| YEMEN: Malnourished children arriving at al-Mazraq IDP camp |
 HARADH, 16 November 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Aid workers at al-Mazraq camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haradh District, Hajjah Governorate, northernYemen, say more and more children are arriving at the camp in a state of moderate or severe malnourishment.
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IRAQ: Minority communities in Nineveh appeal for protection |  BAGHDAD, 15 November 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Iraq’s minority communities in the northern province of Nineveh have appealed to local and national authorities for protection amid warnings of an increase in attacks against them in the run-up to January’s national elections.
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IRAQ: Food insecurity on the rise, says official |  BAGHDAD, 8 November 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - More and more people in Iraq are being affected by food insecurity, a senior official has said. Reduced domestic agricultural production, inflation, unemployment and a crumbling system of subsidized food distributions have hit poor people the hardest.
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In Brief: Afghan government seeks more funds as H1N1 cases proliferate |  KABUL, 8 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Over 400 new cases of H1N1 influenza and eight fatalities have been reported in Afghanistan since 3 November, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). In total, 772 people (456 Afghans and 316 foreigners) have been infected by the virus in the country, the MoPH said.
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EGYPT: Swine flu risk for Cairo’s overcrowded schools |  CAIRO, 22 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - The Egyptian ministries of health and education have ordered all schools in Cairo to halve the number of children in each class to mitigate the possible spread of H1N1 influenza - no small challenge in this overcrowded city of 20 million.
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In Brief: When health facilities become casualties |  DAKAR, 14 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Designed to be safe havens in times of disaster, health facilities are vulnerable to upheaval when catastrophe strikes, according to the UN, which is focusing on hospital safety for International Day for Disaster Reduction.
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How To: Rescue people trapped in a collapsed building |  NAIROBI, 8 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - When an earthquake strikes a town, or a building is levelled by an explosion, news footage invariably shows search and rescue teams trawling through the rubble looking for survivors. But what does it take to rescue people trapped under tons of concrete?
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EGYPT: Disaster looms for Delta region |  CAIRO, 7 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Egypt’s Delta region faces a natural disaster of massive proportions by 2020 unless urgent action is taken to better manage scarce fresh water resources and come up with solutions to mitigate the effects of rising sea levels, according to government officials.
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GLOBAL: Cholera, climate change and El Niño |  JOHANNESBURG, 7 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Cholera is not only linked to climate change, it also has an El Niño angle. For instance, Papua New Guinea, an island state in the Pacific Ocean, recorded its first cholera cases in 50 years in 2009, which also happens to be an El Niño year.
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GLOBAL: Beware of black swans! |  JOHANNESBURG, 6 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Predicting the impact of climate change requires studying changes in the long-term averages of daily weather patterns and many other factors, and can be a tricky business.
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