WFP Cuts Back Air Service For Aid Workers In Sudan Because Of Lack Of Funding
The ability of 14, 000 aid workers to travel to Darfur and other parts of Sudan will be reduced with immediate effect due to a lack of funding for the Humanitarian Air Service, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced.
Gulf Coast Area Children Who Lived In Trailer Units At Risk For Long-Term Illnesses, Experts Say
Tens of thousands of Gulf Coast area children who lived in trailer units provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 might have increased risk for long-term health problems, according to physicians and federal health officials, the AP/Denver Post reports.
China's One-Child Policy To Exempt Parents Whose Children Were Killed During Earthquake
Chinese officials from Sichuan province on Monday announced that parents whose children were killed, severely injured or disabled during the May 12 earthquake in the region would be exempt from the country's one-child-per-family policy, the New York Times reports (Jacobs, New York Times, 5/27).
Wealthy Nations Should Meet Commitments Made To Developing Countries, Global Fund Executive Director Kazatchkine Says
Wealthy nations should meet their commitments to help developing countries despite the slowing global economy, Michel Kazatchkine -- executive director of the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- said on Tuesday, Reuters reports..
Could Geochemistry Save Lives During Volcanic Eruptions?
Could macro-scale chemical engineering be used to stop a volcanic lava flow in its tracks and save potentially thousands of lives and homes when the next eruption occurs? That's the question R.D. Schuiling of Geochem Research BV, based in The Netherlands, asks in the current issue of the Inderscience Publication, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues.
WFP Bolsters Operations To Provide Food To Vulnerable Displaced In Iraq
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is now bolstering its operations to provide food assistance to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Iraqis, using US$40 million of funding from the Government of Iraq. "This contribution came at a crucial time and will allow us to maintain a regular and continuous food supply and distribution to up to 750, 000 people over the next six months, " said WFP Iraq Country Director Stefano Porretti.
Dutch Government Pursues MSF In Swiss Federal Court
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) denounces the relentless attitude of the Dutch government, which has pursued the organization in courts since July 2004. The Netherlands demands that MSF reimburse the government for ransom paid to free Dutch citizen Arjan Erkel, MSF head of mission who was held hostage for 600 days in the northern Caucasus and was released in April, 2004.
UNICEF Welcomes Decision To Allow International Aid Workers Senior UNICEF Official Views Hard Hit Areas
UNICEF hails the government's decision to grant full access to international aid workers to every part of cyclone-battered Myanmar. UNICEF plans to rapidly move forward with mapping and serving the children and women in the severely affected areas, said Ms.
World Food Crisis Summit: WFP Scales Up Urgent Food Assistance In 62 Countries Worldwide
The United Nations World Food Programme announced it is rolling out an additional US$1.2 billion in food assistance to help tens of millions of people in more than 60 nations hardest hit by the urgent food crisis.
Boosting Food Production In Africa's Breadbasket Areas - New Collaboration Among Rome-Based UN Agencies And AGRA
An unprecedented partnership among key players in agricultural development aims to significantly boost food production in Africa's "breadbasket regions, " link local food production to food needs, and work across Africa's major agricultural growing areas-or agro-ecological zones-to create opportunities for smallholder farmers.