Friday, 9 December 2011

POVERTY: SENEGAL: Talibés turn traders

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PIKINE, 8 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Aurelie Fontaine/IRIN A trainer teaches ex street kids market gardening It is widely assumed tha...

POVERTY: Swaziland:The misery of a mismanaged monarchy

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geoffrey york: Dec. 02, 2011   MANZINI, SWAZILAND—  When she arrived at her school one morning last month, Simangele Mmema discovered that ...
Thursday, 8 December 2011

MALARIA: New mapping

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Philadelphia, Pa., USA – December 5, 2011) As One Type of Malaria Declines, New Map Reveals another Strain – Impervious to Interventions – H...

MALARIA: Ghana: Household cost in treating fevers in the Dangme West District, Ghana

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Bill Brieger : 07 Dec 2011 Is malaria treatment affordable in a rural district of Ghana? - a poster presentation at the American Society o...

POVERTY: SUDAN: Security “volcano” ready to blow in the east

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KASSALA, 8 December 2011 (IRIN) -  Photo: IRIN Guns galore - disarmament operations in the east have only been partially successful (file...

POVERTY: MIGRATION: Misperceptions of migration fuel tensions

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JOHANNESBURG, 8 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Tebogo Letsie/IRIN Thousands of migrants living in South Africa were displaced by xenophobic...

MALARIA: Zimbabwe: at pre-elimination stage

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"Zimbabwe is doing very well as far as malaria control is concerned," she said in Harare. "In fact, in some areas of Matabele...
Wednesday, 7 December 2011

POVERTY: MYANMAR: Landmine survivor needs outstrip aid

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BANGKOK, 7 December 2011 (IRIN) -  Photo: Zin Win/IRIN Zaw Lwin, 42, lost his leg to a landmine 12 years ago in the eastern part of Myanm...

POVERTY: PAKISTAN: Girls fight for the right to education

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PESHAWAR, 7 December 2011 (IRIN) -  Photo: Groundreporter/Flickr Pakistani girls are becoming agents of change in the fight for education ...

MALNUTRITION: Scaling up innovations to fight hunger

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29 November 2011  Flickr/Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) Source: Nature Childhood malnutrition can be prevented using available knowled...

MALNUTRITION: US–Nepal hybrid maize project runs into criticism

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[KATHMANDU] Smriti Mallapaty : 30 November 2011  Flickr/CIMMYT: Critics are concerned about the loss of local maize varieties Uncertaint...

POVERTY: GUINEA: Avoiding ethnically-driven elections

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CONAKRY, 6 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Anna Jefferys/IRIN Some Peulh traders feel they are being targeted by the administration Politic...

POVERTY: DRC-CONGO: Thousands flee election tension

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BRAZZAVILLE, 6 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Laudes Martial Mbon/IRIN Seeking security: thousands of DRC residents are fleeing potential e...

POVERTY: YEMEN: Children at risk as aid access denied

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SANA’A, 6 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Contributor/IRIN Children in Dammaj village, northern Yemen, are cut off from food and healthcare ...

POVERTY: SWAZILAND: Contesting the Global Fund audit

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MBABANE, 7 December 2011 (PlusNews)  Photo: FreeFoto.com Released in late October, the Global Fund audit recommends Swaziland repay US$5....

MALARIA: Do we have tools and guidelines for malaria elimination?

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Bill Brieger : 07 Dec 2011 Sessions at the current American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Philadelphia have focused on progr...
Tuesday, 6 December 2011

POVERTY: Super 'floodway' mooted for Thai floods

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Pratchaya W: 2 December 2011  A new floodway would help prevent flooding in Bangkok Flickr/*petitpor* [BANGKOK] Researchers from a Thai u...

POVERTY: Côte d'Ivoire one year on

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ABIDJAN, 1 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Olivier Monnier/IRIN People scan news headlines in Abidjan, where life for many is back to normal...

POVERTY: LESOTHO: Pastoralists fear land “modernization” act

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MASERU, 1 December 2011 (IRIN)  Photo: Tomas de Mul/IRIN A new land tenure system is raising concerns among pastoralists Livestock herd...