Poverty

A unified approach to climate change and hunger

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97913/A-unified-approach-to-climate-change-and-hu...
JOHANNESBURG 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Yet as the climate changes, it is poor countries - already struggling with hunger and food insecurity - that are increasingly likely to face these natural hazards.

Getting food aid right

10 May, 2013 - 03:00
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97576/Getting-food-aid-right
JOHANNESBURG 01 March 2013 (IRIN) - Despite early warning information about the Horn of Africa’s impending drought crisis in 2011, humanitarian responses were slow to mobilize, leading to tens of thousands of deaths in the region and famine in parts of Somalia.

SAHEL: Malnourished to remain above one million in 2013

4 March, 2013 - 14:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97093/SAHEL-Malnourished-to-remain-above-one-mill...
DAKAR 20 December 2012 (IRIN) - Despite good rains across much of the Sahel this year, 1.4 million children are expected to be malnourished - up from one million in 2012, according to the 2013 Sahel regional strategy.

Analysis: Sahel crisis - lessons to be learnt

31 December, 2012 - 13:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96638/Analysis-Sahel-crisis-lessons-to-be-learnt
DAKAR 25 October 2012 (IRIN) - The Sahel food crisis this year put an estimated 18.7 million people at risk of hunger and 1.1 million children at risk of severe malnutrition, prompting the largest humanitarian response the region has ever seen and averting a large-scale disaster. But emergency responses are rarely smooth and there is always room for improvement.

Impact of Infectious Diseases on Cognitive Development in Childhood and Beyond: Potential Mitigational Role of Hygiene

20 December, 2012 - 18:51
Source: 
Sanitation updates
URL: 
http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/7999/

The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2012, 6, 65-70

Impact of Infectious Diseases on Cognitive Development in Childhood and Beyond: Potential Mitigational Role of Hygiene

M. Khalid Ijaz and Joseph R. Rubino

FOOD: How good is the new hunger data?

18 December, 2012 - 09:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96511/FOOD-How-good-is-the-new-hunger-data
ADDIS ABABA 11 October 2012 (IRIN) - After years of criticism, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced it is exploring new ways to measure “hunger”, “undernourishment” and “food insecurity” - terms used interchangeably - which will dramatically alter the number of people believed to be going hungry.

WASHplus Weekly – Focus on Waste Pickers

24 October, 2012 - 15:33
Source: 
Sanitation updates
URL: 
http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/washplus-weekly-focus-on-waste...

Issue 75 October 19, 2012 | Focus on Waste Pickers

GHANA: The growing wealth gap

16 August, 2012 - 21:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95677/GHANA-The-growing-wealth-gap
ACCRA 18 June 2012 (IRIN) - Booming construction, a burgeoning middle-class, gleaming shopping malls. Ghana’s oil-driven economic expansion is transforming the country, but uneven development also means many are being outpaced and slipping further into poverty.

Seeds and Sustainability: Maize Pathways in Kenya

19 July, 2012 - 09:48
Source: 
The Water Channel
URL: 
http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&...

This short film from the STEPS Centre brings together an engaging cast of characters including a farmer, a scientist, a regulator and a seed policy analyst.

Each has a different view about how best to secure seeds for farmers growing maize -- Kenya\'s key staple crop - in drought-prone regions of the country.

The film shows the importance of informal seed systems, as well as formal ones, for food security in these areas. It shows how policy changes underway could have serious impacts on farmers struggling for sustainability in a changing climate.

GHANA: The growing wealth gap

29 June, 2012 - 11:45
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95677
ACCRA 18 June 2012 (IRIN) - Booming construction, a burgeoning middle-class, gleaming shopping malls. Ghana’s oil-driven economic expansion is transforming the country, but uneven development also means many are being outpaced and slipping further into poverty.
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