Monday, 27 June 2011

MALNUTRITION: Yemen: Islamic Relief USA Launches Emergency Campaign

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WASHINGTON, June 13, 2011 Islamic Relief USA, a relief and development organization based in the D.C. metropolitan area, announced the lau...

MALNUTRITION: Occupied Palestine: USAID says widespread malnutrition

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Palestinian mother Miriam Jafra holds her infant Amir, while her three-year old son Mahmoud looks on, as they wait for treatment for heart ...

MALNUTRITION: India: British MPs back aid to India

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14 June 2011 A parliamentary report says that despite its huge economic growth India should receive aid until 2015 to ensure it meets the ...

MALNUTRITION: Kenya: 3.5 million people in urgent need of relief food as drought worsens

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June 12 2011 :  LUCAS BARASA AND ERIC MUTAI PHOTO/ FILE A woman receives relief food. The World Food Programme is distributing food to ...

MALNUTRITION: Tanzania: More U.S. Support to Combat Hunger and Malnutrition

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Stephen Kaufman WASHINGTON, D.C., Jun 13, 2011 — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the Obama administration is increasin...

MALNUTRITION: Kraft goes all out to eradicate child malnutrition in Bangladesh & Indonesia

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June 17, 2011 By teaching sustainable farming skills, creating micro enterprises and providing nutrition education, Kraft Foods is empoweri...

MALNUTRITION: Sudan land and oil dispute

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William Lambers: Jun 13, 2011 The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is urging North and South Sudan to end the violenc...

MALNUTRITION: Indonesia: Major firms launch initiative to fight malnutrition in kids

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Rangga D. Fadillah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta 06/14/2011 The Indonesian government welcomed on Monday a public private partnership (PPP) in...
Sunday, 26 June 2011

POVERTY: Local wisdom key to combating animal diseases

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NAIROBI, 21 June 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: IRIN Global problem: foot and mouth disease affects every continent except Antarctica Flush with s...

MALARIA: Placental Malaria

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Placental Malaria-Associated Suppression of Parasite-Specific Immune Response in Neonates Has No Major Impact on Systemic CD4 T Cell Homeost...

TUBERCULOSIS: Helen McShane and a new vaccine for tuberculosis

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22 Jun, 2011 : Chrissie Giles is Senior Science Writer at the Wellcome Trust, where she writes, commissions and edits news and feature artic...

POVERTY: 700,000 Serbs Below Poverty Line

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 21 June 2011 About 700,000 people in Serbia are living below the poverty line, with a monthly income of less than 80 euros, according to a...

MALARIA: Sierra Leone: Quarter of Vital Donated Drugs Missing or Stolen

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14 Jun 2011 : IPS News Sierra Leone - Three-year-old David bolts up from his feverish stooper as a needle pricks his thumb, producing a tin...

MALARIA: New vaccination strategy fights malaria better

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16 Jun 2011 : The Times of India Scientists have discovered a powerful strategy to combat malaria that may be described as the most effecti...

POVERTY: EGYPT: Sewage-fed vegetable plots pose health risk

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23 June 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Sarah Kamshoshy/IRIN Because of water scarcity, many farmers in Egypt are now siphoning untreated sewage onto...

MALNUTRITION: AFGHANISTAN: Bracing for a reduced wheat harvest

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KABUL, 23 June 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Akmal Dawi/IRIN Afghanistan received inadequate or ill-timed rain and snow this year, and will affect...

POVERTY: MADAGASCAR: Schoolgirls catch gold fever

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ANKAVANDRA, 9 June 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN For many young girls in Ankavandra, gold prospecting has taken priority over their...

MALNUTRITION: MADAGASCAR: Poverty and malnutrition on sisal plantations

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AMBOASARY SUD, 23 June 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Hannah McNeish/IRIN Lambo, 3, with his grandmother and mother At the Centre for Treatment ...

TUBERCULOSIS : Trial of new TB vaccine raises questions on timing

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LONDON, June 22 (Reuters)  By Kate Kelland : Editing by Andrew Heavens A new vaccine designed to fight tuberculosis is less effective w...

POVERTY: UNODC warning on opium cultivation in Myanmar

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BANGKOK, 24 June 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN A growing concern for the region A rapid increase in opium cultivation in My...