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Date: 28 Jun 2013 20:59
Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 689
28 June 2013
To: "Elisabeth Janaina" <[email protected]>
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Table of contents
1. Uganda's nodding syndrome centres low on drugs, food<#13f8bf0b601994fa_1>
2. New malaria tool to help track insecticide resistance<#13f8bf0b601994fa_2>
3. What to expect in the Warsaw climate change talks <#13f8bf0b601994fa_3>
4. Bridging the gap between relief and development in DRC<#13f8bf0b601994fa_4>
5. Setting standards for the aid industry <#13f8bf0b601994fa_5>
6. Insecurity hampers access to aid, basic services in northern
Kenya<#13f8bf0b601994fa_6>
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*Uganda's nodding syndrome centres low on drugs,
food<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98271>
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[image: lead photo]GULU/LIRA, 24 June 2013 (IRIN) - As scientists continue
to search for the cause of and cure for nodding syndrome - a debilitating
condition that causes seizures and stunting in children - health centres
say they need better funding to continue to feed and treat those affected.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98271>
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*New malaria tool to help track insecticide
resistance<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98279>
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[image: lead photo]KISUMU, 25 June 2013 (IRIN) - A new interactive online
mapping tool will help track insecticide resistance (IR) in malaria-causing
mosquitoes, experts say.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98279>
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*What to expect in the Warsaw climate change
talks<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98283>
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[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 25 June 2013 (IRIN) - The floods in
India's Uttarakhand State, which may have claimed as many as 5,000 lives,
were prompted by an unusually high amount of rainfall. The disaster,
possibly the largest so far this year, underscores what is at stake in the
UN's upcoming climate talks in Warsaw, Poland.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98283>
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*Bridging the gap between relief and development in
DRC<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98288>
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[image: lead photo]GOMA, 26 June 2013 (IRIN) - Every year, for nearly two
decades, the humanitarian community has responded to large-scale and
complex crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This year, on the
assumption that the crises are likely to continue, donors have agreed to
fund longer-term and more flexible humanitarian projects in DRC.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98288>
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*Setting standards for the aid
industry<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98307>
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[image: lead photo]LONDON, 28 June 2013 (IRIN) - The humanitarian community
has gone through a period of soul searching in recent years, following the
failure to protect victims of genocide in Rwanda, the chaotic lack of
coordination after the 2004 Asian tsunami and the sex-for-food scandals in
West Africa. Yet attempts to set universal standards and to certify aid
agencies have been inconsistent and controversial.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98307>
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*Insecurity hampers access to aid, basic services in northern
Kenya<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98309>
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[image: lead photo]ISIOLO, 28 June 2013 (IRIN) - The northeastern Kenya
county of Mandera is experiencing a spike in inter-clan clashes, with
several deaths recorded in the past week. Episodes of insecurity, since
March 2012, have affected the delivery of aid to thousands of displaced
people as well as access to basic services, say officials.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98309>
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