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Containing cholera in Niger

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98078/Containing-cholera-in-Niger
NIAMEY 22 May 2013 (IRIN) - Cholera has struck 248 people in Ayorou in the Tillabéry Region of northwestern Niger, killing six, two of them Malian refugees.

Maize shortage renews debate over GM in Zimbabwe

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97588/Maize-shortage-renews-debate-over-GM-in-Zim...
HARARE 04 March 2013 (IRIN) - A major shortage of maize has sent the price of maize meal, used for porridge and poultry feed, spiralling in Zimbabwe, prompting traders to lobby the government to consider importing genetically modified (GM) maize.

In Africa, corruption dirties the water

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97642/In-Africa-corruption-dirties-the-water
NAIROBI 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Collusion among government officials, unscrupulous water vendors and large farm owners results in diverted water supply lines, misappropriated funds, and failure to implement laws on protecting water sources from encroachment and pollution. These are just some of the ways corruption is denying millions of poor people in Africa access to safe and clean drinking water, experts say.

Families still in need as calm returns to Myanmar’s Meiktila

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97731/Families-still-in-need-as-calm-returns-to-M...
MEIKTILA 26 March 2013 (IRIN) - Inside a stadium now sheltering more than 2,000 displaced people in the central Myanmar town of Meiktila, residents appear dazed.

Boost for healthcare in DRC

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97761/Boost-for-healthcare-in-DRC
NAIROBI 31 March 2013 (IRIN) - The British government has announced a major new programme aimed at providing essential healthcare to six million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The five-year, US$270.7 million project will focus on rebuilding health facilities, training health workers, and supplying drugs and equipment.

From drought policy to reality

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97673/From-drought-policy-to-reality
GENEVA 18 March 2013 (IRIN) - There is quite a leap to be made between a country’s declared intent to draw up a drought policy and actually making it happen on the ground. This was the view of several participants at the recent High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy in Geneva.

Scientists call for development goals to protect Earth

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97700/Scientists-call-for-development-goals-to-pr...
JOHANNESBURG 21 March 2013 (IRIN) - Development can no longer focus exclusively on improving people’s lives. Countries must now link poverty eradication to protection of the atmosphere, oceans and land, said a group of international scientists in a comment piece published today in the journal Nature. They propose six Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that do just that.

Madagascar's Millennium Village goes it alone

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97706/Madagascar-apos-s-Millennium-Village-goes-i...
SAMBAINA 22 March 2013 (IRIN) - A Millennium Village in Madagascar is learning to stand on its own as five years of support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) come to an end this month.

Zimbabwe short on climate change funds

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97994/Zimbabwe-short-on-climate-change-funds
HARARE 07 May 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate funding and limited resources are frustrating Zimbabwe’s efforts to develop plans to deal with the impact of climate change, says a government progress report.

Water scarcity affects Somaliland households

23 mai, 2013 - 01:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97678/Water-scarcity-affects-Somaliland-household...
HARGEISA 19 March 2013 (IRIN) - Hundreds of households in the disputed Sool area of the self-declared republic of Somaliland are facing a water shortage following poor rains, say officials.
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