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HAITI: Rush to contain cholera outbreak
28 October 2010
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Medical staff and supplies are being rushed to Artibonite department, where five cholera treatment centres are being erected to complement the main hospital and clinics, in a bid to prevent the disease from reaching the capital, Port-au-Prince.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90908/HAITI-Rush-to-contain-cholera-outbreak
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Analysis: Are humanitarians learning the lessons from Haiti?
28 October 2010
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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/90910/Analysis-Are-humanitarians-learning-the-lessons-from-Haiti
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GLOBAL: Corruption hampers MDGs - Transparency International
27 October 2010
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Corruption siphons off 20-30 percent of funding for basic services, estimates non-profit Transparency International (TI), and tackling it should be higher on the international development agenda.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90898/GLOBAL-Corruption-hampers-MDGs-Transparency-International
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GLOBAL: Taking on the land-grabbers
26 October 2010
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Property developers in Indonesia and Thailand moved in quickly after the 2004 Tsunami, snapping up land from those relocated into resettlement camps to build luxury resorts, further squeezing the livelihoods of the poor.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90885/GLOBAL-Taking-on-the-land-grabbers
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FUNDING: Unravelling the conundrum of US aid to Haiti
21 October 2010
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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/90835/FUNDING-Unravelling-the-conundrum-of-US-aid-to-Haiti
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HIV/AIDS: Global Fund looks to private sector to fill funding gap
14 October 2010
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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/90765/HIV-AIDS-Global-Fund-looks-to-private-sector-to-fill-funding-gap
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HEALTH: New global plan aims to wipe out TB
14 October 2010
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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/90767/HEALTH-New-global-plan-aims-to-wipe-out-TB
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IRIN Talks: weekly podcast - previous bulletins
1 October 2010
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IRIN Talks is our weekly audio podcast, offering views and analysis of selected issues and developments in the humanitarian world. Each programme is less than 12 minutes long. You can subscribe using iTunes or your favourite podcast application.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88118/IRIN-Talks-weekly-podcast-previous-bulletins
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DISASTERS: Reducing the risk in slums
21 September 2010
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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/90542/DISASTERS-Reducing-the-risk-in-slums
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HAITI: Emergency sheds light on needs of pre-quake disabled
15 September 2010
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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/90484/HAITI-Emergency-sheds-light-on-needs-of-pre-quake-disabled
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