Saving lives for the price of a cup of coffee
LONDON, 14 June 2011 (IRIN Global) - The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, (GAVI) has succeeded in raising more than enough money to fund its programme for the next five years. full report
AID POLICY: Good leaders battle risk-averse humanitarian culture
DAKAR, 9 June 2011 (IRIN Global) - Understanding the bigger picture; taking decisions and risks on the basis of incomplete or contradictory information; possessing self-awareness, humility and enthusiasm - these are just some of the qualities humanitarian workers see as being most important in a humanitarian leader, according to a 9 June report by ALNAP entitled Leadership in Action: Leading effectively in humanitarian operations. full report
FILM: A question of trust - Nepal's fragile peace
KATHMANDU, 8 June 2011 (IRIN Global) - As public discontent grows, Nepal appears to be on the road to crisis unless its political leaders can succeed in drafting a new constitution soon, experts say. full report
AID POLICY: Classifications questioned in protracted crises
MEDFORD, USA, 8 June 2011 (IRIN Global) - Classifying aid as "relief", "early recovery" or "development" does little to help countries that have been troubled for years. full report
AID POLICY: Call for local manufacture of nutrition-rich foods
MEDFORD, USA, 6 June 2011 (IRIN Global) - Why ship-in nutrition-rich foods from abroad to treat malnourished children when they can be made locally, at a fraction of the cost? full report
AID POLICY: From top-down to networks
MEDFORD, 3 June 2011 (IRIN Global) - Humanitarian aid is changing: with the emergence of non-traditional donors and "non-professional” aid workers, crisis response decisions are no longer exclusively made in New York, Geneva, Washington or the West in general. full report
FOOD: Rice is king, but at a price
LONDON, 2 June 2011 (IRIN Global) - Most of us, when we worry about food prices, think short term - the price today compared with yesterday; the chance that the price will have gone up again tomorrow. But Oxfam this week risked some long term predictions, and came up with alarming results. They foresaw the steepest rise of all in the price of rice, with rice in China, for instance, becoming 80 percent more expensive by 2020, and 180 percent dearer by 2030. full report
HEALTH: Predicting cholera outbreaks
JOHANNESBURG, 1 June 2011 (IRIN Global) - A new study into the linkages between rain, temperature and cholera shows scientists may be able to predict epidemics in time to save people from the life-threatening disease. full report
FOOD: How to fix a "broken" supply system
JOHANNESBURG, 1 June 2011 (IRIN Global) - The current droughts in Europe and floods in the USA threaten yet another rise in cereal prices in the next few weeks, and serve as a reminder of the changing dynamics of the global food supply system. full report
AID POLICY: What the numbers don’t tell you
DAKAR, 31 May 2011 (IRIN Global) - Poor-performing donors were lambasted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron at this year’s G8 leaders’ meeting for failing to move towards meeting 0.7 percent [of gross national income] aid targets; but most major donors are to blame for tying aid to donor-based contractors, say aid watchdogs, and for reporting money spent at home as aid. full report
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