Rapports

Abuja, Nigeria, 1 September 2010-UNICEF, WHO and other partners are supporting the Federal and state governments in Nigeria as they strive to contain a cholera outbreak in 11 states. Government officials say that at 30 August, 6,400 cases of…

KADUNA, 31 August 2010 (IRIN) - The children of most Nigerian nomads fall through the education net - the focus is to teach them the family trade, and their wandering lifestyle means they seldom attend school - but as…

High food insecurity persists in the extreme north despite favorable rainfall in August - Abnormal flooding in July and August led to destruction of about one-third of standing crops in many northern states such as Zamfara, Katsina and Jigawa. Flooding is…

Chapter 1: Introduction Malnutrition is recognised as a global problem, which weakens immune system & worsens illnesses. It is the underlying cause of more than half the deaths of under five children& it is widespread in Nigeria.…

27 August 2010: In response to mass lead poisoning affecting over 18,000 people in Zamfara State, CERF allocates $2 million for humanitarian agencies in Nigeria. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will receive $1.2…

26 Aug 2010 08:13:16 GMT ABUJA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Nigerian health authorities have warned of a nationwide cholera risk after the death toll from an outbreak concentrated largely in the north of Africa's most populous nation rose to 352. The…

LAGOS (NIGERIA) / AMSTERDAM (THE NETHERLANDS), August 24, 2010 - Friends of the Earth International is outraged by reports that a major UN investigation into Nigeria oil spills funded by oil giant Shell relies more on figures produced by…

Nairobi, 23 August 2010 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the request of the government of Nigeria, is conducting an environmental assessment of the impacts of oil spills in Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta, and options for…

Thursday, August 19, 2010 For more information, contact: John Torres, Senior Public Relations Manager 301.680.6357 (office) 301.680.6370 (fax) John.Torres@adra.org To donate to ADRA go to: Online: www.adra.org ? Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372) Twitter: www.twitter.com/ADRAi FaceBook: www.facebook.com/joinADRA SILVER SPRING, Md. -"We want to send our children to school, but we can't because…

Twenty-six-year-old Aisha smiles as she ducks under the new mosquito net covering her mattress. Her daughter, two-year-old Fatima plays at her feet, twiddling the end of the net that hangs down. She's a happy, healthy child, full of life. But…