The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has issued a humanitarian call for $22.2 billion to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable 92.8 million people in 33 countries.
"We face a time of immense global suffering and fear. The scale of humanitarian deprivation today is greater than at any time since the United Nations was founded.Read more
Cholera continued to spread throughout devastated parts of Haiti as officials estimated at least 1,000 people were killed by Hurricane Matthew.
In some parts of the country, cases of the waterborne disease have risen dramatically since last Tuesday's storm - with numbers expected to rise.
Officials have cited the immediate death toll from Matthew, a Category 4 hurricane which mainlyRead more