IRIN Africa News

Getting outside the HIV prevention “comfort zone” KATHMANDU, 31 July 2013 (IRIN) - Despite years of scientific advances in HIV treatment and prevention, more than two million people are newly diagnosed with HIV annually, demonstrating how community-driven approaches to prevention are still needed to curb the epidemic, experts say. Read report online

Analysis: The UN in 2023 DAKAR, 31 July 2013 (IRIN) - The UN and other aid agencies face ever-increasing levels of humanitarian need: the number of recorded disasters has doubled in the past two decades, according to the UN, while the needs-response gap remains stubbornly steady in the context of a shifting humanitarian landscape - with the dominance of UN agencies and the largest 10 international NGOs gradually being eroded as power shifts to the east and south. Read report online