Against all odds: Safe delivery in rural Darfur
Fifteen-year old Sameera* had already been in labour for two days when her family decided to leave the valleys and farming plots of Jurajeem to seek the help of a doctor. After a day’s journey they arrived in Um Baru, a town in...Read more...
Annual International Cultures Fair a success
Published: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Photo by Craig Towsley Prospectus News For the International Cultures Fair students on left, Arif Shad, in the middle, Haidev Amin, and on the right, Samreen Anwar display a large assortment...Read more...
Urgent call to tackle global drug-resistant Tuberculosis
Urgent call to tackle global drug-resistant tuberculosis Al Ain: Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been spreading fast all over the world, dictating the need for finding the best way to use new medicines for...Read more...
U.S. Feeds Syrians, But Secretly
ALEPPO, Syria -- In the heart of rebel-held territory in Syria's northern province of Aleppo, a small group of intrepid Westerners is undertaking a mission of great stealth. Living anonymously in a small rural community, they...Read more...
As refugee population in Iraq swells, Médecins Sans Frontières scales up emergency response
The registered number of refugees gathering at the Domeez camp, near the city of Dohuk in the Kurdish region of Iraq, is increasing daily. While 700 to 1,000 newcomers are registering every day the services provided in the camp...Read more...
COLUMN: Struggle for life saving drugs
People die from diseases like AIDS, TB, etc because life saving essential medicines are either too expensive, or not available because they are not seen as financially viable. When the Supreme Court of India rejected Novartis [...Read more...
10,000 seek safety as fighting intensifies across border
Roughly 25,000 refugees and returnees had already been living in and around five villages in southeastern Chad for nearly three months. But on April 4, an additional 10,000 began to arrive, having fled violent clashes in Um...Read more...
Gold Rush Is Poisoning Children of Nigeria
0 Comments Article Rating:0 | Read: 1 An unlicensed miner is digging a new pit to extract ore containing gold, to be sold and processed in artisanal sites near Dareta village, Zamfara State, Nigeria Bagega, Nigeria — Every day,...Read more...
Guest Post: From a place with little relief for mental wounds
Last November, I spent the hottest hours of a West African afternoon camped outside Tamba Aruna’s office. He’s a slight, soft-spoken man who listens to the sorrows of others each day. His job – mental health supervisor at the...Read more...
Cleaning up Nigeria’s toxic playgrounds
In a remote region of northern Nigeria the signs of a lead poisoning crisis caused by small-scale gold mining are still visible especially among children, despite a four-year clean-up project. Four-year-old Umaima stares into...Read more...
MSF report urges more aid for Malian refugees
A Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) report entitled "Stranded in the Desert", calls on aid organisations to grapple the situation facing Malian refugees in the middle of the Mauritanian desert. MSF says that there are about 70,000...Read more...
Trans-Pacific Partnership: Free Trade vs. Democracy
By Cliff DuRand | Americas Program | April 12, 2013 As closed-door negotiations concluded in Singapore on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, opposition begins to build in many countries. At the urging of the United States, Canada...Read more...
WEST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 681 12 April 2013
humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Regional insecurity adding to Chad's humanitarian needs NAIROBI, 12 April 2013 (IRIN) - Chad is grappling with an influx of...Read more...
The tragic little girl whose head has swollen to THREE times it's normal size
Runa Begum, who suffers from a disease that causes an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cavities of the brain Back to top Small Fleece Begum suffers from a rare disease that causes her head to swell to three times...Read more...
Suicide bombing kills 3 Chadian soldiers in Mali
GAO: A suicide bomber killed three Chadian soldiers yesterday morning at a market in the northern Mali town of Kidal, a Chadian military official and three witnesses said. Chadian and French soldiers have been stationed in the...Read more...
Refugee numbers at crisis levels after Mali intervention
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres warned today of a growing humanitarian crisis in west Africa where around 70,000 Makian refugees are stranded in the Mauritanian desert camp of Mbera. MSF emergency co-ordinator Henry...Read more...
Report Malian refugees face awful conditions in Mauritania camp
Malian refugees fleeing to neighboring Mauritania face horrendous conditions in a U.N.-run camp, Doctors Without Borders said. The organization said conditions are so bad, healthy people become sick after they arrive, the BBC...Read more...
After 10,000 displaced Salamat-Misseriya sign treaty in Darfur
UMM DUKHUN Misseriya and Salamat tribes’ leaders signed on Thursday a ceasefire treaty to end the war in Central Darfur which displaced at least 10,000 people in one week. According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), since 4...Read more...
Lootings, armed theft prevent humanitarian response
Uncontrolled armed groups in Central African Republic are causing chaos, leaving civilians without the humanitarian aid they urgently need, warned Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. MSF’s facilities have been looted and the...Read more...
Indian patent rulings may face legal heat internationally -Soma Das
The Economic TimesThe recent patent rulings in India may get frequently challenged in international courts if the government yields to the European Union's demand of including matters related to intellectual property in the...Read more...
Refugees struggle to deal with rape horrors
As reports mount of grave incidents of sexual violence against both men and women in the Syrian civil war, human rights groups and United Nations agencies are upping measures to assist victims in Lebanon.Read more...
EU-India free trade deal puts millions of lives at risk
Brussels, 9 April, 2013 – As European Commission (EC) pressure mounts on India to rush into signing a free trade agreement (FTA) by mid-April, campaigners from across Europe mobilised in Brussels today to demand the EC withdraw...Read more...
BNP Paribas Launches Staff Donation Fund To Help Combat Humanitarian Crises
BNP Paribas has launched an ‘Emergency & Development’ fund, which offers Group staff the opportunity to provide generous support to disaster victims, whether in the form of rapid aid in an emergency situation or through...Read more...
Bleak future for Central African children
Nazanine Moshiri is Al Jazeera’s East Africa correspondent, based in Nairobi. She can be contacted at @nazaninemoshiri. Families only come to Bangui’s Children’s Hospital when traditional medicines aren’t working, and their...Read more...
Syria: Humanitarian groups can't keep up with mounting medical needs
With staggering numbers of Syrians being injured and displaced as the deadly conflict drags on, Medecins Sans Frontieres says more pressure needs to be placed on Syria’s regime to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn country.Read more...
Conference told €11.5bn more needed in fight against 'deadly diseases'
By Martin Banks - 9th April 2013 Donors need to meet and exceed the €11.5bn life-line the Global Fund is asking for Médecins Sans Frontières The international community, including the EU, has been asked to contribute an...Read more...
Young DRC refugees want work, not charity
At Mugunga 3 refugee camp in North Kivu, eastern DRC, displaced youth don’t want to be mere beneficiaries of the humanitarian efforts. They seek to be partners in its very administration, able to earn a living both now and in...Read more...
Judgment of Novartis Glivec: Taj Pharma and Indian healthcare companies Gains in India
The Indian Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the Novartis patent protection of the updated version dell'antitumorale Glivec. Maharashtra, Mumbai, April 9, 2013 / India PRwire / -- Here are the drugmakers in pole position to...Read more...
New Internationalist: India celebrates Novartis ruling
India celebrates Novartis ruling By Mari Marcel Thekaekara | 1 The Indian legal system mostly makes the people that live here wring our hands in desperate frustration, because it is so mired in red tape and implacable...Read more...
IndieGameStand's Featured Game for the Weekend is Pid
IndieGameStand has featured another great indie game, as it does every 96 hours, that lets customers pay what they want and then gives a portion of the sales to charity. Up for offer this weekend is the wonderful platformer,...Read more...
