Rapports

A mother labors to feed her children as family faces an uncertain future by Tracy Mitchell Sarah is 30 years old, married with four children (11, 9, 6, 3). She and her husband are farmers in the drought-struck communal area…

Health and Family Planning Overview Population: 11.4 million (BUCEN 2002) Infant Mortality Rate: 65 (DHS 1999) DPT3 Coverage: 80.9%, children 12-23 mos. (DHS 1999) Nutrition: 26.5% stunting, children 0-59 mos. (DHS 1999) Total Fertility Rate: 3.96 (DHS 1999) Maternal Mortality Ratio: 695 (DHS 1999) Contraceptive Prevalence Rate: 50.4%, all women, modern…

HARARE - September 6, 2002 James Morris, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on the humanitarian crisis in six southern African countries, today strongly urged increased donations to assist more than six million people in Zimbabwe facing growing hardship. While…

JOHANNESBURG, 6 Sep 2002 (IRIN) - An acceptance by Zimbabwe of food aid containing genetically modified (GM) maize comes as humanitarian officials warn that the country's food crisis is set to worsen. "We are starting to see evidence of serious malnutrition…

Harare, September 6, 2002 - James Morris, the Secretary General's Special Envoy on the humanitarian crisis in six southern African countries, today strongly urged for stepped-up donations to assist more than six million people in Zimbabwe facing increasing hardship. While donors…

JOHANNESBURG, 6 September (IRIN) - Political violence and intimidation in Zimbabwe's rural areas is forcing victims to flee to major towns and cities, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) warned in its latest report. Many of the displaced, who reportedly have…

HARARE, Sept 4, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) Managers of aid organizations are for the first time being given training on how to prevent sexual exploitation by their own colleagues to protect the disadvantaged children in southern Africa, according to a…

Zimbabwe is experiencing a severe food crisis directly affecting half its population. The current level of food aid is not sufficient to meet the tremendous needs. The current United Nations consolidated appeal is only resourced at 43 percent, and…

JOHANNESBURG, 3 September (IRIN) - Ground down by the daily struggle to find enough food for their families, rural Zimbabweans have reached the limit of their coping skills, deepening their vulnerability to the current humanitarian crisis, aid workers told…

Mission to Zimbabwe of UN Special Envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa The first mission of the Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Southern Africa, Mr. James Morris, will review the humanitarian situation in the region, providing recommendations on how to…