---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:39 PM Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 575 15 April 2011 To: Jean-Francois Darcq <[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. UGANDA: New homes for 50,000 at risk from disasters<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Y8M4VH4wdAY.en.&am=!4ZMZMVHteftvDX0jI_E08pf4_rF52_SeOk1OjjLD0D_P-w8nCA5FtMWTSQ&fri#12f599b1a57db2da_1> 2. HEALTH: Stillbirths "absent from global health agenda"<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Y8M4VH4wdAY.en.&am=!4ZMZMVHteftvDX0jI_E08pf4_rF52_SeOk1OjjLD0D_P-w8nCA5FtMWTSQ&fri#12f599b1a57db2da_2> 3. AID POLICY: Protection takes centre stage in new Sphere guidelines<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Y8M4VH4wdAY.en.&am=!4ZMZMVHteftvDX0jI_E08pf4_rF52_SeOk1OjjLD0D_P-w8nCA5FtMWTSQ&fri#12f599b1a57db2da_3> 4. UGANDA: Educator, counsellor, nurse - the many roles of a teacher<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Y8M4VH4wdAY.en.&am=!4ZMZMVHteftvDX0jI_E08pf4_rF52_SeOk1OjjLD0D_P-w8nCA5FtMWTSQ&fri#12f599b1a57db2da_4> 5. KENYA: Slum fires highlight urban preparedness gap<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Y8M4VH4wdAY.en.&am=!4ZMZMVHteftvDX0jI_E08pf4_rF52_SeOk1OjjLD0D_P-w8nCA5FtMWTSQ&fri#12f599b1a57db2da_5> ------------------------------ *UGANDA: New homes for 50,000 at risk from disasters<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92432> * [image: lead photo]KIRYANDONGO, 11 April 2011 (IRIN) - Those affected by a devastating landslide in eastern Uganda in 2010 are among 10,000 people a year living in disaster-prone areas set to benefit from a five-year resettlement scheme due to start in 2012. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92432> ------------------------------ *HEALTH: Stillbirths "absent from global health agenda"<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92476> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 14 April 2011 (IRIN) - The annual number of stillbirths around the world is more than double the number of people who die from HIV-related causes, according to a new report that says this widely overlooked epidemic could be dramatically mitigated with better antenatal care. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92476> ------------------------------ *AID POLICY: Protection takes centre stage in new Sphere guidelines<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92478> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 14 April 2011 (IRIN) - Avoiding exposing vulnerable people to further harm, ensuring their access to impartial aid and assisting them to claim their rights and recover from abuse are some of the guidelines given to humanitarian actors in a new edition of the Sphere handbook, a set of common principles and universal standards for aid delivery. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92478> ------------------------------ *UGANDA: Educator, counsellor, nurse - the many roles of a teacher<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92483> * [image: lead photo]GULU, 15 April 2011 (PlusNews) - Every school morning, Geoffrey Ocira stops his lessons for half an hour, rushing to his office to give his HIV-positive students their antiretroviral medication. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92483> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Slum fires highlight urban preparedness gap<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92488> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 15 April 2011 (IRIN) - When fires swept through three Nairobi slums from January to March this year, leaving an estimated 25,000 people homeless, authorities and agencies were slow to respond. 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