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JOHANNESBURG, 15 May 2012 (IRIN Africa) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all. full report

NEPAL: HIV widows on the edge

 RAKAM, 15 May 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Widows living with HIV in Nepal’s remote hill districts in some of the country’s poorest and vulnerable communities face a particularly bleak future. full report

KENYA-SOMALIA: Life on the margins of Dadaab

 DADAAB, 15 May 2012 (IRIN Africa) - For new arrivals to the world’s largest refugee complex, in eastern Kenya, life is particularly difficult. full report

KENYA: Maize farmers have rain but lack seeds

 MT ELGON, 15 May 2012 (IRIN Africa) - At least 1.3 million farmers in Kenya - more than double the figure for 2010 - do not have any maize seeds to plant this season, despite favourable weather conditions, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. full report

HEALTH: Airdrops to fight schistosomiasis in Ghana

 KPONG, 15 May 2012 (IRIN Africa) - At the Kpong airfield, a few kilometres from Lake Volta in northern Ghana, Patricia Mawuli, pilot and co-founder of Medicine on the Move (MoM), a local NGO, is preparing her plane for takeoff. She is one of four health workers who fly weekly to isolated communities around the lake to raise awareness of the dangers of schistosomiasis, also called bilharzia. full report

HEALTH: Treat the mother - save the baby

 LONDON, 16 May 2012 (IRIN Global) - The past decade has seen great advances in child survival, but while toddlers and small children are benefiting, the death rate for new-born babies remains stubbornly high. Now a new report suggests that paying more attention to their mothers’ health, and focusing on certain damaging but treatable diseases, could be one key to tackling neonatal mortality. full report

THAILAND: Mapping urban farming

 BANGKOK, 16 May 2012 (IRIN Asia) - A Geographical Information System (GIS) is being used to map vegetable production in the greater Bangkok region, seat of Thailand’s capital, to analyse how urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) contribute to food security in the city of more than 14 million. full report

NIGERIA: Where is the money to help poisoned children?

 ABUJA, 15 May 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Aid organizations and rights groups are putting more pressure on the Nigerian government to release a promised US$5.4 million in aid for lead-poisoned children, but government officials keep ducking the issue. full report

PAKISTAN: Water woes compounded by internal disputes

 KARACHI, 16 May 2012 (IRIN Asia) - The dead fish recently washed up on the shores of Lake Keenjhar, the largest fresh water lake in Pakistan, shocked nearby villagers in Thatta District in the southern province of Sindh. full report

PAKISTAN: Measles outbreak linked to conflict

 PESHAWAR, 16 May 2012 (IRIN Asia) - The recent outbreak of measles which claimed the lives of at least 12 children and one adult in Pakistan's North Waziristan's tribal agency is directly linked to conflict between militants and the army, according to local experts. full report
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