http://www.irinnews.org/irin-fp.aspxUpdated everydayen-gbThu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:38 GMTThu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 01 December 2011 (IRIN) - The latest chapter in our Heroes of HIV film series follows former prisoner Jean Julux Alusma as he works to increase awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS among inmates of Haiti’s jails. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94362NAIROBI 01 December 2011 (IRIN) - The latest chapter in our Heroes of HIV film series follows former prisoner Jean Julux Alusma as he works to increase awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS among inmates of Haiti’s jails. >]]>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 02 November 2011 (IRIN) - More than 18 months since the earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, women and girls living in makeshift camps remain vulnerable to sexual violence. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94118NAIROBI 02 November 2011 (IRIN) - More than 18 months since the earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, women and girls living in makeshift camps remain vulnerable to sexual violence. >]]>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 05 September 2011 (IRIN) - A new disaster risk index launched by the UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security in Bonn could help donors and aid organizations better understand why some countries are more at risk of calamity than others, and shape their responses when disaster strikes.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=93658JOHANNESBURG 05 September 2011 (IRIN) - A new disaster risk index launched by the UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security in Bonn could help donors and aid organizations better understand why some countries are more at risk of calamity than others, and shape their responses when disaster strikes.>]]>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>GENEVA 10 January 2011 (IRIN) - When Mexico City was hit by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in 1985, disaster response teams searched the same buildings over and over again. During search and rescue efforts for the 1986 El Salvador earthquake, two European rescue teams clashed over the appropriate approach. Twenty years ago, international search and rescue was "very chaotic indeed", said Joe Bishop, an emergency management consultant. "It was a free-for-all, there was no commonality at all... the tools were totally inappropriate for the job, all to the detriment of the affected people."http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91584GENEVA 10 January 2011 (IRIN) - When Mexico City was hit by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in 1985, disaster response teams searched the same buildings over and over again. During search and rescue efforts for the 1986 El Salvador earthquake, two European rescue teams clashed over the appropriate approach. Twenty years ago, international search and rescue was "very chaotic indeed", said Joe Bishop, an emergency management consultant. "It was a free-for-all, there was no commonality at all... the tools were totally inappropriate for the job, all to the detriment of the affected people.">]]>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.>]]>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>PORT-AU-PRINCE 22 November 2010 (IRIN) - As the death toll from the cholera epidemic sweeping through Haiti surpasses 1,000, with more than 19,000 confirmed cases, officials say people living with HIV are especially vulnerable.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91152PORT-AU-PRINCE 22 November 2010 (IRIN) - As the death toll from the cholera epidemic sweeping through Haiti surpasses 1,000, with more than 19,000 confirmed cases, officials say people living with HIV are especially vulnerable.>]]>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>PORT-AU-PRINCE 17 November 2010 (IRIN) - Health workers in Haiti are concerned about the spread of tuberculosis (TB) in the tent cities that have housed more than one million people since the massive earthquake in January.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91113PORT-AU-PRINCE 17 November 2010 (IRIN) - Health workers in Haiti are concerned about the spread of tuberculosis (TB) in the tent cities that have housed more than one million people since the massive earthquake in January.>]]>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>ARTIBONITE 04 November 2010 (IRIN) - A colourful cholera prevention poster in Haiti has images of smiling people getting water from a tap, a man using a sturdy latrine and people walking a sick boy to a health centre. But these vital tools for fighting the infectious bacterial disease are absent in most communities.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90979ARTIBONITE 04 November 2010 (IRIN) - A colourful cholera prevention poster in Haiti has images of smiling people getting water from a tap, a man using a sturdy latrine and people walking a sick boy to a health centre. But these vital tools for fighting the infectious bacterial disease are absent in most communities.>]]>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>LONDON 28 October 2010 (IRIN) - Listen to locals, tap into existing capacity, coordinate needs assessments, find strong leaders and provide transitional shelter - not just tents. These are some of the lessons to have emerged from the 2007 tsunami evaluation, numerous earthquake responses and the latest Haiti real-time evaluation, begging the question: when will the humanitarian community start applying these lessons learned.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90910LONDON 28 October 2010 (IRIN) - Listen to locals, tap into existing capacity, coordinate needs assessments, find strong leaders and provide transitional shelter - not just tents. These are some of the lessons to have emerged from the 2007 tsunami evaluation, numerous earthquake responses and the latest Haiti real-time evaluation, begging the question: when will the humanitarian community start applying these lessons learned.>]]>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>NEW YORK 21 October 2010 (IRIN) - In reporting that “not a cent” of the US$1.15 billion the US promised for Haiti reconstruction at the UN donors’ conference in March had reached the stricken nation, the Associated Press largely cast the blame on a single senator - Tom Coburn, a conservative Republican from Oklahoma who had objected to a minor provision in the legislation that authorized the spending.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90835NEW YORK 21 October 2010 (IRIN) - In reporting that “not a cent” of the US$1.15 billion the US promised for Haiti reconstruction at the UN donors’ conference in March had reached the stricken nation, the Associated Press largely cast the blame on a single senator - Tom Coburn, a conservative Republican from Oklahoma who had objected to a minor provision in the legislation that authorized the spending.>]]>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, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 21 September 2010 (IRIN) - The disproportionately high risk of disaster faced by a billion slum-dwellers across the world could be significantly reduced with prudent investment, states a new report.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90542NAIROBI 21 September 2010 (IRIN) - The disproportionately high risk of disaster faced by a billion slum-dwellers across the world could be significantly reduced with prudent investment, states a new report.>]]>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>PORT-AU-PRINCE 15 September 2010 (IRIN) - A man who had a leg amputated after being shot during political unrest in 2004 recently came to an emergency clinic for earthquake victims in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, hoping to get help.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90484PORT-AU-PRINCE 15 September 2010 (IRIN) - A man who had a leg amputated after being shot during political unrest in 2004 recently came to an emergency clinic for earthquake victims in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, hoping to get help.>]]>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DAKAR 28 August 2010 (IRIN) - “Are the canals and trenches around your home clean and free of rubbish?” Hundreds of thousands Haitians are receiving this message by SMS in the morning, followed in the afternoon by advice about clearing out debris, as part of a project this week by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90319DAKAR 28 August 2010 (IRIN) - “Are the canals and trenches around your home clean and free of rubbish?” Hundreds of thousands Haitians are receiving this message by SMS in the morning, followed in the afternoon by advice about clearing out debris, as part of a project this week by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).>]]>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 02 July 2010 (IRIN) - New drugs to fight malaria may well lie at the bottom of the ocean, according to researchers studying over 2,500 samples from marine organisms collected at depths of over 900 metres. They have already found 300 that contain substances that can kill the parasite. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=89701JOHANNESBURG 02 July 2010 (IRIN) - New drugs to fight malaria may well lie at the bottom of the ocean, according to researchers studying over 2,500 samples from marine organisms collected at depths of over 900 metres. They have already found 300 that contain substances that can kill the parasite. >]]>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DAKAR 04 June 2010 (IRIN) - The rain and winds signalling the start of Haiti’s storm season are already taking a toll on the makeshift shelters housing people displaced by the January earthquake, and aid agencies warn that there could be worse to come.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=89376DAKAR 04 June 2010 (IRIN) - The rain and winds signalling the start of Haiti’s storm season are already taking a toll on the makeshift shelters housing people displaced by the January earthquake, and aid agencies warn that there could be worse to come.>]]>Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 19 May 2010 (IRIN) - When the earthquake hit Port au Prince on 12 January, Bill Pape and the rest of the staff of GHESKIO, the country's largest HIV NGO, were unprepared.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=89182NAIROBI 19 May 2010 (IRIN) - When the earthquake hit Port au Prince on 12 January, Bill Pape and the rest of the staff of GHESKIO, the country's largest HIV NGO, were unprepared.>]]>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>NEW YORK 19 April 2010 (IRIN) - Former US President Bill Clinton, now a UN Special Envoy to Haiti, has pledged to foster the country's self-sufficiency after expressing regret for implementing policies during his administration that damaged its agricultural capacity and ability to feed itself. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88857NEW YORK 19 April 2010 (IRIN) - Former US President Bill Clinton, now a UN Special Envoy to Haiti, has pledged to foster the country's self-sufficiency after expressing regret for implementing policies during his administration that damaged its agricultural capacity and ability to feed itself. >]]>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DAKAR 09 April 2010 (IRIN) - As established standards of humanitarian response are being put to the test in Haiti, aid experts say safeguarding the dignity of those affected by January’s earthquake requires agencies to think beyond mere numerical benchmarks.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88752DAKAR 09 April 2010 (IRIN) - As established standards of humanitarian response are being put to the test in Haiti, aid experts say safeguarding the dignity of those affected by January’s earthquake requires agencies to think beyond mere numerical benchmarks.>]]>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>NEW YORK 08 April 2010 (IRIN) - The US government allows foreign citizens into the US in significant numbers “for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit”. In the past, the beneficiaries of this so-called “humanitarian parole” have been thousands of refugees from Indochina, Cuba and other countries during the cold war, most fleeing communist regimes.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88736NEW YORK 08 April 2010 (IRIN) - The US government allows foreign citizens into the US in significant numbers “for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit”. In the past, the beneficiaries of this so-called “humanitarian parole” have been thousands of refugees from Indochina, Cuba and other countries during the cold war, most fleeing communist regimes.>]]>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>NEW YORK 01 April 2010 (IRIN) - With US$5.3 billion pledged over the next two years to Haiti - far exceeding expectations - and a further $9 billion for longer-term needs, the means exist for what UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes will be a “sweeping exercise in nation-building on a scale and scope not seen in generations”.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88647NEW YORK 01 April 2010 (IRIN) - With US$5.3 billion pledged over the next two years to Haiti - far exceeding expectations - and a further $9 billion for longer-term needs, the means exist for what UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes will be a “sweeping exercise in nation-building on a scale and scope not seen in generations”.>]]>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>NEW YORK 01 April 2010 (IRIN) - Women's civil society groups were noticeable by their absence from the landmark Haiti donor conference on 31 March, which secured pledges of US$5.3 billion over the next two years to support the country’s post-quake recovery.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88662NEW YORK 01 April 2010 (IRIN) - Women's civil society groups were noticeable by their absence from the landmark Haiti donor conference on 31 March, which secured pledges of US$5.3 billion over the next two years to support the country’s post-quake recovery.>]]>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>PORT-AU-PRINCE 22 March 2010 (IRIN) - Mami George, a retired teacher, sits in a courtyard at the small orphanage she manages in San Marie, Port-au-Prince. The area, once home to 2,000 residents, now accommodates some 6,000 people who lost their homes in the January earthquake. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88510PORT-AU-PRINCE 22 March 2010 (IRIN) - Mami George, a retired teacher, sits in a courtyard at the small orphanage she manages in San Marie, Port-au-Prince. The area, once home to 2,000 residents, now accommodates some 6,000 people who lost their homes in the January earthquake. >]]>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>PORT-AU-PRINCE 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - Elderly people need more attention in the response to January's earthquake in Haiti and more appreciation of the role they can play in the relief effort, say aid workers.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88403PORT-AU-PRINCE 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - Elderly people need more attention in the response to January's earthquake in Haiti and more appreciation of the role they can play in the relief effort, say aid workers.>]]>