---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:40 PM Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 602 21 October 2011 To: Elisabeth Janaina <[email protected]>
[image: IRINnews logo] <http://www.irinnews.org/> humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Table of contents 1. FOOD: Price volatility - causes and consequences<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_1> 2. FOOD: Political commitment "key to cutting malnutrition"<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_2> 3. SOUTH SUDAN: Khidir Abusita, "People are just depending on traditional medicine"<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_3> 4. KENYA: Disease concerns as flash floods hit coastal area<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_4> 5. UGANDA: Veteran activists disillusioned with direction of HIV response<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_5> 6. FOOD: Rumpus over GM food aid<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_6> 7. GLOBAL: Governments "still failing" on mental health issues<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_7> 8. KENYA: Preventable disasters - why they keep occurring<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_8> 9. AID POLICY: The rise of the "new" donors<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_9> 10. Analysis: Arab and Muslim aid and the West - "two china elephants"<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_10> 11. AID POLICY: Reaching out to "emerging donors"<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_11> 12. KENYA: Government grapples with counterfeit ARVs<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_12> 13. AID POLICY: Crippled by counter-terrorism laws <https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_13> 14. KENYA-SOMALIA: A risky intervention<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_14> 15. DRC: Fighting cholera<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_15> 16. KENYA: Inter-ethnic clashes result in deaths, school closures<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13326fff088d15b8_16> ------------------------------ *FOOD: Price volatility - causes and consequences<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93978> * [image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 17 October 2011 (IRIN) - In the past four years, global prices of staples such as maize and wheat have twice hit record levels, driving hundreds of thousands of the world's most vulnerable people further towards hunger and poverty. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93978> ------------------------------ *FOOD: Political commitment "key to cutting malnutrition"<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93980> * [image: lead photo]LONDON, 17 October 2011 (IRIN) - Malnutrition is a huge problem worldwide, especially chronic malnutrition, the kind of everyday, year-round hunger that stunts children's growth and means they never reach their full physical or intellectual potential. But rates are declining, and in some countries the numbers are falling fast. In Brazil, for instance, where 30 years ago underweight and wasted children were common in the poorer regions and lower income groups, these problems have almost been eradicated. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93980> ------------------------------ *SOUTH SUDAN: Khidir Abusita, "People are just depending on traditional medicine" <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93982>* [image: lead photo]KURMUK, 17 October 2011 (IRIN) - Khidir Abusita, the chief of Maiyas village, in Sudan's crisis-hit Blue Nile state, points to a bomb and the shrapnel that ripped through two "tukuls" (conical mud and thatch huts) on 2 October. That day, the Sudan Armed Forces' Antonov bomber planes literally broke apart two families and left the village terrorized by their almost daily appearance. Abusita spoke to IRIN about the damage caused to his village: Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93982> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Disease concerns as flash floods hit coastal area<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93984> * [image: lead photo]MOMBASA, 17 October 2011 (IRIN) - Flash floods in coastal areas of Kenya have claimed several lives, damaged schools and destroyed sewage systems, leading to fears of disease outbreaks, according to officials and local residents. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93984> ------------------------------ *UGANDA: Veteran activists disillusioned with direction of HIV response<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93986> * [image: lead photo]KAMPALA, 18 October 2011 (PlusNews) - Some of Uganda's most active campaigners in its 30-year fight against HIV are losing faith in the government's ability to effectively counter the epidemic as the country struggles to provide treatment and prevent more than 100,000 new infections every year. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93986> ------------------------------ *FOOD: Rumpus over GM food aid<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93991> * [image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 18 October 2011 (IRIN) - Genetically modified (GM) food aid bound for Africa has long been a bone of contention among governments, scientists, activists, consumers and aid workers. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93991> ------------------------------ *GLOBAL: Governments "still failing" on mental health issues<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93996> * [image: lead photo]LONDON, 18 October 2011 (IRIN) - Four years ago the London-based medical journal, The Lancet, published a special series on global mental health, highlighting the gap in provision between rich countries and the rest of the world. Even in developed countries it is estimated that only one in three people with mental health problems receives the treatment they need; in low- and middle-income countries it may as low as one in 50. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93996> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Preventable disasters - why they keep occurring<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94002> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 19 October 2011 (IRIN) - Fires, road accidents and collapsed buildings made September 2011 a particularly deadly month in terms of avoidable disasters in Kenya Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94002> ------------------------------ *AID POLICY: The rise of the "new" donors<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94004> * [image: lead photo]DAKAR, 19 October 2011 (IRIN) - Aid Policy Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94004> ------------------------------ *Analysis: Arab and Muslim aid and the West - "two china elephants"<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94010> * [image: lead photo]KUWAIT CITY/DUBAI, 19 October 2011 (IRIN) - Among the aid agencies that poured into Somalia after famine was declared in July were organizations such as the Arab Federation of Doctors, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment of the United Arab Emirates, and the Deniz Feneri Association of Turkey. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94010> ------------------------------ *AID POLICY: Reaching out to "emerging donors"<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94011> * [image: lead photo]DAKAR, 19 October 2011 (IRIN) - Guyana, Thailand, Botswana, South Africa, Poland and Sudan share something in common: they all committed to the Horn of Africa drought appeal. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94011> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Government grapples with counterfeit ARVs<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94012> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 19 October 2011 (PlusNews) - Kenya's government is scrambling to remove thousands of batches of counterfeit antiretrovirals (ARVs) from circulation after patients and health workers reported irregularities in the appearance and texture of a widely used drug. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94012> ------------------------------ *AID POLICY: Crippled by counter-terrorism laws <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94015>* [image: lead photo]LONDON, 20 October 2011 (IRIN) - Ten years have passed since the attacks on the World Trade Center - 10 years that have seen the enactment of more and more counter-terrorism laws that have entangled humanitarian organizations in a web of regulations and requirements, which add to their costs, slow down their transactions, and sow distrust between them and their local partners. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94015> ------------------------------ *KENYA-SOMALIA: A risky intervention<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94018> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 20 October 2011 (IRIN) - Kenya's military intervention to target Al-Shabab in Somalia is likely to worsen the plight of millions of food-insecure civilians and could increase popular support for the Islamist insurgents, aid workers and analysts warn. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94018> ------------------------------ *DRC: Fighting cholera <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94028> * [image: lead photo]KINSHASA, 21 October 2011 (IRIN) - With almost 17,000 cases reported in the latest cholera outbreak in four provinces, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must rethink its preparedness strategy to curb future outbreaks, health experts told IRIN. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94028> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Inter-ethnic clashes result in deaths, school closures<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94031> * [image: lead photo]ISIOLO, 21 October 2011 (IRIN) - A flare-up in inter-ethnic fighting between communities in the northern Kenyan region of Isiolo over pasture and water has left at least 14 people dead and affected learning as schools closed amid rising insecurity, say officials. 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