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Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 686
7 June 2013
To: Elisabeth Janaina <[email protected]>
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1. Developing countries see hidden cost in food price hikes<#13f1f3c8b14889dd_1>
2. FAO report calls for food systems to improve nutrition<#13f1f3c8b14889dd_2>
3. Making the right choices in emergencies <#13f1f3c8b14889dd_3>
4. Despite decade of innovation, much left to do on neglected tropical
diseases <#13f1f3c8b14889dd_4>
5. Putting women on the disaster risk reduction agenda <#13f1f3c8b14889dd_5>
6. CAR crisis remains dire - and neglected <#13f1f3c8b14889dd_6>
7. Uganda grapples with critical blood shortage <#13f1f3c8b14889dd_7>
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***Developing countries see hidden cost in food price
hikes<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98151>
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[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 3 June 2013 (IRIN) - When food prices rise,
poor people in developing countries not only change or reduce their diets,
they are also more likely to engage in riskier but better paid occupations
such as mining and prostitution, according to a new report.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98151>
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***FAO report calls for food systems to improve
nutrition<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98153>
*
[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 4 June 2013 (IRIN) - Poor health and
losses in productivity caused by malnutrition are costing the global
economy US$500 per person per year, or a staggering $3.5 trillion annually,
according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98153>
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***Making the right choices in
emergencies<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98171>
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[image: lead photo]LONDON, 6 June 2013 (IRIN) - Humanitarians working on
health in crisis situations are faced with constant difficult choices. In a
famine, which children should they select for supplementary feeding? In an
earthquake, should they try to save most crushed limbs or should they
amputate them? And - inevitably - what is the best way of spending scarce
funds? Should they spend directly on health care, or indirectly on water,
sanitation and shelter to prevent disease?
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98171>
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***Despite decade of innovation, much left to do on neglected tropical
diseases <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98175>*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 6 June 2013 (IRIN) - Ten years ago, the main
treatment for kala azar - a disease that kills up to 40,000 people every
year - was a 30-day course of injections, a difficult undertaking both for
patients and for the poorly equipped health centres in the remote areas
where many cases of the disease occur. Today, combination therapy has cut
the treatment period to 17 days in some affected areas, but scientists and
health officials continue to work towards developing a simple pill that
would replace painful injections and further ease treatment.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98175>
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***Putting women on the disaster risk reduction
agenda<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98177>
*
[image: lead photo]GENEVA, 6 June 2013 (IRIN) - Every year, approximately
200 million people around the world are affected by disasters. Of these,
100 million are women or girls, according to the UN's Office for Disaster
Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98177>
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***CAR crisis remains dire - and
neglected<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98179>
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[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 6 June 2013 (IRIN) - International neglect of
the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) is partly to blame for the
dire humanitarian and security situation there, say officials. The crisis
affects the country's entire population of 4.6 million and has left tens of
thousands in need of emergency shelter, healthcare and food aid.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98179>
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***Uganda grapples with critical blood
shortage<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98188>
*
[image: lead photo]KAMPALA, 7 June 2013 (IRIN) - Uganda is struggling to
resolve a countrywide shortage of blood caused by interruptions in the
supply of blood donor kits and testing reagents.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98188>
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