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Giant anti-polio drive threatened by insecurity

DAKAR, 23 March 2012 (IRIN) - Health volunteers, aid agency and health authority staff are trying to immunize 111.1 million children under five across 20 countries in West and Central Africa against polio. The four-day campaign started today, but instability in some of the target countries could hamper the effort. full report

CHAD: Fighting malnutrition with “dysfunctional” health sector

 MAO, 19 March 2012 (IRIN) - Hovering at around 20 percent in some places, Kanem Region in western Chad is well-known for having some of the world’s highest continual severe acute malnutrition rates. “Emergency” aid agency malnutrition responses have continued year on year since the 1980s. full report

CHAD: Alarm rung late, food running out

 MAO, 13 March 2012 (IRIN) - Late Chadian government recognition of a food crisis, a slow build-up from aid agencies, and severe pipeline constraints due to closed Libyan and Nigerian borders mean food aid has not yet arrived in Chad, despite many thousands of people having already run out of food. full report

NIGERIA-CHAD: Migrants fleeing Boko Haram violence await aid

 BOL (CHAD), 6 March 2012 (IRIN) - Some 1,000 Chadian migrants - most of them children separated from their families - are waiting for aid in the village of N’Gbouboua in the Lac region of western Chad having fled Boko Haram-related violence in Nigeria, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). full report

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD: Military offensive creating humanitarian problems

 BANGUI, 28 February 2012 (IRIN) - A joint military offensive between the armed forces of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad to oust Chad’s Front Populaire pour le Redressement (FPR) rebel movement from its stronghold in parts of north-central CAR is hampering operations to help the displaced, say humanitarian officials. full report

SAHEL: Donors learning funding lessons - slowly

 DAKAR, 6 February 2012 (IRIN) - This year donors are stepping up more quickly to meet Sahel’s humanitarian needs compared to 2010, when they were slow to respond. However, they are still at fault for taking a quick-fix approach rather than addressing long-term disaster prevention and resilience needs, say aid groups. full report

CHAD: Why polio is so hard to eliminate

 DAKAR, 31 January 2012 (IRIN) - Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad, with 132 cases reported in 2011 - five times the number in 2010. More commitment is needed across the board, especially from local health authorities, to try to get immunizations right, say aid agencies. full report

AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012

 WASHINGTON, 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - The African Union (AU) has unveiled an ambitious wish-list of priorities for Africa that would give the continent a stronger global voice, boost democracy and encourage peace and security. full report

SAHEL: Act now to avoid another crisis, say aid agencies

 DAKAR, 14 December 2011 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are warning donors to act now to avert another drought-related food crisis in the Sahel that could mean over 11 million people sink into further food insecurity, poverty or malnutrition. full report

WEST AFRICA: Building resilience in the Sahel

 LONDON, 27 October 2011 (IRIN) - In 2005, drought and famine hit the Sahel, claiming many lives. The pattern was repeated in 2010, with the crisis most acute in Niger. And now the early warning signs are there for problems again next year, in 2012. full report

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