---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:47:58 -0000 Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 603 28 October 2011 To: Elisabeth Janaina <[email protected]>
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: Making the most of security and livelihood gains in Karamoja 2. DRC: Millions of children immunized against polio 3. UGANDA: Proposal to scrap bail could worsen abysmal prison conditions 4. KENYA: Sexual violence still a major urban threat 5. KENYA: Government must account for Mt Elgon disappearances - report 6. UGANDA: Mothers-to-be most at risk from inadequate health budget _____ UGANDA: Making the most of security and livelihood gains in Karamoja <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94059> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201110241007460204t.jpg> KOTIDO, 25 October 2011 (IRIN) - Catherine Namoe straightens up from the back-breaking task of harvesting cow pea leaves to answer some questions. It is tough work, she says, and the men do not help much. Even if the rain does not come again to turn the plant's yellow flowers into pea pods, the leaves can be dried and stored for a while, and may help feed her family over the long, hungry season in Uganda's northeastern region of Karamoja. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94059> _____ DRC: Millions of children immunized against polio <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94070> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201110261121160876t.jpg> KINSHASA, 26 October 2011 (IRIN) - Thousands of vaccination teams have traversed the vast Democratic Republic of Congo on foot, by motorbike, boat and car, in a campaign to immunize at least 14 million children against polio, the UN Children's Fund said. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94070> _____ UGANDA: Proposal to scrap bail could worsen abysmal prison conditions <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94071> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2010/201010210928110383t.jpg> KAMPALA, 26 October 2011 (IRIN) - Ugandan human rights activists are concerned that President Yoweri Museveni's proposal to do away with bail for people suspected of committing certain crimes could swell the country's already overcrowded prison system and exacerbate severe problems in delivering health services to inmates. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94071> _____ KENYA: Sexual violence still a major urban threat <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94075> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201107261238340824t.jpg> NAIROBI, 26 October 2011 (PlusNews) - Reports of gender-based violence are on the rise in Kenya's cities, and experts say the police must improve their handling of cases of sexual assault to build public trust in the security and justice systems. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94075> _____ KENYA: Government must account for Mt Elgon disappearances - report <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94080> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2007/200704302t.jpg> NAIROBI, 27 October 2011 (IRIN) - Human rights activists are calling on the Kenyan government to account for the whereabouts of more than 300 people who disappeared following a land conflict that gripped the western Mount Elgon region and a 2008 military offensive against the militia behind it. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94080> _____ UGANDA: Mothers-to-be most at risk from inadequate health budget <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94083> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108041259070215t.jpg> KAMPALA, 27 October 2011 (IRIN) - The shortage of health workers in Uganda is a "crisis", says the Minister of Health, and activists say expectant mothers are bearing the brunt of the country's staffing deficiency. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94083> _____ [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Feedback <http://www.irinnews.org/websitefeedback.aspx> | Terms & Conditions <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx> | RSS feeds News Feeds <http://www.irinnews.org/RSS.aspx> | About IRIN <http://www.irinnews.org/about.aspx> | Jobs <http://www.irinnews.org/jobs.aspx> | Donors <http://www.irinnews.org/donors.aspx> Copyright © IRIN 2011. All rights reserved. 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