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» AIDS

Afghanistan to promote condom usage

Multiple pregnancies are a major cause of maternal mortality / Photo credit: IRIN

07.05.2008 Considered a taboo and anti-Islamic during Taliban regime, condom usage in Afghanistan is slowly increasing. The government however feels a need to boost its demand to achieve public health targets on STD prevention and reduction in maternal mortality.

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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Health] [AIDS]

Image: Multiple pregnancies are a major cause of maternal mortality / Photo credit: IRIN

» Conflict

Uganda: 'Today you will understand'

A woman sits by the fireplace in her hut in Oromi camp in Kitgum district, northern Uganda. Women and girls in the camps in northern Uganda also face sexual violence and exploitation by the very soldiers who are supposed to protect them. (Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN)

18.07.2008 Today you will understand is a collection of 16 true stories related via radio interviews conducted jointly by a radio project in northern Uganda and members of the Uganda Women Writers’ Association.

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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related topics/regions: [Uganda] [Gender] [Conflict]

Image: A woman sits by the fireplace in her hut in Oromi camp in Kitgum district, northern Uganda. Women and girls in the camps in northern Uganda also face sexual violence and exploitation by the very soldiers who are supposed to protect them. (Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN)

» Climate change

Plan B: cut emissions 80 percent by 2020

Plan B: cutting emissions drastically. Image credit: Earth Policy Institute

18.07.2008 How much of a cut is necessary to avoid the most dangerous effects of climate change? Lester Brown puts our leaders on the spot.

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From: Earth Policy Institute
Related topics/regions: [Renewable energy] [Pollution] [Forests] [Climate change] [Consumption]

Image: Plan B: cutting emissions drastically. Image credit: Earth Policy Institute

» Development

Poverty outpacing growth in LDCs, warns UN

18.07.2008 Economic progress in the world's 50 least developed countries has not been enough to prevent their total number of poor from increasing, says a new UN report, and rising food costs are threatening to undercut even the modest progress achieved.

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Related topics/regions: [Poverty] [Development]