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Thousands of Critically Ill Patients Stranded with Sana’a Airport Closure

August 5, 2021

Sana’a’s airport closure for the fifth consecutive year has left stranded at least 32,000 critically ill Yemeni patients in need of life-saving treatment abroad since the first and last medical flights in February last year. Five years of restrictions imposed on Yemen’s airspace by the Saudi-led coalition is preventing thousands of sick Yemeni civilians from seeking urgent medical treatment outside the country, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and CARE said today. The airport closure is also causing economic losses estimated to be in the billions over the last five years, worsening further an already dire humanitarian situation.

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CARE Reacts to Announcement of Biden-Harris Strategies on Central America

August 4, 2021

WASHINGTON (August 5, 2021) -- With the U.S. Administration’s release of its Strategy for Addressing the Root Causes of Migration in Central America and Collaborative Migration Management Strategy, CARE welcomes this much needed step to begin tackling the Northern Triangle’s complex humanitarian and development challenges. As implementation begins, CARE urges the Administration to uphold the commitments entailed in the Strategy to promote inclusive engagement and a rights-based response.

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CytoSorbents Completes its Mission 100,000 International Fundraising Campaign to Fight the Spread of COVID-19 for Global Humanitarian Organization, CARE

July 30, 2021

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., (PRNewswire) — Through its MISSION 100,000 international fundraising campaign to fight the spread of COVID-19, CytoSorbents Corporation has raised $100,000 to benefit CARE's Crisis Response Campaign. CytoSorbents will present CARE its donation at the Opening Bell ceremony at NASDAQ later this morning.

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CARE Opens 40-bed Isolation Center for Rohingya Refugees as COVID Cases Surge in Bangladesh

July 30, 2021

Humanitarian organization CARE is opening a 40-bed COVID isolation center in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on 1 August 2021. With the country currently in the grip of its most severe COVID surge since the pandemic began, and monsoon flooding forcing many Rohingya refugees to shelter in communal facilities, the center comes at a critical time.  

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As severe flooding devastates Cox’s Bazar, 32 humanitarian agencies call for urgent funding in Bangladesh

July 29, 2021

July 29 2021 - Conditions in the Rohingya refugee camps and the surrounding areas in Cox’s Bazar District are deteriorating as a result of several days of heavy monsoon rainfall across southern Bangladesh, which is expected to continue for the next 48hours. In the Rohingya refugee camps, thousands of shelters have been damaged and flooded, low-lying areas have also been flooded, and landslides have been reported.

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