Health & Nutrition

Understanding Rio+20

JOHANNESBURG, 3 April 2012 (IRIN Global) - A Nobel laureate, a Swedish environmentalist’s idea, the “doughnut” concept, Scandinavia’s sense of social capital, measuring the quality of life, and valuing the oceans are just some of the things trending in the run-up to the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development due to be held on 20-22 June 2012. full report

SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN: Time running out for “forgotten” refugees

 JAMAM, 3 April 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Under the sweltering sun, women at Jamam refugee camp, in South Sudan's Upper Nile State, dig through the clay of a dried up waterhole in their search for water. 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

EGYPT: Fuel shortage threatens bread supplies

 CAIRO, 2 April 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - It has been three months since a fuel shortage hit Egypt, and people’s patience is wearing thin amid fears the crisis could disrupt the production of subsidized bread. full report

CONGO: Cholera hits munitions blast displaced

 BRAZZAVILLE, 2 April 2012 (IRIN Africa) - A cholera outbreak is adding to the woes of thousands of people displaced by a huge munitions blast in the Congolese capital Brazzaville about a month ago, say officials. 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

Analysis: Syrian Red Crescent fighting perceptions of partiality

 DUBAI, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - As it tries to improve its image and convince donors of its impartiality, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) is calling for more support in order to respond to growing humanitarian needs in Syria. 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

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