 NAIROBI, 23 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Following the identification of two polio
cases in Somalia, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) began a three-day emergency polio immunisation
campaign on Thursday in the capital, Mogadishu, officials said.
The
two cases, in the country's southern Benadir Region, in which Mogadishu
is located, were the first to be identified in Somalia since October
2002. They were detected by WHO's national polio surveillance system,
WHO and UNICEF said in a joint statement. |
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ISLAMABAD, 12 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - More than 300 children injured in
Saturday's devastating regional earthquake have been airlifted to the
Pakistani capital, Islamabad, over the last four days. Most of children
have head injuries, broken limbs or are severely traumatised by their
experiences, said Akhtar Haq, head of local NGO, Friends of the Child,
working at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). 
BEIRUT, 22 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Lebanon needs to review its domestic laws
and policies to conform to international norms in order to combat
widespread trafficking in human beings, especially women and children,
a United Nations expert said.
ACCRA, 16 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Sitting on a wooden bench in Ghana’s
biggest hospital, 28-year-old Gifty Torto breastfeeds her tiny
six-week-old son, hugging the newborn she is not allowed to take home.
