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HEALTH: Malaria Deaths “Underestimated”

Posted on February 7, 2012

DAA-7 February 2012 A new attempt to quantify malaria deaths over the past 30 years suggests the death toll, especially among adults, has been greatly underestimated. The figures also show the fragility of the gains made in fighting the disease. … Continue reading →

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CHAD: Polio Outbreak

Posted on February 5, 2012

  DAKAR, 5 February 2012 Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad, with 132 cases reported in 2011 – five times the number in 2010. More commitment is … Continue reading →

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HEALTH: Pledge to eradicate “neglected” diseases

Posted on February 3, 2012

Ten little-known but debilitating diseases will be high on the agenda of the world’s pharmaceutical chiefs, health ministers and donor governments after they pledged their support for a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative to wipe out guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, leprosy, … Continue reading →

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DRC: HIV/Aids Funding Crisis

Posted on February 2, 2012

The lives of thousands of HIV-positive people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at risk as the country faces declining donor funding and a severe shortage of HIV treatment, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF recently launched a year-long … Continue reading →

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SOMALIA: Sexual Gender Violence on rise in IDP camps

Posted on February 1, 2012

Hargeisa Somalia, 1 February 2012 (IRIN) – Cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), as well as domestic violence, are increasing in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland, with social … Continue reading →

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AID POLICY:New Deal for Developing Nations

Posted on December 29, 2011

DAKAR, December 2011 (IRIN) – At the global aid effectiveness forum in Busan, South Korea, in November and December this year, the “G7+”, a group of nations which includes 19 fragile and conflict-affected states, agreed a New Deal on fragile states, … Continue reading →

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Measles Immunization:1.7 million Children Targeted

Posted on December 22, 2011

NAIROBI, 21 December 2011 (IRIN) – Amid rising measles and polio cases, tens of thousands of children are being targeted for immunization in health campaigns in affected regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the UN Children’s … Continue reading →

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INDONESIA: HIV traps women and girls in poverty

Posted on December 17, 2011

The number of reported HIV cases has tripled in Indonesia in recent years, curtailing productivity and trapping affected girls and women, especially, in poverty, according to a recent UN Development Programme (UNDP) report. Women, representing a quarter of all people living … Continue reading →

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AFRICA: HIV-positive women infant-feeding confusion

Posted on December 10, 2011

ADDIS ABABA, 9 December 2011 (PlusNews)The latest guidelines on infant-feeding options for HIV-positive mothers in Africa have not been disseminated in many countries, leaving women dangerously confused about the best nutritional path to protect their children from contracting the virus, … Continue reading →

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KENYA: Poor Mental Healthcare

Posted on November 30, 2011

  NAIROBI, 30 November 2011 (IRIN) – A shortage of mental health specialists and facilities, ignorance and stigma, are among the challenges facing the provision of quality psycho-social care in Kenya, say specialists. There is a huge treatment gap in Kenya, … Continue reading →

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