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Humanitarian Access Overview - July 2024

05 August 2024

Humanitarian Access Overview - July 2024

DOCUMENT / PDF / 3 MB

This overview compares the overall level of humanitarian access between the last Global Humanitarian Access Index published in December 2023 (covering June–November 2023) and this latest ACAPS assessment (covering December 2023 to June 2024) published in July 2024.

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Yemen: Bimonthly update on food and nutrition security crisis risks - issue 4

05 August 2024

Yemen: Bimonthly update on food and nutrition security crisis risks - issue 4

DOCUMENT / PDF / 3 MB

The report aims to complement IPC analyses and facilitate early recognition and coordinated responses to emerging major food and nutrition security crises among humanitarian and development stakeholders. 

Food security & livelihoodsNutrition
Palestine: anticipated impacts of a polio outbreak in Gaza

02 August 2024

Palestine: anticipated impacts of a polio outbreak in Gaza

DOCUMENT / PDF / 376 KB

This analysis identifies risks posed by a potential polio outbreak, particularly for children, and analyses major constraints in the health and humanitarian response.
 

Health

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Colombia: Flooding in La Mojana

02 August 2024

Colombia: Flooding in La Mojana

DOCUMENT / PDF / 1 MB

Since 2021, La Mojana has experienced recurrent flooding; the Cara de Gato dam in San Jacinto del Cauca municipality, Bolívar department, has broken down on several occasions under heavy rains and high river discharge in the subregion.

Natural hazards
Ukraine: Exploring vulnerabilities through the lens of protection risks

01 August 2024

Ukraine: Exploring vulnerabilities through the lens of protection risks

DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB

This report presents the impact of selected protection threats on specific population groups and identifies vulnerabilities among these groups to protection risks in Ukraine between February 2022 and May 2024. 

Protection
Afghanistan: key climate change related risks between 2024–2030

31 July 2024

Afghanistan: key climate change related risks between 2024–2030

DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB

This risk report outlines the main emerging risks driven or compounded by climate change with the potential to affect Afghanistan’s humanitarian situation and the wellbeing of its population between 2024–2030. 

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Yemen: escalating tensions between Israel and the DFA

31 July 2024

Yemen: escalating tensions between Israel and the DFA

DOCUMENT / PDF / 206 KB

This analysis examines and provides an overview of the key events preceding Israeli airstrikes on Al Hodeidah, Yemen, in July 2024, including the DFA drone attack on Tel Aviv and subsequent international responses. This report highlights the pre-existing needs in Al Hodeidah, the immediate effects of the airstrikes, and the broader humanitarian implications across Yemen.

Anticipatory analysisConflict and violence
Afghanistan: Mapping informal economies in informal settlements

30 July 2024

Afghanistan: Mapping informal economies in informal settlements

DOCUMENT / PDF / 830 KB

This report examines IDPs’ economic integration into host communities. Economic integration occurs through access to labour markets (e.g. through self-employment, service provision, etc.) and supply chains, allowing IDPs to sustain their livelihoods.

Economy
Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update

29 July 2024

Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update

DOCUMENT / PDF / 8 MB

This report compares access challenges across Ukrainian oblasts to inform humanitarian responders and support their decision-making. It is part of the ACAPS quarterly analysis of access constraints, with the latest report published on 26 April 2024.
 

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Afghanistan: Taliban decrees and directives relevant to the humanitarian response (update II)

25 July 2024

Afghanistan: Taliban decrees and directives relevant to the humanitarian response (update II)

DOCUMENT / PDF / 385 KB

This report provides an update on Interim Taliban Authority (ITA) decrees and directives to provide contextual knowledge in support of the humanitarian response in Afghanistan.
Specifically, it maps and analyses ITA policy decisions communicated between September 2023 and June 2024.

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Grenada: impact of Hurricane Beryl

18 July 2024

Grenada: impact of Hurricane Beryl

DOCUMENT / PDF / 867 KB

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on 1 July as a category G4, moving west-northwest at approximately 20 mph with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (UN 02/07/2024). In Grenada, Carriacou, Petite Martinique, and northern Grenada have been the hardest hit.

Natural hazards
Jamaica: impact of Hurricane Beryl

18 July 2024

Jamaica: impact of Hurricane Beryl

DOCUMENT / PDF / 374 KB

Hurricane Beryl hit Jamaica on 3 July 2024. The Category 4 hurricane is historically among the most powerful to have affected the country. By 9 July, 1,876 people had evacuated from coastal areas, such as Old Harbour Bay in St. Catherine, to 160 shelters in safer areas.

Natural hazards
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: impact of Hurricane Beryl

18 July 2024

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: impact of Hurricane Beryl

DOCUMENT / PDF / 630 KB

On 1 July, Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) as a Category 4 hurricane, later evolving into a Category 5 hurricane boasting maximum sustained winds of 270km/h. 

Natural hazards
Myanmar: Flooding in Kachin

12 July 2024

Myanmar: Flooding in Kachin

DOCUMENT / PDF / 341 KB

From 29 June, Myanmar’s monsoon season brought heavy rainfall that caused fluvial flooding in the north of the country. The most extensive flooding has occurred Kachin state. At least 31,000 people were evacuated and 26,400 people were reported to be affected by the floods, only some of whom had been evacuated.

Natural hazards
Lebanon: humanitarian impact of escalating Hezbollah-Israel hostilities

09 July 2024

Lebanon: humanitarian impact of escalating Hezbollah-Israel hostilities

DOCUMENT / PDF / 479 KB

This report provides an overview of the impact of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict on southern Lebanon. It highlights the affected population’s increasing need – including that of newly displaced individuals – and looks at access constraints resulting from the increase in hostilities.

Conflict and violence
Impact of hurricane Beryl

05 July 2024

Impact of hurricane Beryl

DOCUMENT / PDF / 374 KB

On 1 July, Hurricane Beryl made landfall in southern Windward Island, becoming the earliest Category 5 Atlantic Basin hurricane on record. By
4 July, its impact had killed ten people across the Caribbean. Some of the most affected islands are Carriacou and Petite Martinique in Grenada, with 95% of houses damaged. 

Natural hazards
Ethiopia: situation and needs of Sudanese refugees in Amhara region

05 July 2024

Ethiopia: situation and needs of Sudanese refugees in Amhara region

DOCUMENT / PDF / 529 KB

This report analyses the humanitarian needs of Sudanese refugees hosted at the Kumer and Awlala refugee camps, those who left and are sheltering outside, and the factors aggravating the situation in order to support humanitarian decision-making. 

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Afghanistan: understanding drought

04 July 2024

Afghanistan: understanding drought

DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB

Agricultural drought is threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of Afghans, particularly in the country’s northern, northwestern, and central provinces. Nearly half of the country’s districts are classified as ‘very high risk’ and ‘high risk’ according to the Afghanistan Drought Severity Index.

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Palestine: recent developments in the West Bank

04 July 2024

Palestine: recent developments in the West Bank

DOCUMENT / PDF / 9 MB

This report provides an analysis of the humanitarian situation in the West Bank since 7 October 2023, with a particular focus on recent key developments that drive humanitarian needs and their impact. It also explores the potential security, political, and economic outlook for the West Bank in the coming months.

Conflict and violence
Colombia: increased forced displacement in Neiva

24 June 2024

Colombia: increased forced displacement in Neiva

DOCUMENT / PDF / 932 KB

Since the beginning of 2024, as a result of escalating conflict and violence, the Neiva municipality has seen an influx of IDPs from surrounding municipalities, 95% of whom have been forcibly displaced. 

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