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[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. GLOBAL: Why international disaster law matters<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_1> 2. KENYA: The downside of male involvement in PMTCT<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_2> 3. DRC: Rebuilding the lives of children associated with armed groups<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_3> 4. HEALTH: How "totally drug-resistant" is a misnomer - for now<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_4> 5. GLOBAL: Fighting for the rights of child soldiers<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_5> 6. TANZANIA: Good progress in male circumcision campaign<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_6> 7. SOUTH SUDAN: Koko Alan, "I saw many people, women and children, being killed"<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_7> 8. AFRICA: Snake oil salesmen and dodgy HIV "cures"<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_8> 9. KENYA: Thousands remain displaced as fighting subsides in Moyale<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_9> 10. DISPLACEMENT: Governments falling short on R2P, says new study<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#134fb50e22895d14_10> ------------------------------ *GLOBAL: Why international disaster law matters<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94648> * [image: lead photo]BANGKOK, 16 January 2012 (IRIN) - More countries should follow international disaster law to ensure efficient delivery of international aid, say experts. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94648> ------------------------------ *KENYA: The downside of male involvement in PMTCT<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94652> * [image: lead photo]KISUMU, 16 January 2012 (PlusNews) - Involving men is increasingly being promoted as a key element in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and while its benefits are well-documented - in one Kenyan study it reduced the risks of vertical transmission and infant mortality by more than 40 percent compared with no involvement - it can occasionally lead to domestic discord and even violence. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94652> ------------------------------ *DRC: Rebuilding the lives of children associated with armed groups<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94655> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 16 January 2012 (IRIN) - A partnership of humanitarian organizations working with community volunteers in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has helped demobilize thousands of children formerly associated with armed groups in the province, says the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94655> ------------------------------ *HEALTH: How "totally drug-resistant" is a misnomer - for now<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94656> * [image: lead photo]BANGKOK, 17 January 2012 (IRIN) - The "totally drug-resistant" tuberculosis (TDR-TB) reportedly emerging in India is actually an advanced stage of drug-resistant TB, which researchers called totally drug-resistant for lack of a better term. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94656> ------------------------------ *GLOBAL: Fighting for the rights of child soldiers<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94657> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 17 January 2012 (IRIN In-Depth) - At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central African Republic became the latest countries to commit to end the use of child soldiers - a move seen as "encouraging" by the UN, albeit with the proviso that the situation in both countries remains volatile. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94657> ------------------------------ *TANZANIA: Good progress in male circumcision campaign<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94667> * [image: lead photo]DAR ES SALAAM, 18 January 2012 (PlusNews) - The demand for medical male circumcision is growing among Tanzania's non-circumcising communities, and officials say the country is on track to surpass its goal of reaching 2.8 million men by 2015. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94667> ------------------------------ *SOUTH SUDAN: Koko Alan, "I saw many people, women and children, being killed" <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94673>* [image: lead photo]PIBOR COUNTY, JONGLEI, 19 January 2012 (IRIN) - Koko and his wife Akuer Alan lost everything in the recent dramatic escalation of ethnic violence in newly independent South Sudan. Up to 8,000 armed Lou Nuer youths came to his village of Tangyang, near Gumuruk, killing civilians and taking cows, women and children belonging to the Murle with them. The attackers were eventually driven back by the army on reaching Pibor town, where authorities had stationed troops to protect the local administration. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94673> ------------------------------ *AFRICA: Snake oil salesmen and dodgy HIV "cures"<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94679> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, 19 January 2012 (PlusNews) - Uganda's National Drug Authority recently arrested sales representatives of a company selling a drug that purports to cure HIV; the firm's owners are not licensed to sell medicine and are being sought by the police. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94679> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Thousands remain displaced as fighting subsides in Moyale<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94681> * [image: lead photo]ISIOLO, 19 January 2012 (IRIN) - Hundreds of families displaced during weeks of fighting between two communities in the northern Kenyan district of Moyale have ignored pleas to return by government officials who say the situation has returned to normal. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94681> ------------------------------ *DISPLACEMENT: Governments falling short on R2P, says new study<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94690> * [image: lead photo]GENEVA, 20 January 2012 (IRIN) - The governments of 15 countries most affected by internal displacement have failed to adequately protect internally displaced persons (IDPs), and in many cases have themselves been perpetrators of violence or abuses that led to the displacements, according to a Brookings-London School of Economics study. 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