http://www.irinnews.org/Updated everydayen-gbTue, 30 Apr 2013 07:31:04 GMTMon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>AQABA 29 April 2013 (IRIN) - Prevention may be better than a cure, but for the authorities in Arab cities and towns, natural disasters up to now have been largely about coping with them after they have taken place.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97941/Arab-cities-aim-to-build-resilience-to-natural-disastersAQABA 29 April 2013 (IRIN) - Prevention may be better than a cure, but for the authorities in Arab cities and towns, natural disasters up to now have been largely about coping with them after they have taken place.]]>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>AQABA 20 March 2013 (IRIN) - Nearly 300 government officials, scientists, aid workers and activists from across the Arab world are working together in Jordan to draw up the first joint regional platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR).http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97685/Disaster-Risk-Reduction-in-the-Arab-worldAQABA 20 March 2013 (IRIN) - Nearly 300 government officials, scientists, aid workers and activists from across the Arab world are working together in Jordan to draw up the first joint regional platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR).]]>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 08 March 2013 (IRIN) - Aid workers and policy makers looking for easy access to malnutrition data in Yemen or how rainfall tends to vary in Syria can now turn to a handy web-based tool. Launched in February, the Arab Spatial aims to fill the information gap on food security in the region, ultimately leading to better development policies.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97613/Middle-East-food-security-tracking-tool-launchedDUBAI 08 March 2013 (IRIN) - Aid workers and policy makers looking for easy access to malnutrition data in Yemen or how rainfall tends to vary in Syria can now turn to a handy web-based tool. Launched in February, the Arab Spatial aims to fill the information gap on food security in the region, ultimately leading to better development policies.]]>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>KUWAIT CITY 01 February 2013 (IRIN) - The international community pledged more than US$1.5 billion in humanitarian aid to Syria on 30 January, in the most successful fundraising conference in UN history - meant to meet the needs of two UN appeals:http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97395/Breakdown-of-Syria-aid-pledges-in-KuwaitKUWAIT CITY 01 February 2013 (IRIN) - The international community pledged more than US$1.5 billion in humanitarian aid to Syria on 30 January, in the most successful fundraising conference in UN history - meant to meet the needs of two UN appeals:]]>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DOHA 05 December 2012 (IRIN) - In the last three decades, 50 million people in the Arab world have been affected by natural disasters, many of them extreme climate events, according to a new report by the World Bank. The report projects the horrific scenario of temperatures regularly rising to over 50 degrees Celsius by the turn of the century, which experts fear could lead to countless more disasters.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96974/CLIMATE-CHANGE-In-the-Arab-world-building-fridges-to-live-in-an-ovenDOHA 05 December 2012 (IRIN) - In the last three decades, 50 million people in the Arab world have been affected by natural disasters, many of them extreme climate events, according to a new report by the World Bank. The report projects the horrific scenario of temperatures regularly rising to over 50 degrees Celsius by the turn of the century, which experts fear could lead to countless more disasters.]]>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>KUWAIT CITY 20 September 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies and donors in the Gulf region are increasingly recognizing the need for better communication and coordination of their international aid, despite long-standing mistrust of the mainstream humanitarian system. IRIN takes a look at some of the steps in that direction.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96352/Analysis-Towards-more-coordination-of-aid-in-the-GulfKUWAIT CITY 20 September 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies and donors in the Gulf region are increasingly recognizing the need for better communication and coordination of their international aid, despite long-standing mistrust of the mainstream humanitarian system. IRIN takes a look at some of the steps in that direction.]]>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 04 July 2012 (IRIN) - The rights-based framework may only have been formally adopted by the international humanitarian and development community in the past decade; but the concept that people in need have a right to assistance has existed in the Muslim world since the birth of Islam.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95742/AID-POLICY-Accountability-in-IslamDUBAI 04 July 2012 (IRIN) - The rights-based framework may only have been formally adopted by the international humanitarian and development community in the past decade; but the concept that people in need have a right to assistance has existed in the Muslim world since the birth of Islam.]]>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 01 June 2012 (IRIN) - Every year, somewhere between US$200 billion and $1 trillion are spent in “mandatory” alms and voluntary charity across the Muslim world, Islamic financial analysts estimate.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95564/Analysis-A-faith-based-aid-revolution-in-the-Muslim-worldDUBAI 01 June 2012 (IRIN) - Every year, somewhere between US$200 billion and $1 trillion are spent in “mandatory” alms and voluntary charity across the Muslim world, Islamic financial analysts estimate.]]>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 01 June 2012 (IRIN) - Between the foreign aid of oil-rich Gulf States and the billions of dollars spent by Muslims in “mandatory” alms and charity every year, the Muslim world is by all accounts a huge reservoir of potential in the world of aid funding.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95567/AID-POLICY-Making-Muslim-aid-more-effectiveDUBAI 01 June 2012 (IRIN) - Between the foreign aid of oil-rich Gulf States and the billions of dollars spent by Muslims in “mandatory” alms and charity every year, the Muslim world is by all accounts a huge reservoir of potential in the world of aid funding.]]>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 02 April 2012 (IRIN) - The Muslim world is increasingly in the “eye of the cyclone”, with disasters and crises affecting tens of millions of people in Muslim countries last year, a senior official with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) told a humanitarian conference in Dubai.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95226/DISASTERS-Over-50-million-affected-in-Muslim-world-in-2011DUBAI 02 April 2012 (IRIN) - The Muslim world is increasingly in the “eye of the cyclone”, with disasters and crises affecting tens of millions of people in Muslim countries last year, a senior official with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) told a humanitarian conference in Dubai.]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - If the Arab Spring is to have any lasting impact, education must top the priority list of post-revolutionary reforms in the Arab world, experts said yesterday at the launch of the 2010-2011 Arab Knowledge Report in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95075/MIDDLE-EAST-Call-for-educational-reform-to-create-quot-knowledge-society-quotDUBAI 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - If the Arab Spring is to have any lasting impact, education must top the priority list of post-revolutionary reforms in the Arab world, experts said yesterday at the launch of the 2010-2011 Arab Knowledge Report in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).]]>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 04 January 2012 (IRIN) - When hundreds of thousands of people across the Arab world poured into the streets in 2011 to demand freedom from dictatorship, they set in motion a series of events which not only created humanitarian needs in countries that were otherwise relatively stable, but also exacerbated existing humanitarian and developmental challenges.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94581/MIDDLE-EAST-The-year-that-wasDUBAI 04 January 2012 (IRIN) - When hundreds of thousands of people across the Arab world poured into the streets in 2011 to demand freedom from dictatorship, they set in motion a series of events which not only created humanitarian needs in countries that were otherwise relatively stable, but also exacerbated existing humanitarian and developmental challenges.]]>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>KUWAIT CITY/DUBAI 19 October 2011 (IRIN) - Among the aid agencies that poured into Somalia after famine was declared in July were organizations such as the Arab Federation of Doctors, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment of the United Arab Emirates, and the Deniz Feneri Association of Turkey.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94010/Analysis-Arab-and-Muslim-aid-and-the-West-two-china-elephantsKUWAIT CITY/DUBAI 19 October 2011 (IRIN) - Among the aid agencies that poured into Somalia after famine was declared in July were organizations such as the Arab Federation of Doctors, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment of the United Arab Emirates, and the Deniz Feneri Association of Turkey.]]>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>ABU DHABI 27 June 2011 (IRIN) - The launch of an Arabic version of the 2011 Sphere Handbook, which sets out best practice in the delivery of humanitarian aid, comes at a time of major political, economic and social change across the Middle East and should help streamline humanitarian responses, say aid officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93083/MIDDLE-EAST-Humanitarian-aid-best-practice-guidelines-updatedABU DHABI 27 June 2011 (IRIN) - The launch of an Arabic version of the 2011 Sphere Handbook, which sets out best practice in the delivery of humanitarian aid, comes at a time of major political, economic and social change across the Middle East and should help streamline humanitarian responses, say aid officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).]]>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DAMASCUS 30 November 2010 (IRIN) - The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) is encouraging the drafting of labour legislation to provide foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in the Middle East with legal protection.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91236/MIDDLE-EAST-Focus-on-domestic-workers-rightsDAMASCUS 30 November 2010 (IRIN) - The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) is encouraging the drafting of labour legislation to provide foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in the Middle East with legal protection.]]>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DAMASCUS 15 November 2010 (IRIN) - A new regional Early Childhood Centre offering facilities for pre-school children as well as training for child workers in Damascus, Syria, is hoping to boost the quality of pre-primary education in the Middle East.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91092/MIDDLE-EAST-Investing-in-early-educationDAMASCUS 15 November 2010 (IRIN) - A new regional Early Childhood Centre offering facilities for pre-school children as well as training for child workers in Damascus, Syria, is hoping to boost the quality of pre-primary education in the Middle East.]]>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 26 August 2010 (IRIN) - Here is an update to IRIN’s Arab aid to Pakistan in numbers report of 20 August: http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90297/MIDDLE-EAST-Gulf-aid-to-Pakistan-updateDUBAI 26 August 2010 (IRIN) - Here is an update to IRIN’s Arab aid to Pakistan in numbers report of 20 August: ]]>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 20 August 2010 (IRIN) - Donations to Pakistan continue to trickle in amid international calls for more contributions. The Organization of the Islamic Conference on 18 August urged the “international community in general and the Islamic world in particular, at the level of individuals and states, to provide urgent material and financial aid to Pakistan”. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90233/MIDDLE-EAST-Arab-aid-to-Pakistan-in-numbersDUBAI 20 August 2010 (IRIN) - Donations to Pakistan continue to trickle in amid international calls for more contributions. The Organization of the Islamic Conference on 18 August urged the “international community in general and the Islamic world in particular, at the level of individuals and states, to provide urgent material and financial aid to Pakistan”. ]]>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/89701/In-Brief-Fish-nets-join-mosquito-nets-against-malariaJOHANNESBURG 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. ]]>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 30 June 2010 (IRIN) - Statistics on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East are hard to come by but a new study launched on 28 June in the United Arab Emirates has attempted to gather all existing data into one place and add some analysis and action points for policymakers.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89677/HIV-AIDS-New-HIV-report-turns-up-some-surprisesDUBAI 30 June 2010 (IRIN) - Statistics on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East are hard to come by but a new study launched on 28 June in the United Arab Emirates has attempted to gather all existing data into one place and add some analysis and action points for policymakers.]]>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMMAN 04 February 2010 (IRIN) - Governments in the Middle East must put aside political differences, rethink water management and revise strategy and policy in using water otherwise the region will face a dire future, scientists have warned at an international conference in Jordan.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/87991/MIDDLE-EAST-Experts-urge-governments-to-revise-water-policiesAMMAN 04 February 2010 (IRIN) - Governments in the Middle East must put aside political differences, rethink water management and revise strategy and policy in using water otherwise the region will face a dire future, scientists have warned at an international conference in Jordan.]]>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 17 January 2010 (IRIN) - Governments and NGOs in the Middle East have begun mobilising humanitarian aid for the survivors of a devastating earthquake in Haiti that may have killed more than 100,000 people, according to media reports.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/87760/HAITI-Arab-aid-making-its-wayDUBAI 17 January 2010 (IRIN) - Governments and NGOs in the Middle East have begun mobilising humanitarian aid for the survivors of a devastating earthquake in Haiti that may have killed more than 100,000 people, according to media reports.]]>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 18 November 2009 (IRIN) - More people have died from H1N1 influenza in Iran than in any of the 22 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, according to WHO’s 14 November update.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/87092/MIDDLE-EAST-ASIA-Crunching-the-swine-flu-numbersDUBAI 18 November 2009 (IRIN) - More people have died from H1N1 influenza in Iran than in any of the 22 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, according to WHO’s 14 November update.]]>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT]]>DAKAR 08 September 2009 (IRIN) - Despite an international resolution to avoid environmental health hazards, the medical community - already overburdened with health challenges - has remained largely outside the climate change dialogue, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) climate change specialist. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/86062/HEALTH-Climate-change-burden-or-opportunityDAKAR 08 September 2009 (IRIN) - Despite an international resolution to avoid environmental health hazards, the medical community - already overburdened with health challenges - has remained largely outside the climate change dialogue, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) climate change specialist. ]]>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 26 August 2009 (IRIN) - Far fewer Muslims than normal are undertaking the lesser pilgrimage known as ‘Umrah’ because of coordinated efforts by health ministers in the Gulf and beyond to counter the spread of H1N1 2009.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/85855/MIDDLE-EAST-Swine-flu-keeps-Muslim-pilgrims-at-homeDUBAI 26 August 2009 (IRIN) - Far fewer Muslims than normal are undertaking the lesser pilgrimage known as ‘Umrah’ because of coordinated efforts by health ministers in the Gulf and beyond to counter the spread of H1N1 2009.]]>