Tuesday, 6 December 2011

POVERTY: THAILAND: Two days in the life of an urban flood expert

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BANGKOK, 2 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Shermaine Ho/IRIN Adri Verwey visiting water pumping station at the Bang Sue canal in Bangkok, No...

MALARIA: President Bush urges US not to abandon Africa projects

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Former president George W Bush urged his country to continue supporting Africa as he arrived in Ethiopia to promote US-funded projects fight...

POVERTY: SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN: Returnees left in limbo

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NAIROBI, 5 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Hannah McNeish/IRIN Homeward bound... Southern Sudanese arrive by barge in Juba Some have campe...

POVERTY: BANGLADESH: Border killings mount despite no-shooting decree

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RANGPUR, 6 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Maher Sattar/IRIN Bangladeshi brothers Anis Ahmed (L) and Shohir Jamal (R). Shohir is standing on...

MALARIA: Improving Quality Performance among Community Health Volunteers

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Bill Brieger : 05 Dec 2011 Improving Quality Performance among Community Health Workers Providing Integrated Community Management of Febri...

POVERTY: Remittances to developing countries rebound

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JOHANNESBURG, 6 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Maria Font de Matas/IRIN Remittances to developing countries are expected to continue increa...

POVERTY: KENYA: Floods, rains wreak havoc

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NAIROBI, 6 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Richard Lough/IRIN Over 40,000 people have been affected by flooding since the start of short rai...

MALARIA: More than a shield: The RTS,S malaria vaccine trial

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6 Dec, 2011: Meera Senthilingam Meera Senthilingam is a freelance science journalist based in London, UK.  My ride to the clinic The RTS...

POVERTY: PAKISTAN: SWAT women face dual burden

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MINGORA, 6 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Sarah Naqvi/Flickr Women in Swat Valley are struggling to keep their households running (file pho...

AID POLICY: Cash catches up

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NAIROBI, 6 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: The Cash Learning Partnership Smart cards...cash transfers are deemed more efficient and flexible...
Monday, 5 December 2011

POVERTY: MIGRATION: The risks of rescue at sea

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JOHANNESBURG, 5 December 2011 (IRIN) -  Photo: Kate Thomas/IRIN A boat carrying migrants from Libya arrives in Lampedusa  Two years ago...

GLOBAL FUND: Further Details on Fund's Tough New Policies for Grant Renewals

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David Garmaise ( david.garmaise@aidspan.org ), Funding will be severely restricted for some upper-middle-income countries Transitional me...

POVERTY: MYANMAR-THAILAND: Slow pace of registering migrants

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MAE SOT, 5 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: David Longstreath/IRIN Burmese family registers their child for a Thai birth certificate as part ...

POVERTY: South Sudan: Returning refugees

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JUBA , 5 December 2011 (IRIN) - SOUTH SUDAN: Iklas Monu Ahmed, “Since I’ve been here, nobody has come to talk to me or show us where to go” ...

MALARIA: EurartesimR (dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine)

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 November 30, 2011  ACT to combat malaria receives marketing authorization from EMA EurartesimR (dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine) ACT to ...

MALARIA TB AIDS: Pakistan may downsize programmes

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December 05, 2011 A meeting is likely to be held in Planning Commission on December 7 to decide the fate of National Aids Control Programm...

MALARIA: Reducing Malaria Misdiagnosis

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BMC Infect Dis. 2011 Nov 3;11(1):308. [Epub ahead of print] Reducing Malaria Misdiagnosis: The Importance of Correctly Interpreting ParaC...
Thursday, 1 December 2011

MALNUTRITION: Ecuador Vows to Eradicate Malnutrition

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November 8, 2011 : Amara Channell A group of children outside their school in the Chimborazo region of Ecuador Last week the President o...

MALNUTRITION: Kenya: USAID activity

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Jill Richardson :: What Our Friends at USAID Are Up To in Kenya, Part 1 A document entitled "Strategic Review" from the Feed th...

MALNUTRITION: Revamp African ag policy to address hunger and poverty - experts

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02 Nov 2011  Katie Murray A worker prunes tomato plants in the Dube AgriZone greenhouse situated at King Shaka International Airport, nort...