The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and its partners have begun distributing aid to an estimated 25,000 people whose homes and food supplies have been damaged or destroyed. The numbers in need, in the normally arid Tindouf region, could rise as rain is expected to continue until at least Sunday. New cases of Polio at a record low worldwide. Fewer children than ever before have the crippling virus Polio.
Mwaka huu UNICEF na washirika wake wanatoa ripoti kuhusu ukimwi na watoto 2010 ambayo inatathimini hatua zilizopigwa katika maeneo manne ya HIV na ukimwi yanayoathiri watoto na kuelezea hatua muhimu za kuchukuliwa ili kufikia lengo la kuwa na kizazi kisicho na ukimwi.