| KENYA: Urban poor face rising food insecurity |
 | NAIROBI، 6/8/2012 (IRIN) - Food insecurity is common in many rural parts of northern Kenya, but the country's rapidly growing urban population is increasingly also dealing with food insecurity, according to experts. full report |
| HEALTH: Major price cut for rapid TB test |
 | NAIROBI، 7/8/2012 (IRIN) - The cost of a highly accurate, rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been reduced by 40 percent under a new agreement between the US government, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the health financing mechanism, UNITAID. full report |
| UGANDA: Children's HIV treatment must improve |
 | KAMPALA، 9/8/2012 (IRIN) - HIV activists have called on the Ugandan government to urgently address the rollout of paediatric HIV treatment; just 26 percent of children who need the life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs have access to them, compared to 55 percent of adults. full report |
| UGANDA: Weaning Karamoja off food aid |
 | KAMPALA، 9/8/2012 (IRIN) - Uganda's arid northeastern Karamoja region has been dependent on food aid for decades, but new programmes by the government and its partners aim to bring an end to the cycle of relief and see the traditionally nomadic Karimojong become more self-sufficient through more settled livelihoods. full report |