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¤ COTE D'IVOIRE: Beyond the law on land disputes
MAN Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (IRIN) - In Côte d’Ivoire land disputes – fuelled by the 2002 rebellion and subsequent fighting – have yet to be resolved legislatively, leaving communities to seek their own solutions. | ¤ How To: Track the scent of life
JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (IRIN) - The best search and rescue workers have stamina, a phenomenal sense of smell, and sharp hearing - they usually also have four legs. | ¤ AFRICA: Crackdowns on gays make the closet safer
NAIROBI Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (IRIN) - More than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalizing homosexual acts, and despite accounting for a significant percentage of new infections in many countries, men who have sex with men tend to be left out of the HIV response. | ¤ WEST AFRICA: Learning how to stop children dying
DAKAR Thursday, January 14, 2010 (IRIN) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) “accelerated child survival programme” in 11 West African countries did not save significantly more lives than in areas that were not targeted, says an evaluation published in The Lancet this week - but analysts say this does not mean UNICEF was doing the wrong things. | ¤ In Brief: Bid to halt yellow fever in Côte d’Ivoire
ABIDJAN Wednesday, December 30, 2009 (IRIN) - Côte d’Ivoire’s Health Ministry and the World Health Organization are vaccinating tens of thousands of people against yellow fever in the north after an outbreak starting in November killed 21 people. | ¤ COTE D'IVOIRE: User fees hamper malnutrition fight
MAN Tuesday, December 22, 2009 (IRIN) - Health user fees in Côte d'Ivoire are hindering the fight against child malnutrition in the west, health officials and aid workers say. | ¤ COTE D'IVOIRE: Child exploitation rises with poverty
ABIDJAN Monday, December 21, 2009 (IRIN) - Sharply rising poverty is causing exploitative child labour to increase says NGO Save the Children in its report “It’s there it’s difficult: exploitative child labour in Côte d’Ivoire.” | ¤ COTE D'IVOIRE: Malnutrition "critical" in north and west
MAN Friday, December 18, 2009 (IRIN) - Fewer children suffer acute malnutrition in northern and western Côte d’Ivoire than in recent years, but chronic malnutrition has risen to “critical levels”, says a report by the government and UN. | ¤ COTE D'IVOIRE: Bridging the aid gap post-conflict
ABIDJAN Thursday, December 17, 2009 (IRIN) - Nearly three years from the signing of a peace agreement in Côte d’Ivoire, emergency operations are slowing but humanitarian needs remain, aid workers say. More funding is needed to bridge the transition from humanitarian to development. | ¤ AFRICA: Vaccination key to stemming rotavirus, say experts
DAKAR Tuesday, December 08, 2009 (IRIN) - African health experts are calling on governments to vaccinate all children against rotavirus, to end an “unacceptable” yet preventable situation in which the virus kills some 1,400 children in developing countries daily. |
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