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Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 571 18
March 2011
To: Jean-Francois Darcq <[email protected]>
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Table of contents
1. SUDAN: As secession nears, citizenship issues still
unresolved<#12ec8c0628f187fe_1>
2. TANZANIA: New centres to boost paediatric HIV care <#12ec8c0628f187fe_2>
3. HOW TO: Trace missing persons <#12ec8c0628f187fe_3>
4. KENYA: 'Slum Survivors' inspires and uplifts <#12ec8c0628f187fe_4>
5. HEALTH: Experts seek WHO nod for postpartum haemorrhage
drug<#12ec8c0628f187fe_5>
6. SUDAN: Thousands flee fighting in Darfur <#12ec8c0628f187fe_6>
7. UGANDA: ART reduces HIV transmission in discordant couples -
study<#12ec8c0628f187fe_7>
8. DRC: New rules for miners <#12ec8c0628f187fe_8>
9. KENYA: Nurses' go-slow highlights ills at maternity hospital
<#12ec8c0628f187fe_9>
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***SUDAN: As secession nears, citizenship issues still
unresolved<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92199>
*
[image: lead photo]KHARTOUM, 15 March 2011 (IRIN) - Less than four months
before Sudan is due to split into two sovereign states, the future status of
more than a million people of southern origin living in the North - and a
smaller number of northerners living in the South - remains unresolved.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92199>
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***TANZANIA: New centres to boost paediatric HIV
care<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92200>
*
[image: lead photo]DAR ES SALAAM, 15 March 2011 (PlusNews) - Maria Pelula
has looked after two HIV-positive orphans in the past and is now bringing up
12-year-old Adrian*, the orphaned son of a relative, in Tanzania's
commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. But she still does not know how to tackle
the sensitive subject of testing Adrian for HIV.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92200>
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***HOW TO: Trace missing
persons<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92203>
*
[image: lead photo]BANGKOK, 16 March 2011 (IRIN) - Tsunamis, earthquakes,
and violent conflicts leave in their wake chaos and unpredictability. In
these and other situations, hasty evacuations, rushed hospitalizations, and
sudden deaths separate children from their parents, leaving many missing
while others wait anxiously for news. In such situations, tracing - tracking
down missing relatives - is vital for family reunification.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92203>
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***KENYA: 'Slum Survivors' inspires and
uplifts<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92205>
*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 17 March 2011 (IRIN) - In September 2007, IRIN
released its award-winning film Slum Survivors, a 45-minute documentary
about five people living in the Kenyan slum of Kibera.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92205>
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***HEALTH: Experts seek WHO nod for postpartum haemorrhage
drug<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92207>
*
[image: lead photo]DAKAR, 16 March 2011 (IRIN) - A drug many health experts
say can drastically cut postpartum haemorrhage - the leading cause of
maternal deaths in the developing world - will be in the spotlight this
month during the World Health Organization's (WHO) biennial review of its
model list of essential medicines.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92207>
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***SUDAN: Thousands flee fighting in
Darfur<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92208>
*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 16 March 2011 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of
people continue to flee their homes in Sudan's western region of Darfur for
the safety of internally displaced people's camps after recent fighting
between government forces and armed militias.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92208>
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***UGANDA: ART reduces HIV transmission in discordant couples -
study<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92220>
*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 17 March 2011 (PlusNews) - Antiretroviral
treatment significantly reduces the risk of HIV transmission between married
couples where one partner is infected and the other is not, according to a
recent study in Uganda.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92220>
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***DRC: New rules for miners
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92224>*
[image: lead photo]KINSHASA, 17 March 2011 (IRIN) - Various stakeholders in
the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining sector have signed a code of
conduct designed to reduce fraud and increase transparency in an industry
that has played a key role in the armed violence that has ravaged the east
of the country for years, but there is still concern about illegal mining
and the military's role.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92224>
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***KENYA: Nurses' go-slow highlights ills at maternity hospital
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92229>*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 18 March 2011 (IRIN) - A go-slow by nurses at
Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi's Eastleigh area has exposed serious
challenges at Kenya's largest maternity hospital, with officials calling for
urgent intervention to improve services.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92229>
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