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Children keep dying of malaria, unnecessarily 24/04/2008 Today, on World Malaria Day, 3,000 children will die of malaria. This year, it will kill more than one million people. When faced with such disastrous statistics, it can be easy for us to feel overwhelmed – to see malaria as another problem that is too big and too complex. The reality is different: malaria is 100 per cent preventable. But action must be taken before the mosquito bites. Read full story |
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Food prices: Waking up to Africa’s nightmare 22/04/2008 Last week’s announcement by the United States government that it was releasing $200 million in emergency aid to alleviate chronic food shortages should be applauded by all. This intervention means that the UN’s World Food Programme will be able to get food to those who need it the most, a mission that had been profoundly threatened by a doubling in global food prices. Read full story |
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When saving lives is not enough 22/01/2008 By Jerry Talbot, the special representative for the tsunami operation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. “I was only thinking of how to get to the hills that time,” remembered Leni, a young mother of a three year old daughter. “I kept remembering the Aceh tsunami while we were running away. The Aceh tsunami taught us a lot. It raised our awareness on earthquakes and tsunamis.” On the night of 13 September 2007, when an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered tsunami warnings around the Indian Ocean, people knew what to do. Read full story |
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