Crisis in the Horn of Africa: Rethinking the humanitarian response

Author(s)
Ledwith, T.
Publication language
English
Pages
3pp.
Date published
05 Oct 2011
Type
Conference, training & meeting documents
Keywords
Children & youth, Disaster preparedness, Food and nutrition, Disasters, Contingency Planning, Drought, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Countries
Somalia
Organisations
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

NAIROBI, Kenya, 5 October 2011 – In an urgent response to famine in parts of Somalia and food insecurity
throughout the Horn of Africa, UNICEF and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) this week convened an indepth
briefing on ending the crisis and averting similar catastrophes in the future.