Development
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Experimental HIV treatment models highlight success and pinpoint obstacles to expanding care in African countries
Jul 22, 2016News Hour: Researchers in developing countries with high burdens of HIV infection are developing promising new strategies to advance towards global HIV treatment targets, the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban South Africa has heard. The... -
New campaign celebrates providers who are “Doing The Right Thing”
Jul 22, 2016News Hour: The International AIDS Society (IAS) today launched a new campaign to celebrate doctors, nurses, and other frontline health workers who deliver quality integrated HIV prevention, care, and treatment services to key populations, often in... -
Daughters of war train for better times
Jul 22, 2016News Hour: Young women who turned to sex work following the Liberian civil war are changing their lives and their children’s futures thanks to skills training provided by Plan International. The effects of the conflict which... -
South Africa to appeal ‘shockingly lenient’ Pistorius sentence
Jul 21, 2016News Hour: South Africa’s government will appeal Oscar Pistorius’ six-year murder sentence because it was “shockingly lenient”, state prosecutors said on Thursday. The Paralympic gold medallist was sentenced in July for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp,... -
Sri Lanka and World Bank sign agreement to develop Jaffna with Galle, Kandy
Jul 21, 2016News Hour: The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank today signed a $55 million loan to Sri Lanka to improve urban services, preserve cultural and environment assets, and improve livability in Jaffna, adding the... -
IOM responds to suspected Cholera cases in Juba, South Sudan
Jul 21, 2016News Hour: IOM medical staff are responding to an upsurge of suspected cholera cases in Juba and providing emergency medical care to civilians displaced by last week’s fighting in South Sudan’s capital. On 17 July, the... -
Second Lady of US visits IOM Transit Centre in Addis Ababa
Jul 21, 2016News Hour: Dr. Jill Biden, the Second Lady of the United States, visited the IOM Refugee Transit Center in Addis Ababa. She was greeted by 70 singing refugees and IOM Ethiopia Chief of Mission and Representative... -
Germany supports WFP assistance to migrants and vulnerable families in Eastern Sudan
Jul 21, 2016News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of €10 million (approximately US$11.1 million) from the Government of Germany to support nearly 350,000 people in the eastern Sudan state of Kassala.... -
WFP starts unprecedented emergency food relief operation in drought hit Malawi
Jul 20, 2016News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun a new round of life-saving relief operations in Malawi where as many as 6.5 million people – nearly 40 percent of the population – may... -
IOM supports Diaspora Engagement Initiative for Mozambique
Jul 20, 2016News Hour: IOM and the National Institute of Mozambique Communities in the Diaspora (INACE) last week held a two-day forum to engage relevant government ministries and the diaspora to define concrete ways in which the diaspora...
