---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:28:36 +0100 Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 688 21 June 2013 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. Call for "no regret" climate adaptation strategies* 2. Ugandan mHealth initiative increases 'promiscuity' 3. Lack of access, rains hinder aid to Jonglei IDPs 4. Maternal and paediatric tuberculosis still overlooked 5. Tanzanian high-risk groups denied HIV services 6. Insecurity in Bangui increases food prices, lay-offs 7. The high cost of hunger in Uganda 8. M23 Kampala talks set to resume 9. Space-age technology to reduce maternal deaths _____ Call for "no regret" climate adaptation strategies* <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98230> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2009/200911030912560233t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 14 June 2013 (IRIN) - The absence of accurate climate prediction models should not dissuade countries from choosing the best ways to adapt to a changing climate, says a new report published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98230> _____ Ugandan mHealth initiative increases 'promiscuity' <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98237> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2009/200907271222000139t.jpg> KAMPALA, 17 June 2013 (IRIN) - A mobile phone-based health programme designed to improve access to sexual health information and boost safe sex in rural central Uganda had the opposite effect, according to the findings of a Yale University study published in May. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98237> _____ Lack of access, rains hinder aid to Jonglei IDPs <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98242> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201201230959010833t.jpg> JUBA, 17 June 2013 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of people have been cut off from water, food and medical care in South Sudan's Jonglei State, after fleeing violence between rebels and the government in Pibor County. They now face escalated risks as the rainy season starts, but aid agencies say the government has denied humanitarian access to these populations. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98242> _____ Maternal and paediatric tuberculosis still overlooked <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98247> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2008/200812046t.jpg> KUALA LUMPUR, 18 June 2013 (IRIN) - The global target of a 50 percent reduction in tuberculosis (TB) by 2015 may already have been achieved, but TB remains a neglected disease among women and young children, say health experts. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98247> _____ Tanzanian high-risk groups denied HIV services <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98248> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201107261234070199t.jpg> KAMPALA, 18 June 2013 (IRIN) - Sexual minorities, sex workers and people who use drugs who are at a higher risk of HIV than the general population, but in Tanzania, they face widespread police abuse and discrimination in health facilities, according to the new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Wake Up and Step Forward Coalition (WASO), a local rights group. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98248> _____ Insecurity in Bangui increases food prices, lay-offs <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98250> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201303271308010809t.jpg> BANGUI, 18 June 2013 (IRIN) - A security crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) - which began on 10 December 2012, when the rebel Seleka Alliance attacked the capital, Bangui, and continued after Seleka ousted former President François Bozizé on 24 March - is ratcheting up food prices, causing unemployment and salary payment delays, and throwing the banking system into turmoil. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98250> _____ The high cost of hunger in Uganda <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98255> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201202150719060014t.jpg> KAMPALA, 20 June 2013 (IRIN) - Malnutrition costs Uganda an estimated US$899 million annually - as much as 5.6 percent of its GDP - according to findings of a new report. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98255> _____ M23 Kampala talks set to resume <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98256> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201207101218020944t.jpg> KAMPALA, 20 June 2013 (IRIN) - Delegates representing the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the rebel M23 are back in Kampala, Uganda, for a fresh round of peace talks, but analysts say that unless both sides are fully committed to the negotiations, a political solution to the crisis in the DRC's North Kivu Province is unlikely. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98256> _____ Space-age technology to reduce maternal deaths <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98265> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201306211525150581t.jpg> KUALA LUMPUR, 21 June 2013 (IRIN) - Space-age technology, neoprene (the same material used for wet suits) and Velcro have gone into an experimental garment health experts hope can treat postpartum haemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. 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