|
|
Latest news on Early warning |
|
MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 65 for 10-16 March 2006
|
|
EGYPT: Health activists censure government’s bird flu response
CAIRO, 23 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Government measures to prevent the spread of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus are insufficient, according to independent Egyptian health experts.Full report
|
|
|
MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 62 for 17 - 23 February 2006
|
|
YEMEN: Two killed in flash floods
SANA, 21 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Two people were killed and a number of houses destroyed in flash floods that hit the village of Ma’abar, in the southwestern Thamar governorate, on the night of 20 February.Full report
|
|
|
YEMEN: Measles vaccination campaign launched to prevent children’s deaths
SANA, 21 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - A massive vaccination drive against measles began this week in an effort to stamp out a disease that kills between 5,000 and 10,000 Yemeni children ever year. For the first time in the country, the campaign is targeting children over 18 months old as part of a global campaign to eradicate the contagious disease.Full report
|
|
|
IRAQ: New suspected bird flu infection cases being tested in Iraq
BAGHDAD, 19 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The Ministry of Health has said it is testing 13 new suspected human cases of the H5N1 virus, known as bird flu, in the southern governorate of Missan and 12 in Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq.Full report
|
|
|
EGYPT: Government appeals for calm after appearance of bird flu among poultry
CAIRO, 19 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The government appealed for calm after poultry infected with the H5N1 virus, known as bird flu, were detected in three different Egyptian governorates, including the capital, Cairo. “There is no immediate danger,” said a source at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, who requested anonymity. Full report
|
|
|
IRAQ: Insurgency little understood by coalition forces, says think-tank
DUBAI, 16 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The Iraqi insurgency, which is increasingly organised and coordinated, is little understood by those trying to fight it, according to the Brussels-based think-tank, International Crisis Group (ICG).Full report
|
|
|
MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 61 for 10 - 16 February 2006
|
|
YEMEN: UNHCR warns of danger of illicit sea passage from Horn of Africa
DUBAI, 15 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has warned would-be migrants from the Horn of Africa against making the sea passage to Yemen by way of illegal smugglers.Full report
|
MORE NEWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
To receive this service by email, please go to our subscription page and complete a personal profile.
For assistance, contact [email protected]
|
|
|
|
|