Children

HIV-positive children, orphans neglected

RAKAM, 3 April 2012 (PlusNews Global) - In the village of Rakam in Dailekh District, about 700km northwest of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, 12-year-old Ravi* is living with HIV and has no idea if he will finish his education. full report

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Tetanus vaccination campaign underway

 PORT MORESBY, 2 April 2012 (IRIN Asia) - The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Health Ministry and international aid agencies have launched a mass vaccination of 1.8 million women and girls aged 15-45 against maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). full report

UGANDA: HIV services in western refugee camps overwhelmed

 ISINGIRO, 29 March 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Health workers manning five health centres in two refugee camps in the southwestern Ugandan district of Isingiro say they are overwhelmed by the high number of refugees and local residents in need of HIV services. full report

MAURITANIA: “Nothing left but dust and sand”

 KAEDI, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Hunger has come again to the Sahel. “Since yesterday I have only drunk water,” said Houley Dia, 60, a widow who lives in Houdallah, a village of the Fula ethnic group in southern Mauritania on the border with Senegal. “I have lived through hard times before - no rain, animal diseases, locust swarms - but this year is worse than ever,” she told IRIN. full report

PAKISTAN: Anti-polio drive moves to tribal agencies

 PESHAWAR, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - Pakistan, which has reported 14 cases of polio this year, is focusing its anti-polio drive on tribal agencies along the Afghanistan border where militant violence has affected eradication efforts, say officials. full report

SAHEL: Malian refugees risk being “forgotten”

 DAKAR, 28 March 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Mali is facing its “worst humanitarian crisis for 20 years” due to a combination of food insecurity affecting around three million people, and conflict-induced displacement in the north. full report

SYRIA: Unrest affecting entire communities

 REMTHA/MAFRAQ, 27 March 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - As Ramisyah Ali El-Zaabi fled across the Syrian border - scaling a dirt wall, crawling under a fence and dropping to the ground amid gunfire - her eight-month-old daughter slept. full report

ISRAEL: Deportation looms for South Sudan migrants

 TEL AVIV, 27 March 2012 (IRIN Global) - Asylum-seekers from South Sudan living in Israel have until 31 March to return “home” or face deportation, but some have asked to stay, saying conditions are not yet conducive for their safe return. full report

PHILIPPINES: Broader access to paediatric cancer drugs

 BANGKOK, 27 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - An NGO-government partnership in the Philippines has improved access to treatment for paediatric cancer, a leading cause of death in children aged 1-14, according to the Department of Health (DOH). full report

TIMOR-LESTE: When do mother tongues divide?

 DILI, 26 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - A proposal to sanction the use of indigenous languages in primary schools in polyglot Timor-Leste has divided members of government, civil society and educators, raising questions about how language can spur harmony - or discord - in the young nation. full report

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