Study
links hygiene and height
BANGKOK, 1 August 2013
(IRIN) - Soap and clean water for effective handwashing can help boost a young
child’s growth, according to the first large-scale scientific review to link
hygiene to height - one measure of child nutrition. Read
report online
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The cost
of hunger in Swaziland
MBABANE, 1 August 2013
(IRIN) - Swaziland’s reliance on international donors has averted famine but
masked the reality of chronic food shortages and widespread malnutrition and
stunting, according to a new study released by the government and the World Food
Programme (WFP). Read
report online
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Colombia's corridor of instability and
displacement
EL TARRA, 1 August 2013
(IRIN) - Rosalba Duran and her family of 11 live in a single-room wooden hut on
patch of local government-owned land on the outskirts of El Tarra, in Colombia’s
northern province of Norte de Santander. Read
report online
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LRA
"weaker than it has been in at least 20 years"
KAMPALA, 1 August 2013
(IRIN) - Joseph Kony is losing his grip on the fighters of his rebel Lord's
Resistance Army (LRA), with many wanting to defect, according to a new report by
The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative, an US-based advocacy group. Read
report online
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DRC
multiple displacements making people more vulnerable
GOMA, 1 August 2013
(IRIN) - Since 2012 an estimated one million people have been displaced in the
Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) eastern provinces of South and North Kivu,
major ethnic and political flashpoints in the country. Read
report online
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Aid
worker job specs in the network age
DAKAR, 1 August 2013
(IRIN) - The evolving humanitarian field, with multiple new actors, an ongoing
IT-led information explosion, and a growing focus on accountability and
coordination is reshaping the role of aid workers and the future skills they
will need. Read
report online
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