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¤ CHAD: Aid agencies anxious over peacekeepers’ possible exit
DAKAR Wednesday, January 20, 2010 (IRIN) - Aid workers in volatile eastern Chad are anxiously watching discussions over the possible exit of UN peacekeepers, after the government has said it wants the mission out when its mandate ends on 15 March.

¤ How To: Track the scent of life
JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (IRIN) - The best search and rescue workers have stamina, a phenomenal sense of smell, and sharp hearing - they usually also have four legs.

¤ AFRICA: Crackdowns on gays make the closet safer
NAIROBI Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (IRIN) - More than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalizing homosexual acts, and despite accounting for a significant percentage of new infections in many countries, men who have sex with men tend to be left out of the HIV response.

¤ CHAD: Paying for fallout of landmines, UXO
N'DJAMENA Friday, January 08, 2010 (IRIN) - More than half of Chad’s nine million people live near sites potentially contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO) or landmines, according to the national demining centre. The government says more than 100 people are killed or wounded every year by landmines or UXO; aid organizations cover the bulk of medical care and rehabilitation for mine victims, according to NGO Handicap International.

¤ CHAD: Tackling FGM in refugee camps
GOZ BEIDA Wednesday, January 06, 2010 (IRIN) - – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Chad is identifying pregnant women in refugee camps who have had their genitalia cut, in order to better prepare for potential complications, according to UNHCR and its medical partners. The exercise is part of efforts in the camps to tackle the health fallout of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) as well as prevent new cutting.

¤ CHAD: Fighting banditry in the east
GOZ BEIDA Wednesday, December 23, 2009 (IRIN) - Days after a UN convoy was attacked in eastern Chad, humanitarians and security officials are debating how to prevent kidnappings and carjackings that persist despite the presence of a multi-million-dollar UN-led peacekeeping force.

¤ CHAD: NGOs scale back as security deteriorates
N’DJAMENA Monday, December 21, 2009 (IRIN) - As the security situation continues to deteriorate in eastern Chad, some NGOs are scaling back and cutting services due to the risk of kidnapping.

¤ CHAD: Malnutrition in east persists into harvest season
ABÉCHÉ Wednesday, December 16, 2009 (IRIN) - Well into the harvest season, severe malnutrition has not yet dropped in the eastern city of Abéché based on the tonnage of Plumpy Nut therapeutic feeding given to under-five children.

¤ AFRICA: Vaccination key to stemming rotavirus, say experts
DAKAR Tuesday, December 08, 2009 (IRIN) - African health experts are calling on governments to vaccinate all children against rotavirus, to end an “unacceptable” yet preventable situation in which the virus kills some 1,400 children in developing countries daily.

¤ CHAD: Re-assessing the aid footprint
ABÉCHÉ Monday, December 07, 2009 (IRIN) - When an aid vehicle is stolen in the eastern Chad town of Abéché, some people cheer and say the aid organization got what it deserved, according to the French think-tank Emergency Rehabilitation Development (URD), which is preparing a report on the impact of international aid groups on Abéché residents.

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