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KENYA: Gaps in HIV prevention for pregnant women
22 March 2010
(IRIN
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Adhiambo*, 24, conscientiously followed her health worker's advice when she was pregnant with her third child. She attended antenatal visits, was tested for HIV and found negative, and delivered her baby at the local health centre.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88513/KENYA-Gaps-in-HIV-prevention-for-pregnant-women
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KENYA-SOMALIA: Thousands flee Mogadishu "death trap"
22 March 2010
(IRIN
),
Clashes between government troops and Islamist insurgents have displaced more than 55,000 people from Mogadishu since the beginning of February, with many of them heading out of Somalia to neighbouring Kenya, according to the UN Refugee Agency.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88515/KENYA-SOMALIA-Thousands-flee-Mogadishu-death-trap
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SUDAN: Terror train turns the corner
22 March 2010
(IRIN
),
During wartime, trains heading south to this former garrison town used to deliver violence and terror; now they are bringing lower prices. The first two trains in about a decade arrived in the southern city of Wau in March 2010, one with goods and the other with maintenance crews and supplies, Sudan Railways official Al Haji Maktoub told IRIN.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88517/SUDAN-Terror-train-turns-the-corner
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BURKINA FASO: Dwindling rains spur dam construction
22 March 2010
(IRIN
),
Dwindling rainfall, shorter rainy seasons and a growing population in Burkina Faso have spurred the government to build dams near wetlands in the west of the country to expand supplies.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88519/BURKINA-FASO-Dwindling-rains-spur-dam-construction
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SOMALIA: IRIN Radio - Sunday 21 March 2010
21 March 2010
(IRIN
),
In today's programme - Dhegeyso barnaamijka maanta
· Somalia: UN Weekly Report
· IRIN Radio: Entertainment
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88506/SOMALIA-IRIN-Radio-Sunday-21-March-2010
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SOMALIA: IRIN Radio - Saturday 20 March 2010
20 March 2010
(IRIN
),
In today's programme - Dhegeyso barnaamijka maanta
· Mogadishu: More than 100 children with diarrhoea in hospitals
· Burao: Authorities tackle child abduction cases
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88505/SOMALIA-IRIN-Radio-Saturday-20-March-2010
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MALAWI: Ambitious plans to prolong lives
19 March 2010
(IRIN
),
Malawi's government has set itself a major challenge this year, announcing plans to more than double the number of people receiving antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to half a million by the end of 2010.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88480/MALAWI-Ambitious-plans-to-prolong-lives
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SOMALIA: IRIN Radio - Friday 19 March 2010
19 March 2010
(IRIN
),
In today's programme - Dhegeyso barnaamijka maanta
· Mogadishu: Rights groups warn children targeted in war zone
· Lower Shabelle: Diarrhoea outbreak affects children
· Interview: Growing cross-border livestock demand
· Nairobi: Unemployment, ransom payouts blamed for piracy boom
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88481/SOMALIA-IRIN-Radio-Friday-19-March-2010
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RWANDA-UGANDA: Pherebonia Nyiramatabaro, "We are treated like animals"
19 March 2010
(IRIN
),
All Pherebonia Nyiramatabaro, 85, wants is land where she and her 15-year-old grandson can grow a few crops. Nyiramatabaro, living in a two-roomed hut in Juru A camp in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement, southwestern Uganda, is one of thousands of Rwandans hit by a Uganda government directive barring refugees from cultivation.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/88483/RWANDA-UGANDA-Pherebonia-Nyiramatabaro-We-are-treated-like-animals
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KENYA: Draft policy offers new hope for IDPs
19 March 2010
(IRIN
),
Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kenya are set to enjoy greater protection under a national policy that also aims to prevent future displacement and to fulfil the country's obligations under international IDP law, say analysts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88485/KENYA-Draft-policy-offers-new-hope-for-IDPs
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