New returnees in South Sudan living on the margins
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE ARU, 15 July 2013 (IRIN) - Benjamin Mogga heads the community protection committee (CPC) in Aru, a dusty South Sudanese town hugging the road between Juba...
View ArticleRohingya detainees in Thailand face dire conditions
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE HAT YAI, 28 June 2013 (IRIN) - Human rights groups are calling for improved living conditions for close to 2,000 Rohingya boat people now in detention in...
View ArticleBangladesh polders under threat
SHARE DHAKA, 27 June 2013 (IRIN) - Changing weather patterns, poor maintenance and lack of investment are taking their toll on Bangladesh’s extensive polder system, viewed by many as a first line of...
View ArticleInsecurity hampers access to aid, basic services in northern Kenya
SHARE ISIOLO, 28 June 2013 (IRIN) - The northeastern Kenya county of Mandera is experiencing a spike in inter-clan clashes, with several deaths recorded in the past week. Episodes of insecurity, since...
View ArticleVietnam concerned over HIV donor funding cuts
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE BANGKOK, 12 July 2013 (IRIN) - The Vietnamese government warns that multi-million dollar donor cutbacks could undermine progress in the country’s HIV/AIDS...
View ArticleFrequent border closures add to Gaza gas woes
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE GAZA CITY, 28 June 2013 (IRIN) - Frequent closures of the only crossing for commercial goods between Israel and the Gaza Strip have left the Occupied...
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View ArticleIncreased fighting takes toll on health care in Afghanistan
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE KABUL, 1 July 2013 (IRIN) - It is close to midday and a group of patients wait outside the Mirwais regional hospital in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar...
View ArticleBoost for fistula treatment in Liberia
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE MONROVIA, 10 July 2013 (IRIN) - The fight against fistula is gaining ground in Liberia, where doctors and nurses at 48 health clinics have been trained to...
View ArticleSpike in disease and food security fears in CAR
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE NAIROBI, 9 July 2013 (IRIN) - The precarious security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) is worsening seasonal food insecurity and increasing...
View ArticleBleak future for Sri Lanka’s female-headed households
SHARE COLOMBO, 26 June 2013 (IRIN) - Four years after the end of a 26-year civil war and with donor assistance dwindling, tens of thousands of female-headed households in northern Sri Lanka face a...
View ArticleObstacles to improved maternal health care in Timor-Leste
SHARE DILI, 8 July 2013 (IRIN) - Greater efforts are now needed to tackle the many challenges women face in accessing health care in Timor-Leste, which has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios...
View ArticleUganda ill-prepared for a major earthquake
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE KAMPALA, 5 July 2013 (IRIN) - Three moderate earthquakes shook Uganda's Albertine region this week, causing little damage but raising concern about the...
View ArticleFood insecurity threatens 1.2 million in Uganda’s northeast
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE KAMPALA, 10 July 2013 (IRIN) - A deteriorating food security situation in Uganda’s northeastern region of Karamoja could affect an estimated 1.2 million...
View Article“Tipping point” reached after rise in Philippines HIV/AIDS cases?
SHARE MANILA, 11 July 2013 (IRIN) - Consistent increases in HIV infections in the Philippines cannot be reversed without appropriate interventions, say health experts, following the recent release of...
View ArticleNew malaria tool to help track insecticide resistance
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE KISUMU, 25 June 2013 (IRIN) - A new interactive online mapping tool will help track insecticide resistance (IR) in malaria-causing mosquitoes, experts say....
View ArticleChaka Dagnoko - Mechanic, Mali
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE BAMAKO, 30 June 2013 (IRIN) - Chaka Dagnoko - Mechanic, Mali Name: Chakana Dagnoko Age: 25 Location:Yirimadjo, Bamako Does your spouse/partner live with...
View ArticleZimbabwe's circumcision drive fails to take off
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE HARARE, 8 July 2013 (IRIN) - Funds for the male circumcision programme in Zimbabwe are lying idle, as the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare says not...
View ArticleLack of funding for post-war housing in northern Sri Lanka
SHARE COLOMBO, 12 July 2013 (IRIN) - Thousands of permanent homes needed for returnees to northern Sri Lanka in the aftermath of a 26-year civil war which ended in 2009, are not being built because of...
View ArticleUganda unprepared for influx of DRC refugees
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE KAMPALA, 15 July 2013 (IRIN) - Some 66,000 Congolese refugees have crossed into Uganda in recent days, following fighting between Ugandan rebel group Allied...
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