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Italiano DAKAR – Accusations of child witchcraft are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa – spurred on by urbanization, poverty, conflict and fragmenting communities, creating a “multi-crisis” for already vulnerable children – says the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
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 IRIN  28/06/2010JOHANNESBURG – “Out of sight, out of mind” explains why Southern Africa has been grappling with one of the biggest outbreaks of measles, a highly contagious viral disease, since 2009. IRIN 26/04/2010DAKAR – Sixteen countries in West and Central Africa are short of around US$16 million to reach the $39 million needed to run measles prevention campaigns in all of them this year, say the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Continue reading Funding shortfall threatens measles campaign IRIN 03/10/2008A combination of poor rains, decreased food production and the knock-on effects of increased global prices would adversely affect vulnerable groups in Eritrea this year, aid agencies warned. “Spikes in acute malnutrition among children are being seen in parts of Eritrea,” the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. “Increased numbers of Eritrean immigrants [...] |
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