Niger + 5 more
By Tom Pfeiffer SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, May 22 (Reuters) Three hundred million children are hungry and 18,000 die every day for want of food while the world remains largely ignorant about the magnitude of the problem, the U.N. food…
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Fiona Turnbull, CARE International UK's head of communications, has just returned from Niger. She visited Baguega village to see how money raised by the British public last year has been put to good use by CARE in helping the…
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Highlights - Thus far in 2006, around 6,892 mt of food have been dispatched to partners for nutritional activities and Food for Work, benefiting over 300,000 beneficiaries per month. In total, dispatches in Niger through the PRRO and the Country…
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As part of the launch of 'Progress for Children No.4: A Report Card on Nutrition', UNICEF is featuring a series of stories focusing on successful initiatives that can help counter the many threats to children's nutritional status. MARADI, Niger -…
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SANTA BARBARA, CA (May 12, 2006) - The country of Niger, a landlocked country directly south of the Saharan desert, is the world's poorest, ranking 177 out of 177 on the UNDP Human Development Index (2005). Cycles of drought…
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It calls upon all actors for an extreme vigilance Niamey, May 12 2006 - Several reports reveal that the total number of admissions of malnourished children at UNICEF-supported nutritional rehabilitation centres is increasing. Between 1st January and 4th May 2006, 64,593…
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Avec l'arrivée des pluies, plus de 5500 volontaires de la Croix-Rouge nigérienne ont entamé une vaste campagne de sensibilisation et de prévention du paludisme A Niamey, la capitale du Niger, le personnel de santé est en état d'alerte, car la…
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Health workers in Niamey, the capital of Niger, are worrying about the start of this year's rainy season. While everyone is delighted to see the rains come after months of prolonged drought and famine, the health workers know that…
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Highlights - Thus far in 2006, around 6,200 mt of food have been dispatched to partners for nutritional activities and food for work, benefiting over 300,000 beneficiaries per month. In total, dispatches in Niger through the PRRO and the Country…
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By Willie Doyle, ACT International Tchintchiya, Niger, May 4, 2006 Tchintchiya is a village of about 1,500 people in Niger's Dakoro region. When we visited in April, hot winds swept dust and dirt across the land. Community members were hard…
