Reports

NAIROBI, 16 November (IRIN) - The Ugandan government on Thursday welcomed a declaration by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that should allow developing countries to use generic drugs in times of health crises, overriding the patents held by major…

NAIROBI, 14 November (IRIN) - Efforts to provide new shelters for thousands of refugee families left homeless last week by torrential rains in Kakuma refugee camps, northeastern Kenya, are continuing amid the threat of additional downpours, according to the United…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 2 November (IRIN) - The Meteorological Department of Kenya this week warned that many parts of the country will continue to experience reduced rainfall in November, a key…

HIGHLIGHTS LATE SHORT RAINS DONOR MEET CASH NEEDED FOR LOCAL MAIZE PURCHASES - SHORTFALL FOR NOVEMBER OVERVIEW ". . . production systems and livelihoods may once again be severely tested" (FEWSNET report to KFSM, 20 Oct) Kenya is now in the short…

"Linking Emergency with Long Term Development" Sanitation and Emergency In 2000 and 2001, the worst combination of malnutrition and unhygienic practices in the drought-affected areas triggered a large-scale outbreak of communicable diseases. In Wajir district, some 400 people were infected with…

HIGHLIGHTS FIFTH CONSECUTIVE POOR RAINY SEASON EXPECTED WATER AND GRAZING DETERIORATING FULL FOOD RATION DISTRIBUTED IN SEPTEMBER PLANNED EXTENSION OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEM HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT Mrs. Bertini, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Drought In the Horn of Africa held a…

This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. Appeal Target: CHF 500,586. Budget revised to CHF 368,740. Period covered: January - June 2001 "At a Glance" Appeal coverage: 59.5%Related Appeals: 01.1012001 (East Africa Region Annual Appeal) Outstanding needs: CHF 149,491 Update: The…

HIGHLIGHTSFSAU ASSESSMENT IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA : FSAU held a workshop in Baidoa to analyse data collected during the August Harvest and predicts a Food Gap (shortfall in access to food at household level) close to 22,000…

KENYA: UN system condemns terrorist attack in US The United Nations system in Kenya has condemned the terrorist attacks which centred on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on Tuesday. Klaus Toepfer, UN Under-Secretary-General and…

SUDAN: Washington sets three key tasks for Danforth The United States has indicated three fundamental objectives for Senator John Danforth, the newly-appointed diplomatic envoy to Sudan, according to the Department of State: "one, to end the killing by reaching a just…