NOUAKCHOTT, 29 January 2010 (IRIN) – A recent fatwa banning female genital mutilation/cutting in Mauritania will help reduce the practice only if religious leaders take the message to the people, scholars and anti-FGM/C activists say.
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 IRIN  28/01/2010DAKAR, 28 January 2010 (IRIN) – Governments, aid agencies and donors must join forces now to ensure that severe food insecurity in the Sahel does not lead to famine, says the European Commission humanitarian aid department (ECHO). IRIN 28/01/2010DAKAR, 27 January 2010 (IRIN) – Health experts hope the release of data showing the success of rotavirus vaccine will help compel policymakers to ensure all children will be immunized. IRIN 27/01/2010DAKAR, 27 January 2010 (IRIN) – The agro-pastoral areas of Diffa and Zinder in southern Niger are likely to see a rise in food shortages and malnutrition in the coming months, according to an assessment by the US-funded Famine Early Warning System. http://www.fews.net/niger/ IRIN 26/01/2010CAIRO, 26 January 2010 (IRIN) – The Egyptian government’s decision to cull all of the country’s 300,000 pigs in May 2009 is increasingly being viewed by experts and officials as a gross mistake as piles of organic waste the pigs once ate accumulate in Cairo’s streets, posing serious health hazards. IRIN 22/01/2010MOGADISHU, 21 January 2010 (IRIN) – As conflict continues in Somalia, the main hospital in Mogadishu, the capital, lacks orthopedic specialists to handle the increasing number of patients with broken limbs, a doctor has said.
IRIN 22/01/2010DAKAR, 19 January 2010 (IRIN) – The UN on 18 January allotted US$100 million to 14 neglected emergencies, where significant humanitarian needs remain but funding is scarce. IRIN 20/01/2010NAIROBI, 20 January 2010 (IRIN) – At least 30 districts in central and eastern Kenya have reported cases of armyworm and bollworm infestation, raising concerns over damage to crops in affected areas after a prolonged drought.
IRIN 15/01/2010Unconventional health workers and new technologies will be a vital part of the ongoing effort to “virtually eliminate” mother-to-child transmission of HIV, says Michél Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS.
IRIN 15/01/2010Stefania*, 17, who has been wheelchair-bound since being involved in a traffic accident as a child, likes to go to Celso’s, a popular bar in Matundo, a suburb of Tete city in northwestern Mozambique. |
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