid response: ***“Ituri is already facing an alarming situation of acute malnutrition, which further weakens people’s immune systems, combined with extremely limited access to healthcare in remote areas. A rapid and coordinated response will help save lives and reach the greatest number of affected people,”***he said. While expressing its sympathy to families grieving as a result of this outbreak, World Vision RDC reaffirms its commitment to supporting the response alongside health authorities and humanitarian partners, particularly in the areas of child protection, prevention through the promotion of good hygiene practices, and infection prevention and control. World Vision has a long history of responding to Ebola outbreaks, not only in DR Congo but also in Uganda, Sierra Leone, and West Africa. During the 2018–2019 outbreak in eastern DRC, World Vision trained faith leaders and motorbike riders to deliver life-saving messages to remote communities. The Channels of Hope approach helped counter misinformation and stigma, building trust and resilience at the grassroots level. World Vision also contributed to the recent response to the Ebola outbreak in Bulape in Kasai by providing support to more than 200,000 children and patients, which enabled it to respond immediately to the outbreak, which was declared over in December 2025. As the situation in Ituri evolves, World Vision is calling for: Urgent funding for frontline response: We urge donors to release emergency funds to support health workers, community mobilisation, and protective equipment in Ituri and neighbouring provinces and countries. Strengthened regional coordination: We call on humanitarian actors and the DRC Government to enhance cross-border surveillance and preparedness, especially in high-risk zones. END Notes to Editor: For further information or to arrange an interview, please contact: -Philippe Guiton, National Director, Philippe_Guiton@wvi.org, +243970053733 -David Munkley, East Zone Director, David_Munkley@wvi.org, +243974053351 -Dr Philippe Ngenda, Health & Nutrition Specialist, Philippe_Ngenda@wvi.org, +243991008490 -Patrick Abega, Communications & PE Manager, Patrick_Abega@wvi.org, +243993692903 For more information, visit: www.wvi.org/congo