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¤ CHAD: Moving the aid spotlight west
DAKAR Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (IRIN) - Eastern Chad is well known as one of the most challenging settings for emergency relief in the world due to the spillover from Sudan’s Darfur conflict and internal strife, but far less attention is being focused on western regions where 1.6 million people are facing crop failure and food shortages ahead of the October harvest, according to WFP and the government.

¤ Analysis: NGOs' to-do list for incoming UN relief coordinator
DAKAR Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (IRIN) - IRIN consulted the heads of some of the largest NGO networks on what they thought should be the top priorities of the incoming UN Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) and Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, who is expected to take up her role within two or three months.

¤ AFRICA: Child witchcraft allegations on the rise
DAKAR Friday, July 16, 2010 (IRIN) - Accusations of child witchcraft are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa - spurred on by urbanization, poverty, conflict and fragmenting communities, creating a “multi-crisis” for already vulnerable children - says the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

¤ IRIN: Today's most popular IRIN articles
NAIROBI Tuesday, July 13, 2010 (IRIN) - Here are the most popular new articles on the IRIN website over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly.

¤ AFRICA: Most paediatric fevers not caused by malaria
DAKAR Tuesday, July 06, 2010 (IRIN) - More than half the paediatric fevers treated in public health clinics in Africa are caused by diseases other than malaria, according to a study by Oxford University and other research groups, whose authors caution against the "continued indiscriminate use of anti-malarials for all fevers across Africa."

¤ Analysis: Finding space for crowd-sourcing in humanitarian response
NAIROBI Monday, July 05, 2010 (IRIN) - "Crowd-sourcing" is a new buzzword in the world of humanitarian information. The combined power of mobile phones, mapping technology and social networking can enable citizens in crisis to seek help, facilitate aid deliveries, bear witness to abuses and hold governments and aid agencies more accountable, advocates say.

¤ HOW TO: Prevent the Sahel's next food crisis
DAKAR Monday, July 05, 2010 (IRIN) - Another food crisis is unfolding in West Africa's arid Sahel region, putting 10 million people at risk of hunger. Preventing such a scenario, or even better, avoiding it altogether, would be a noteworthy goal. IRIN asked several experts and practitioners how to avoid recurring food crises in the region.

¤ In Brief: Fish nets join mosquito nets against malaria
JOHANNESBURG Friday, July 02, 2010 (IRIN) - New drugs to fight malaria may well lie at the bottom of the ocean, according to researchers studying over 2,500 samples from marine organisms collected at depths of over 900 metres. They have already found 300 that contain substances that can kill the parasite.

¤ AFRICA: Help out small farmers, report urges
NAIROBI Friday, July 02, 2010 (IRIN) - Small-holder farmers, who make up almost all of Africa’s agriculture sector, need more support to reduce over-dependence on increasingly costly food imports, states a new report.

¤ In Brief: Sleeping sickness hits new low
DAKAR Tuesday, June 29, 2010 (IRIN) - For the first time in half a century, the number of new diagnosed cases of human African trypanosomiasis – also known as sleeping sickness - has dropped below 10,000 thanks to partnerships with drug companies and improved screening, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).

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