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Burkina Faso: When is malaria not malaria?

ZIGA, 20 August 2009 (IRIN) - Two months into using malaria rapid tests, some health facilities in Burkina Faso continue treating for malaria despite negative test results, according to community health workers. Since June 2009, the government has made available 240,000…

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News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
20 Aug 2009

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Farming cuts back hunger-watch

ZINCKO, 10 August 2009 (IRIN) - For village health volunteers in Burkina Faso who help track malnutrition in their rural communities, farm work during the rainy season takes precedence over their volunteerism, according to the NGO Save the Children. "They…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
10 Aug 2009

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Food voucher need surpasses resources, WFP says

ZINCKO, 10 August 2009 (IRIN) - Continued high food prices and growing unemployment justify expanding food voucher distributions in Burkina Faso, according to a mid-year evaluation by World Food Programme (WFP) of its largest voucher programme in Africa. Launched in…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
10 Aug 2009

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Afrique de l'Ouest : Des bébés nourris de force, pour gagner du temps aux champs

OUAGADOUGOU, 10 août 2009 (IRIN) Les femmes des régions rurales d'Afrique de l'Ouest, qui ont très peu accès aux outils et technologies modernes permettant de gagner du temps, sont obligées de limiter le temps qu'elles passent à allaiter, et…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
10 Aug 2009

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West Africa: Babies force-fed to free time for fields

OUAGADOUGOU, 7 August 2009 (IRIN) - With limited access to time-saving agricultural tools and technologies, rural women in West Africa are forced to cut down on the time they spend breastfeeding, in some cases over-feeding their newborns into slumber…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
7 Aug 2009

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Afrique : Une heure pour trouver le sein

OUAGADOUGOU, 7 août 2009 (IRIN) Dans certaines régions d'Afrique de l'Ouest, les mères jettent leur lait maternel, l'un des aliments les plus riches en nutriments de la nature, car elles ne connaissent pas la valeur du colostrum, le liquide…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
7 Aug 2009

Burkina Faso + 4 more

West Africa: The hour-window to find the breast

OUAGADOUGOU, 6 August 2009 (IRIN) - One of nature's most nutrient-packed foods, breast milk, is thrown out by mothers in parts of West Africa who do not see the value of colostrum the thick, yellow form of breast milk…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
6 Aug 2009

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: The path to mother's milk is paved with kola nuts

ZINCKO, 4 August 2009 (IRIN) - Health centres in Burkina Faso tell mothers to feed their babies only breast milk until they are six months old to boost their immune systems, but this advice goes unheeded when the women…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
4 Aug 2009

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