| Analysis: A faith-based aid revolution in the Muslim world? |
 | DUBAI، 1/6/2012 (IRIN) - Every year, somewhere between US$200 billion and $1 trillion are spent in “mandatory” alms and voluntary charity across the Muslim world, Islamic financial analysts estimate. full report |
| HEALTH: Fighting non-communicable diseases |
 | BANGKOK، 1/6/2012 (IRIN) - The World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), aims to reduce preventable deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, heart attacks and strokes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers, by 25 percent by 2025. full report |
| MALAWI: Where Is HIV/AIDS on Banda's to-do list? |
 | JOHANNESBURG، 6/6/2012 (IRIN) - Malawi's new president, Joyce Banda, has inherited an unenviable to-do list from former president Bingu wa Mutharika, and AIDS activists are hoping that bolstering the donor-dependent AIDS response will be one of her most urgent priorities. full report |
| ZIMBABWE: Burial societies provide for the here and now |
 | CHITUNGWIZA، 8/6/2012 (IRIN) - In low-income suburbs like Chitungwiza, a dormitory town about 30km south of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, burial societies have long played an important role in helping their members meet the costs of burying family members, but increasingly they are helping to boost livelihood opportunities for the living. full report |