The emergence of parasite resistance to artemisinin drugs and their derivatives in five countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) is seriously threatening the control and elimination of malaria globally. ​​​

Throughout 2015, we have been exploring some of our past achievements. This includes PRODERE, which helped to reintegrate those affected by decades of civil war in Central America.

A new waste management plant will benefit some 20,000 people in the north-western region of Argentina.

State-of-the-art medical equipment, better facilities and a wide range of hospital services are now benefitting up to 4,300 patients a day in Managua.

Living with a disability is a reality for people like Dragana Petrović. This often makes it difficult to do the things that many of us may take for granted, like accessing facilities and services.

Twenty fully equipped paramedic ambulances, funded by the Government of Japan, were handed over to the Kurdistan Regional Government at a ceremony held at the Baharka Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Erbil, Iraq.

‘West African dwarf goat’, ‘Djallonké sheep’ and ‘N’dama cattle’ are not words that spring to mind when one thinks of food security, but these three species of livestock are vital to many local livelihoods.

In partnership with UNDP and El Salvador’s Ministry of Public Works, UNOPS is helping the country protect itself from future climate-related risks.

Opening speech by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS, at the International Conference on European Development Aid Post-2015, Luxembourg, 20 October 2015