Reports

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief Appeal No.…

After five decades of responding to food crises, Oxfam today asks the international community to seriously examine whether current approaches are working. Oxfam's new report argues that new thinking and more action are needed if we are to effectively…

EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 HRS GMT MONDAY 24 JULY 2006 For people to be hungry in Africa in the 21st century is neither inevitable nor morally acceptable. The world's emergency response requires an overhaul so that it delivers prompt, equitable, and effective…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 20 July (IRIN) - More than 30 children have been admitted to hospital in the northeastern Kenyan town of Wajir with symptoms of kala-azar, a deadly parasitic…

With international media focus having now shifted elsewhere, one might be forgiven for thinking that the hardships faced by millions in the Horn of Africa have disappeared along with banner headlines and ninety-second segments on the evening news. Unfortunately, this…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KISUMU, 13 July (IRIN) - One-year-old Cosmas Wambua lies unconscious on the bare hospital mattress with IV tubes draining into his weak body. He is in a critical…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 10 July (PLUSNEWS) - Joan Booko (not her real name), 19, was raped by two men in the western Kenyan town of Kitale in 2005. She reported…

Campaign timeline is accelerated due to measles and polio outbreaks - five million children targeted WASHINGTON, 8 July 2006 - The government of Kenya has launched a two-phase integrated measles vaccination campaign, targeting more than five million children between nine…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 7 Jul 2006 (IRIN) - In an effort to save more Kenyan children from malaria, the country will on Saturday embark on the first phase of a…

NAIROBI, Jul 6, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- More than half a million children under the age of five will be immunized against measles in the second phase of a life-saving vaccination campaign in Kenya's high- risk districts, a…