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GLOBAL: Community-based adaptation to climate change
2 March 2009
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The impact of climate change is going to affect the poorest communities the most, so the focus has shifted to formalising community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change, which will help the poorest and most vulnerable" to access funding and information.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83246/GLOBAL-Community-based-adaptation-to-climate-change
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GLOBAL: New insight into HI-virus
27 February 2009
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New research has revealed the extent and speed at which the HI virus can adapt to overcome the body's own evolving defence systems.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83173/GLOBAL-New-insight-into-HI-virus
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AFRICA: Deadliest disease goes untested
27 February 2009
(IRIN
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Pneumonia and other lung infections are the number-one killers of children worldwide – deadlier than AIDS, malaria and measles combined, but in developing countries lacking medical staff and laboratories the illnesses are often treated blindly with antibiotics. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced it will give US$40 million to improve screenings for pneumococcal disease - the most common forms being pneumonia and meningitis.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83188/AFRICA-Deadliest-disease-goes-untested
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In Brief: H5N1 conquered in lab
26 February 2009
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Scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have engineered antibodies that can fight off multiple influenza strains, including the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu virus.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83158/In-Brief-H5N1-conquered-in-lab
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GLOBAL: Spoonfuls of sugar could save malaria patients
26 February 2009
(IRIN
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Spoonfuls of sugar could save the lives of children with severe malaria, according to a recently published study on patients in Mali.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83165/GLOBAL-Spoonfuls-of-sugar-could-save-malaria-patients
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AFRICA: Climate change and conflicts
23 February 2009
(IRIN
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Karamoja, a semi-arid region in northeast Uganda, is in crisis: a potent mix of the impact of climate change - 14 droughts in 25 years - border conflicts, armed cattle-raids, and difficult development and sustainability issues are the main features, delegates at a recent conference on Climate Change and Security in Africa learned.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83096/AFRICA-Climate-change-and-conflicts
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GLOBAL: Humanitarian costs of climate change unpredictable
20 February 2009
(IRIN
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New projections of the impact of climate change make headlines every day, but a report by a leading research institution has underlined the need for "meaningful data" to help aid agencies prepare for the future.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83030/GLOBAL-Humanitarian-costs-of-climate-change-unpredictable
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AFRICA: Join Climate Neutral Network, continent urged
20 February 2009
(IRIN
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African countries, despite being among the world's smallest contributors to carbon emissions, as well as businesses and institutions operating on the continent, should join the year-old Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), officials said on 19 February.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83036/AFRICA-Join-Climate-Neutral-Network-continent-urged
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In Brief: Unleashing mutated mosquitoes to fight malaria
19 February 2009
(IRIN
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Anopheles gambiae may meet its match in Medea.
Scientists hope a synthetic gene known as Medea can wipe out the most common mosquito species that spreads malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists are trying to pinpoint the malaria-transmitting gene in mosquitoes and engineer genetically-modified mosquitoes (GMM) that lack the deadly gene. The hope is that GMM will prevail in a survival-of-the-fittest struggle between disease-carrying mosquitoes and the genetically-modified variety.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83011/In-Brief-Unleashing-mutated-mosquitoes-to-fight-malaria
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ZIMBABWE: Is it time to go home?
19 February 2009
(IRIN
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Zimbabweans call it the "Diaspora" - the flight of its citizens to neighbouring states and even further afield to such countries as Britain and Australia to escape their country's collapse.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83025/ZIMBABWE-Is-it-time-to-go-home
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