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GLOBAL: Stillbirths could be halved
27 April 2011
(IRIN
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Preventing stillbirths can cost just US$2.32 per mother if governments, the private sector and international institutions adopt a package of 10 health interventions, rather than allowing stillbirths to be an almost invisible problem.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92590/GLOBAL-Stillbirths-could-be-halved
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FOOD: Home-grown nutrition research for Africa
21 April 2011
(IRIN
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A group of international academic institutions and an NGO backed by the European Union (EU) have launched Sustainable Nutrition Research for Africa in the Years to come, or SUNRAY, to develop a nutrition agenda for Africa, with specific emphasis on the 34 sub-Saharan countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92550/FOOD-Home-grown-nutrition-research-for-Africa
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EASTERN AFRICA: Consumers, traders feel the burn as prices skyrocket
21 April 2011
(IRIN
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Low- and middle-income earners across eastern and central Africa are reeling from the mounting cost of living brought on by a sharp increase in commodity prices in the past few months.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92546/EASTERN-AFRICA-Consumers-traders-feel-the-burn-as-prices-skyrocket
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ETHIOPIA: Bid to boost ART adherence
13 April 2011
(IRIN
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A three-month campaign by Addis Ababa's health bureau hopes to boost adherence to antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs in the Ethiopian capital by improving communication between patients and health service providers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92461/ETHIOPIA-Bid-to-boost-ART-adherence
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AFRICA: Opposition building to Great Green Wall
8 April 2011
(IRIN
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What’s green, controversial, 15km wide, 7,775km long, cuts across 11 African countries and is designed to reduce livestock deaths and boost food security for millions of people? Nothing yet, but the Great Green Wall project, a pipe-dream for decades, was recently endorsed by a swathe of African states stretching from Senegal to Djibouti.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92422/AFRICA-Opposition-building-to-Great-Green-Wall
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ETHIOPIA: The great land-grab debate
25 March 2011
(IRIN
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Ethiopia has little time for critics of its large-scale land-leasing policy, insisting the millions of dollars of foreign investment will create jobs, improve domestic agricultural expertise and reduce both poverty and the country’s chronic food insecurity.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92292/ETHIOPIA-The-great-land-grab-debate
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ETHIOPIA: Reducing TB risk in Addis Ababa
23 March 2011
(IRIN
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Health officials in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, are concerned about the spread of tuberculosis in the city's crowded public transport networks and tightly packed "DSTV [satellite television] houses" where ardent fans come to watch English and Spanish football.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92271/ETHIOPIA-Reducing-TB-risk-in-Addis-Ababa
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ETHIOPIA: Hospital births still unpopular
9 March 2011
(IRIN
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Ethiopia is boosting its health worker numbers, building thousands of health centres and working with donors to prioritize the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Even so, most women still prefer to have their babies at home.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92142/ETHIOPIA-Hospital-births-still-unpopular
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KENYA-SOMALIA: Thousands displaced in offensive against militants
1 March 2011
(IRIN
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An offensive by pro-Somali government troops and Ethiopian forces against Al-Shabab militants in the western Somali town of Bulo Hawo has forced thousands of people to flee their homes there and in the nearby Kenyan town of Mandera, say witnesses and officials.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92070/KENYA-SOMALIA-Thousands-displaced-in-offensive-against-militants
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SAHEL: Meningitis - the role of dust
14 February 2011
(IRIN
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Researchers are analysing dust from the Sahel to study its role in the spread of bacterial meningitis in this region hardest hit by the debilitating and often fatal disease.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91916/SAHEL-Meningitis-the-role-of-dust
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