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------Original message------ From: IRIN <[email protected]> To: "Elisabeth Janaina" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 11, 2012 1:09:54 PM GMT-0000 Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 630 11 May 2012 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. SECURITY: A quick reaction force moulded by Africa's circumstances 2. DRC: Reducing the HIV risk of girls living on the street 3. RWANDA: Substantial HIV funding has not hurt other patient care 4. AID POLICY: Beyond the MDGs - planning for after 2015 5. HEALTH: Leishmaniasis vaccine trial underway* _____ SECURITY: A quick reaction force moulded by Africa's circumstances <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95426> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201109090734440184t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 9 May 2012 (IRIN) - Africa's crises are both honing and stalling the formation of the African Standby Force (ASF) of the African Union (AU) - a quick reaction force that could eventually number about 30,000 troops to be deployed in a range of scenarios, from peacekeeping to direct military intervention. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95426> _____ DRC: Reducing the HIV risk of girls living on the street <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95427> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201111140904110390t.jpg> KINSHASA, 8 May 2012 (PlusNews) - Sarah, 16, started sleeping on the streets of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC), when she was only eight years old. She doesn't remember how she came to live on the streets, but thinks it was soon after her mother died. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95427> _____ RWANDA: Substantial HIV funding has not hurt other patient care <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95428> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2009/200902209t.jpg> NAIROBI, 9 May 2012 (PlusNews) - The large amount of donor funding that has gone into Rwanda's fight against HIV has not affected efforts to prevent and treat unrelated diseases, such as malaria and measles, and may in fact have improved overall healthcare, a six-year study has found. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95428> _____ AID POLICY: Beyond the MDGs - planning for after 2015 <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95430> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201203280746360569t.jpg> LONDON, 9 May 2012 (IRIN) - Twelve years gone, and three years still to go: as the Millennium Development Goals' (MDG) target date of 2015 gets closer, the debate is intensifying about what went right and what went wrong, and - perhaps more importantly - what kind of goals should be set for the future. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95430> _____ HEALTH: Leishmaniasis vaccine trial underway* <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95431> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images//207081t.jpg> BANGKOK, 9 May 2012 (IRIN) - A vaccine against one of the most neglected yet fatal tropical diseases is being tested for the first time in a clinical trial in India and the US. After malaria, leishmaniasis is the second largest parasitic killer, and the visceral form is the most deadly. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=95431> _____ [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 2012. All rights reserved. This material comes to you via IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations or its Member States. The boundaries, names and designations used on maps on this site and links to external sites do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the UN. Republication is subject to terms and conditions as set out in the IRIN copyright page <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx> . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
