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HAITI: Fear of the earthquake lives on

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:23:28 +0000

HAITI: Fear of the earthquake lives on Photo: Phuong Tran/IRIN JACMEL, 29 January 2010 (IRIN) – Crowds in Haiti stampede out of buildings at the hint of a tremor; mothers refuse to breastfeed for fear of passing on their depression; people complain of headaches and insomnia. Mental health specialists say that until routines are in place [...]

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HAITI: Rebuilding Health Sector

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:29:16 +0000

HAITI: Rebuilding health sector is “long-term challenge” PORT-AU-PRINCE, 20 January 2010 (IRIN) – As Haiti’s overstretched hospitals struggle to cope with the immediate needs of survivors of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a response that equips the health sector for any future disasters. “The country has a disaster [...]

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Haiti: Recovery

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:08:59 +0000

HAITI: After emergency funding – recovery DAKAR, 22 January 2010 (IRIN) – Donor governments, individuals and corporations have responded swiftly and generously to the Haiti earthquake, but funding experts are concerned donors will pour resources into emergency relief at the expense of recovery. Photo: Phuong Tran/IRIN So far donors have funded 35 percent of the UN’s [...]

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HAITI: Children Dying

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:33:11 +0000

Haiti Earthquake Kills Children The capital city of Port-au-Prince was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0. Some 3 million people are affected, and half of those are children. Officials estimate the death toll could be in the hundreds of thousands. In any disaster, children are the most vulnerable. They are in danger of being separated [...]

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BANGLADESH: Child Labor

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:02:42 +0000

BANGLADESH CHILD LABOR: Putting food on the table – at age 12 Photo: Contributor/IRIN Twelve-year-old Faruque is one of more than 7.4 million children working in Bangladesh today DHAKA, 6 January 2010 (IRIN) – Child labour in Bangladesh is fuelled by poverty, low school enrolment, a lack of government oversight and greedy employers, experts say. According to a recent [...]

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PAKISTAN: Maternal, Infant Mortality Goals

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:31:12 +0000

PAKISTAN: Warning over maternal, infant mortality goals KARACHI, 30 December 2009 (IRIN) – With just five years left until the 2015 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline, health care professionals have warned that the country is unlikely to reach its targets for goals four and five, child health and maternal health. Malnutrition, diarrhoea, pneumonia and tuberculosis are some [...]

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AFGHANISTAN: 2009 Worst Year for Children

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:04:27 +0000

AFGHANISTAN: 2009 worst year for children – rights watchdog KABUL, 6 January 2010 (IRIN) – Armed conflict killed hundreds of children and adversely affected many others in 2009 – the deadliest year for Afghan children since 2001 – an Afghan human rights group has said. About 1,050 children died in suicide attacks, roadside blasts, air strikes and in [...]

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INDONESIA: Waiting for Homes

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:45:19 +0000

INDONESIA: Waiting for permanent homes BANDA ACEH, 24 December 2009 (IRIN) – Ani was preparing breakfast on a Sunday morning five years ago when she heard a loud roaring noise after a massive earthquake. She fled to the hills with her husband and four children, unaware that within minutes their rented home would be swept away. Nobody else [...]

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SOMALIA: Concern Over Food Security

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:54:07 +0000

SOMALIA: Concern over deteriorating food security in Somaliland Photo: IRIN ALLAYBADAY, 8 January 2010 (IRIN) – Low agricultural production, caused by poor rainfall last year in Somalia’s self-declared republic of Somaliland, has put at least half of its three million people at risk of food insecurity, agricultural officials warn. “We are very worried that the situation could get [...]

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YEMEN: Beyond the Reach of Aid

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:15:45 +0000

YEMEN: IDPs beyond the reach of aid agencies Photo: Adel Yahya/IRIN SANAA, 12 January 2010 (IRIN) – Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the northern Yemeni governorate of Al-Jawf, some 270km east of Sanaa, have not yet been reached by humanitarian agencies, according to local officials and aid workers. The head of the NGO coordinating body [...]

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