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In Brief: Piped water for Dhaka slums
13 June 2013
(IRIN
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The Bangladesh government has started work on delivering piped water to more than three million Dhaka slum dwellers by the end of 2014, say officials.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98227/In-Brief-Piped-water-for-Dhaka-slums
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Sierra Leone braces for cholera season
12 June 2013
(IRIN
),
As the fleeting storms of May give way to the persistent downpours of June, the National Cholera Taskforce in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is working to prevent a repeat of last year’s cholera outbreak.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98214/Sierra-Leone-braces-for-cholera-season
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Ten ways to save a million lives
10 June 2013
(IRIN
),
In London on 8 June, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, together with an array of presidents, prime ministers, businesspeople and philanthropists, signed the Global Nutrition for Growth Compact, an agreement to improve the nutrition of children and pregnant women around the world. Inside the meeting room, organizers said they had secured new commitmentsof up to US$4.15 billion to tackle undernutrition between now and 2020; outside, in Hyde Park, activists laid a carpet of flower petals to represent the lives of children lost each year through malnutrition.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98203/Ten-ways-to-save-a-million-lives
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Greasing the wheels of public service delivery
7 June 2013
(IRIN
),
There should be many reasons for governments to improve public services like water, healthcare and sanitation; these services make citizens happy and politicians popular. But too often, conflicting systems, confusion about roles, perverse incentives and other constraints block desired improvements. What, if anything, can aid agencies do to help?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98193/Greasing-the-wheels-of-public-service-delivery
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Reshaping the fight against poverty
31 May 2013
(IRIN
),
After nine months of consultations, the UN High Level Panel on determining the world’s post-2015 development agenda has issued a report calling for a path to sustainable development which will transform the lives of the very poorest.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98136/Reshaping-the-fight-against-poverty
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Toilets provide dignity for Nepal’s disabled
30 May 2013
(IRIN
),
Before my house had a toilet, I would have to ask my grandsons to help me out into a field, hold me up, and stay with me until I was done,” Krishna Devi, a 59-year-old woman with a physical disability in Nepal’s southern Kapilbastu District along the border with India, told IRIN.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98121/Toilets-provide-dignity-for-Nepal-s-disabled
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Global land treaty aims for more teeth
29 May 2013
(IRIN
),
Talks have begun on giving a global treaty on land degradation more teeth.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98117/Global-land-treaty-aims-for-more-teeth
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Containing cholera in Niger
22 May 2013
(IRIN
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Cholera has struck 248 people in Ayorou in the Tillabéry Region of northwestern Niger, killing six, two of them Malian refugees.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98078/Containing-cholera-in-Niger
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The making of the Hyogo2 disaster prevention framework
17 May 2013
(IRIN
),
A month after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck in December 2004, affecting millions, 168 countries signed on to a 10-year plan to make the world safer from natural hazards. Yet the plan, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015, focused primarily on “what to do to prevent disasters, but not enough on how to implement it,” says Neil McFarlane, chief coordinator and head of all regional programmes at the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98058/The-making-of-the-Hyogo2-disaster-prevention-framework
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Making WASH work in Burkina Faso’s cities
17 May 2013
(IRIN
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Earlier this year Denis Ouedraogo, a tailor living in the Tampouy neighbourhood just north of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, connected his mud-walled home to the water network for the first time. “Even without electricity, having enough water can make you happy,” he said.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98054/Making-WASH-work-in-Burkina-Faso-s-cities
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Marshalling smartphones, gravediggers to fight dengue in Pakistan
10 May 2013
(IRIN
),
On the frontline in the fight against dengue fever in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city, the authorities have a sharp eye for spare car tyres.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98010/Marshalling-smartphones-gravediggers-to-fight-dengue-in-Pakistan
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Zimbabwe short on climate change funds
7 May 2013
(IRIN
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Inadequate funding and limited resources are frustrating Zimbabwe’s efforts to develop plans to deal with the impact of climate change, says a government progress report.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97994/Zimbabwe-short-on-climate-change-funds
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The long road home to South Sudan
6 May 2013
(IRIN
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George Malual Deng, 24, has spent two years stuck in a transit site waiting to return to his home in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. He is among 20,000 people who have made a home of sorts in the river port of Renk, waiting for a barge to take them further south.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97981/The-long-road-home-to-South-Sudan
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A unified approach to climate change and hunger
24 April 2013
(IRIN
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Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Yet as the climate changes, it is poor countries - already struggling with hunger and food insecurity - that are increasingly likely to face these natural hazards.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97913/A-unified-approach-to-climate-change-and-hunger
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Iraq 10 years on: the humanitarian impact
23 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Ten years after the toppling of Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein, human development statistics – flawed as they are – paint a complex portrait of a country that has seen improvement over the last decade, but is still largely struggling.
http://www.irinnews.org/In-depth/97897/107/Iraq-10-years-on-the-humanitarian-impact
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Iraq 10 years on: Humanitarian overview
22 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Ten years after the toppling of Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein, human development statistics – flawed as they are – paint a complex portrait of a country that has seen improvement over the last decade, but is still largely struggling.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97895/Iraq-10-years-on-Humanitarian-overview
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Iraq 10 years on: Are the taps flowing?
22 April 2013
(IRIN
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While access to clean water has improved over the last decade, more than one quarter of Iraqis still have less than two hours of access to water from the general network every day.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97894/Iraq-10-years-on-Are-the-taps-flowing
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Boost for healthcare in DRC
31 March 2013
(IRIN
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The British government has announced a major new programme aimed at providing essential healthcare to six million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The five-year, US$270.7 million project will focus on rebuilding health facilities, training health workers, and supplying drugs and equipment.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97761/Boost-for-healthcare-in-DRC
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Families still in need as calm returns to Myanmar’s Meiktila
26 March 2013
(IRIN
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Inside a stadium now sheltering more than 2,000 displaced people in the central Myanmar town of Meiktila, residents appear dazed.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97731/Families-still-in-need-as-calm-returns-to-Myanmar-s-Meiktila
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Gender relations are changing along with climate
25 March 2013
(IRIN
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A changing climate will inevitably have an impact on gender relations in conservative rural communities, but not enough is being done to boost the resilience of women - already disadvantaged by traditions of inequality.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97727/Gender-relations-are-changing-along-with-climate
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