ETHIOPIA: Poor rains prompt calls for more food assistance
ADDIS ABABA, 25 May 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are calling for more food assistance for areas in southern and northeastern Ethiopia where erratic rains have adversely affected the mid-February to May `Belg' crop.
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HEALTH: Zinc improves infant infectious treatment
BANGKOK, 31 May 2012 (IRIN) - In a newly released clinical study conducted in India, hundreds of seriously ill infants who received zinc - an essential micronutrient for the immune system and human growth - as well as antibiotics, responded better and more quickly to treatment than those who did not. This finding is the first proof that zinc supplements may boost infant survival from infections.
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REFFUGEES: Moving out of the shadows
JOHANNESBURG, 31 May 2012 (IRIN) - When night falls in the Dadaab refugee complex in eastern Kenya, nearly half a million refugees are plunged into darkness. The lack of light robs schoolchildren of the possibility of studying and provides perfect cover for thieves and rapists.
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Analysis: A faith-based aid revolution in the Muslim world?
DUBAI, 1 June 2012 (IRIN) - Every year, somewhere between US$200 billion and $1 trillion are spent in "mandatory" alms and voluntary charity across the Muslim world, Islamic financial analysts estimate.
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AID POLICY: Making Muslim aid more effective
DUBAI, 1 June 2012 (IRIN) - Between the foreign aid of oil-rich Gulf States and the billions of dollars spent by Muslims in "mandatory" alms and charity every year, the Muslim world is by all accounts a huge reservoir of potential in the world of aid funding.
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HEALTH: Fighting non-communicable diseases
BANGKOK, 1 June 2012 (IRIN) - The World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), aims to reduce preventable deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, heart attacks and strokes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers, by 25 percent by 2025.
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ADDIS ABABA, 25 May 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are calling for more food assistance for areas in southern and northeastern Ethiopia where erratic rains have adversely affected the mid-February to May `Belg' crop.
Read report online
HEALTH: Zinc improves infant infectious treatment
BANGKOK, 31 May 2012 (IRIN) - In a newly released clinical study conducted in India, hundreds of seriously ill infants who received zinc - an essential micronutrient for the immune system and human growth - as well as antibiotics, responded better and more quickly to treatment than those who did not. This finding is the first proof that zinc supplements may boost infant survival from infections.
Read report online
REFFUGEES: Moving out of the shadows
JOHANNESBURG, 31 May 2012 (IRIN) - When night falls in the Dadaab refugee complex in eastern Kenya, nearly half a million refugees are plunged into darkness. The lack of light robs schoolchildren of the possibility of studying and provides perfect cover for thieves and rapists.
Read report online
Analysis: A faith-based aid revolution in the Muslim world?
DUBAI, 1 June 2012 (IRIN) - Every year, somewhere between US$200 billion and $1 trillion are spent in "mandatory" alms and voluntary charity across the Muslim world, Islamic financial analysts estimate.
Read report online
AID POLICY: Making Muslim aid more effective
DUBAI, 1 June 2012 (IRIN) - Between the foreign aid of oil-rich Gulf States and the billions of dollars spent by Muslims in "mandatory" alms and charity every year, the Muslim world is by all accounts a huge reservoir of potential in the world of aid funding.
Read report online
HEALTH: Fighting non-communicable diseases
BANGKOK, 1 June 2012 (IRIN) - The World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), aims to reduce preventable deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, heart attacks and strokes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers, by 25 percent by 2025.
Read report online
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