| NIGER: Reinforcing sex education in high schools |
 NIAMEY, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - High school students in the Niger capital, Niamey, learned to put HIV/AIDS and reproductive health in a broader context during a recent essay contest.
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KENYA: In and out of school in Samburu |  LESIDAI, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Many Kenyan children are in school, but enrolment in the north has been adversely affected by insecurity, food scarcity and traditional attitudes, residents and teachers said.
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In Brief: Nine million Afghans living on less than a dollar a day - survey |  KABUL, 5 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - The average per capita monthly expenditure of nine million Afghans is less than 66 US cents a day, and millions of other Afghans spend about $42 a month, according to a summary of Afghanistan’s new National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA).
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AFRICA: Turning to traditional medicines in fight against malaria |  NAIROBI, 4 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Encouraging the use of traditional African herbal medicines could prevent some of the one million malarial deaths on the continent, according to specialists attending a conference www.mimalaria.org/pamc in Nairobi. Many poor communities, especially in rural settings, cannot afford modern malarial drugs and many people die due to inaccessibility of treatment.
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Planning families, saving lives |  BISSAU, 28 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Contraceptive use is on the rise in both urban and rural areas in Guinea-Bissau, as access to reproductive and infant healthcare improves and family planning messages start to sink in, say health officials and UN staff.
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ZIMBABWE: Violence spikes after MDC's withdrawal from government |  HARARE, 27 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Violence and intimidation against members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) increased sharply within days of the party "disengaging" from Zimbabwe's unity government, MDC spokesman Luke Tamborinyoka told IRIN.
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In Brief: Travel restrictions hit Gaza students |  TEL AVIV, 22 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Some 838 students formally offered places and/or enrolled at foreign universities are unable to leave Gaza, according to the Palestinian interior ministry and Gisha, an NGO campaigning for freedom of movement.
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LESOTHO: Child line offers hope and help |  MASERU, 8 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The volunteer children's counsellor hangs up, visibly distraught: the latest call to Lesotho's toll-free child helpline was from a nurse in a remote village in the northern district of Butha–Buthe, where she had just helped an abandoned, mentally handicapped 16-year-old girl give birth.
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ZIMBABWE: Too poor to take tests |  HARARE, 5 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Despite moves to salvage Zimbabwe's ailing education sector, exorbitant fees are keeping many poor students from writing the examinations that will allow them to gain a school-leaving certificate at the end of 2009.
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AFRICA: Why family is best for orphans |  NAIROBI, 30 September 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Africa's orphans will experience a richer, more wholesome childhood if they are raised within a family rather than in a childcare institution, according to speakers at a conference on family-based care for children in Nairobi.
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