http://www.irinnews.org/irin-fp.aspxUpdated everydayen-gbFri, 13 Jul 2012 14:00:52 GMTFri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>LONDON 13 July 2012 (IRIN) - By focusing on health and mother and child survival, and sidestepping some of the more contentious issues, the 11 July London Summit on Family Planning led to financial pledges of an extra US$4.6 billion for family planning services in developing countries over the next eight years.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95860LONDON 13 July 2012 (IRIN) - By focusing on health and mother and child survival, and sidestepping some of the more contentious issues, the 11 July London Summit on Family Planning led to financial pledges of an extra US$4.6 billion for family planning services in developing countries over the next eight years.]]>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 14 February 2012 (IRIN) - With 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia has one of the largest concentrations globally of aging persons, creating a host of potential challenges, experts warn.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94856BANGKOK 14 February 2012 (IRIN) - With 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia has one of the largest concentrations globally of aging persons, creating a host of potential challenges, experts warn.]]>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 17 January 2012 (IRIN) - The "totally drug-resistant" tuberculosis (TDR-TB) reportedly emerging in India is actually an advanced stage of drug-resistant TB, which researchers called totally drug-resistant for lack of a better term.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94656BANGKOK 17 January 2012 (IRIN) - The "totally drug-resistant" tuberculosis (TDR-TB) reportedly emerging in India is actually an advanced stage of drug-resistant TB, which researchers called totally drug-resistant for lack of a better term.]]>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 18 November 2011 (IRIN) - From rooftops to railroad tracks, Asia's largest cities will need to maximize every bit of space to feed one of the world's fastest-growing populations, said experts at a UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) workshop in Bangkok on resilient food systems in Asia.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94233BANGKOK 18 November 2011 (IRIN) - From rooftops to railroad tracks, Asia's largest cities will need to maximize every bit of space to feed one of the world's fastest-growing populations, said experts at a UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) workshop in Bangkok on resilient food systems in Asia.]]>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>SHANGHAI 12 October 2011 (IRIN) - A top UN official says Asia can, and should, play a more prominent role in the humanitarian response to major natural and man-made disasters.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=93939SHANGHAI 12 October 2011 (IRIN) - A top UN official says Asia can, and should, play a more prominent role in the humanitarian response to major natural and man-made disasters.]]>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>ISTANBUL 22 July 2011 (IRIN) - A 19 July earthquake measuring eight on the Richter scale in southern Kyrgyzstan has left hundreds of people without shelter.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=93308ISTANBUL 22 July 2011 (IRIN) - A 19 July earthquake measuring eight on the Richter scale in southern Kyrgyzstan has left hundreds of people without shelter.]]>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>OSH 01 December 2010 (IRIN) - With night-time temperatures currently hovering around zero and forecast to drop to minus 15 degrees Celsius in a few days time, communities badly affected by the June violence in southern Kyrgyzstan are worried about how they will manage over the winter.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91255OSH 01 December 2010 (IRIN) - With night-time temperatures currently hovering around zero and forecast to drop to minus 15 degrees Celsius in a few days time, communities badly affected by the June violence in southern Kyrgyzstan are worried about how they will manage over the winter.]]>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>JALALABAD 29 November 2010 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people who lost their homes during ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan in June are moving into new earthquake-resistant "transitional" dwellings: about 2,000 will be completed by the end of November, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91220JALALABAD 29 November 2010 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people who lost their homes during ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan in June are moving into new earthquake-resistant "transitional" dwellings: about 2,000 will be completed by the end of November, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).]]>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 24 November 2010 (IRIN) - Gay rights groups have hailed the results of the first study to show that an antiretroviral (ARV) drug can prevent HIV as an important step in the fight against HIV, but say that in countries that criminalize homosexuality, the breakthrough is unlikely to have a significant impact.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91180NAIROBI 24 November 2010 (IRIN) - Gay rights groups have hailed the results of the first study to show that an antiretroviral (ARV) drug can prevent HIV as an important step in the fight against HIV, but say that in countries that criminalize homosexuality, the breakthrough is unlikely to have a significant impact.]]>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 19 November 2010 (IRIN) - Entrepreneur turned toilet crusader Jack Sim from Singapore wants to turn the toilet into the new gold standard of status in Asia, which would signify “making it” - as mobile phones have for years and as 24-karat gold did before that.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91130BANGKOK 19 November 2010 (IRIN) - Entrepreneur turned toilet crusader Jack Sim from Singapore wants to turn the toilet into the new gold standard of status in Asia, which would signify “making it” - as mobile phones have for years and as 24-karat gold did before that.]]>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 17 November 2010 (IRIN) - Despite an age-old widespread fear and distrust of snakes, their bites have only recently been added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of “neglected tropical diseases”. Snakes bite an estimated five million people each year worldwide, seriously injuring or disabling up to three million and killing an estimated 125,000, according to WHO and the Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU).http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91107BANGKOK 17 November 2010 (IRIN) - Despite an age-old widespread fear and distrust of snakes, their bites have only recently been added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of “neglected tropical diseases”. Snakes bite an estimated five million people each year worldwide, seriously injuring or disabling up to three million and killing an estimated 125,000, according to WHO and the Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU).]]>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>TALAS 17 November 2010 (IRIN) - By the time Fatima Emilova was six months old she had been hospitalized twice for 10 days at a time with debilitating bouts of diarrhoea. The disease, a worldwide killer, is often caused by a lack of zinc, one of several micronutrients dangerously deficient among infants in the impoverished Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91119TALAS 17 November 2010 (IRIN) - By the time Fatima Emilova was six months old she had been hospitalized twice for 10 days at a time with debilitating bouts of diarrhoea. The disease, a worldwide killer, is often caused by a lack of zinc, one of several micronutrients dangerously deficient among infants in the impoverished Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan.]]>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>BISHKEK 19 October 2010 (IRIN) - A group of lawyers are demanding that the Kyrgyz authorities guarantee security and due process in court cases linked to inter-ethnic clashes earlier this year, to prevent the chaos and violence that has disrupted some of the hearings so far.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90814BISHKEK 19 October 2010 (IRIN) - A group of lawyers are demanding that the Kyrgyz authorities guarantee security and due process in court cases linked to inter-ethnic clashes earlier this year, to prevent the chaos and violence that has disrupted some of the hearings so far.]]>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 18 October 2010 (IRIN) - As one of the strongest typhoons in five years rips through the Philippines, some might be wondering why it is called Megi - the Korean word for catfish.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90804BANGKOK 18 October 2010 (IRIN) - As one of the strongest typhoons in five years rips through the Philippines, some might be wondering why it is called Megi - the Korean word for catfish.]]>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 14 October 2010 (IRIN) - With its coffers running at least US$1 billion short, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is looking to the private sector to fill the funding gap. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90765JOHANNESBURG 14 October 2010 (IRIN) - With its coffers running at least US$1 billion short, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is looking to the private sector to fill the funding gap. ]]>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 14 October 2010 (IRIN) - A new roadmap for curbing the global epidemic of tuberculosis aims to save five million lives between 2011 and 2015 and eliminate TB as a public health problem by 2050 but comes with a price tag of US$47 billion, nearly half of which must still be found.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90767JOHANNESBURG 14 October 2010 (IRIN) - A new roadmap for curbing the global epidemic of tuberculosis aims to save five million lives between 2011 and 2015 and eliminate TB as a public health problem by 2050 but comes with a price tag of US$47 billion, nearly half of which must still be found.]]>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 12 October 2010 (IRIN) - Improving the resiliency of cities is critical to disaster mitigation in Asia, according to specialists. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90748BANGKOK 12 October 2010 (IRIN) - Improving the resiliency of cities is critical to disaster mitigation in Asia, according to specialists. ]]>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 11 October 2010 (IRIN) - Wildfires may not get the attention of earthquakes and cyclones but their destructive potential is considerable and warrants further attention, experts warn. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90729BANGKOK 11 October 2010 (IRIN) - Wildfires may not get the attention of earthquakes and cyclones but their destructive potential is considerable and warrants further attention, experts warn. ]]>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>OSH 30 September 2010 (IRIN) - In downtown Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan, heaps of rubble lie in the streets, just outside the charred walls of destroyed homes. The debris makes the streets so narrow in some places that trucks cannot deliver the construction materials provided by international aid organizations for a now urgent rebuilding effort. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90628OSH 30 September 2010 (IRIN) - In downtown Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan, heaps of rubble lie in the streets, just outside the charred walls of destroyed homes. The debris makes the streets so narrow in some places that trucks cannot deliver the construction materials provided by international aid organizations for a now urgent rebuilding effort. ]]>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 30 September 2010 (IRIN) - A bed sheet to stop bleeding, broken furniture as splints for fractures, Buddhist temples turned into evacuation centres and bottled water to decontaminate wounds: People are often forced to innovate when disaster hits.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90630BANGKOK 30 September 2010 (IRIN) - A bed sheet to stop bleeding, broken furniture as splints for fractures, Buddhist temples turned into evacuation centres and bottled water to decontaminate wounds: People are often forced to innovate when disaster hits.]]>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>NEW YORK 09 August 2010 (IRIN) - Nearly two weeks after international donors pledged more than a billion dollars in aid to Kyrgyzstan, its caretaker government is busy working out how to turn the promises into hard cash, and experts say there is confusion about who will get how much aid, when.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90109NEW YORK 09 August 2010 (IRIN) - Nearly two weeks after international donors pledged more than a billion dollars in aid to Kyrgyzstan, its caretaker government is busy working out how to turn the promises into hard cash, and experts say there is confusion about who will get how much aid, when.]]>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 26 July 2010 (IRIN) - The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in Kyrgyzstan, comprising 24 UN agencies and international NGOs, is concerned that it will not be able to meet all assessed needs in the troubled southern areas of the country because its revised flash appeal is only 30 percent funded. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=89973DUBAI 26 July 2010 (IRIN) - The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in Kyrgyzstan, comprising 24 UN agencies and international NGOs, is concerned that it will not be able to meet all assessed needs in the troubled southern areas of the country because its revised flash appeal is only 30 percent funded. ]]>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 22 July 2010 (IRIN) - A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has expressed concern that a new polio immunization drive in Kyrgyzstan may not be reaching some internally displaced persons (IDPs).http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=89926DUBAI 22 July 2010 (IRIN) - A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has expressed concern that a new polio immunization drive in Kyrgyzstan may not be reaching some internally displaced persons (IDPs).]]>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 21 July 2010 (IRIN) - As a 40-day mourning period comes to an end on 20-21 July, security forces have begun taking measures to prevent further unrest, following clashes between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in southern Kyrgyzstan in June. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=89906DUBAI 21 July 2010 (IRIN) - As a 40-day mourning period comes to an end on 20-21 July, security forces have begun taking measures to prevent further unrest, following clashes between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in southern Kyrgyzstan in June. ]]>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 07 July 2010 (IRIN) - A two-day “Investment Forum for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific” opened in Manila on 7 July, and will look at escalating food prices, concerns about food production and overseas leases or purchases of farmland in developing countries.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=89758BANGKOK 07 July 2010 (IRIN) - A two-day “Investment Forum for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific” opened in Manila on 7 July, and will look at escalating food prices, concerns about food production and overseas leases or purchases of farmland in developing countries.]]>