« Je suis impressionné par les projets que vous gérez à Madagascar. Je tiens à saluer tous les efforts que vous faites». Ces mots sont du premier secrétaire de l’ambassade de la république de Corée du Sud, Gyu-Suk Geon, lors de la visite d’une délégation Coréenne au bureau du siège de la Croix-Rouge Malagasy à Tsaralalana, Antananarivo, le mercredi 23 mai 2012 dans la matinée. « Même si nous sommes assez loin de vous, nous sommes à vos côtés » avait-il ajouté. Cette visite fait suite à la remise d’une somme non remboursable de 100 000 usd à la Croix-Rouge Malagasy.
ANTANANARIVO, 21 May 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - Madagascar has a low level of HIV prevalence, and managing its AIDS programme should present no major difficulties. But the apparent advantage of a low infection rate, combined with the ongoing political crisis, has brought its own challenges.
Madagascar, and the neighbouring islands states of Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles, are anomalies in the context of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Prevalence is very low - around 0.37 percent, or 24,000 confirmed cases - and restricted to a few sections of the population.
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Three months have passed since cyclones hit the eastern and the southeastern regions of Madagascar. WFP is helping the most affected communities to rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
Evatana is a municipality of 12,000 inhabitants located in the southeastern district of Manakara. This part of Madagascar is regularly hit by cyclones and floods which cause significant damage to road infrastructure and to crops, particularly rice and manioc.
Food security conditions over most parts of Southern Africa remain satisfactory and conditions are expected to remain so throughout the Outlook period. The projected average to above-average maize harvests are assessed to be sufficient to meet the region’s requirements for the next six months and beyond.
Current reports indicate that household food access has improved and increased on-farm food supplies have eased the pressure on local markets. Prices have stabilized, and in some cases, started dropping.
It's 8 a.m., and the sun over Madagascar is already etching shadowy grooves across the landscape in the small village of Tsinjorano. Farmer Patricia Suzy Razafindrafara, 42, shades her eyes with her palm and surveys her rice fields. Thick stalks sway in the gentle breeze as crickets sing a morning lullaby. She carefully kicks off her black plastic shoes, hefts her metal weeder over her shoulder and scrambles into the shallow paddies below.
MIGOMBANI, Zanzibar (AlertNet) – The East African archipelago of Zanzibar is attempting to win “environmental independence” from Tanzania by joining an organisation that promotes the sustainable development of islands in the Indian Ocean.
Zanzibar has lodged a formal membership application with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), a regional cooperation body whose current members are Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Reunion.
Harvesting of the 2011/12 main season cereal crops is underway across Southern Africa and is expected to continue until June/July. Current crop prospects point to a slight decrease in maize production (the main food staple) compared to 2011, following a contraction in the area planted and a protracted dry spell in early 2012.
In the last 20 years, the world has saved more than 50 million children’s lives and reduced maternal mortality by one-third. These accomplishments have been the result of good science, good management, bipartisan political support, the engagement of USAID and many other U.S. Government agencies, and the participation of faith-based organizations, civil society, and the private sector.
JOHANNESBURG, May 9, 2012 (IPS) - The cost of maintaining and expanding water infrastructure in southern Africa is high. And while South Africa may be in a better economic position than the rest of the region, it also faces funding challenges that are similar to those of its neighbours.
Niger is the worst place on the planet to be a mum, new research published today by Save the Children has found.
The West African country, one of the world’s poorest, has replaced Afghanistan at the bottom of the children’s charity’s annual State of the World’s Mothers ranking.
The index compares conditions for mothers in 165 countries around the globe, looking at factors such as mother's health, education and economic status, as well as critical child indicators such as health and nutrition.
Plus de 300 millions de personnes sont touchées chaque année par des catastrophes naturelles. Les populations des pays en développement en sont les principales victimes. De plus, les catastrophes réduisent la production des pays les plus pauvres d’environ 13%, les privant de ressources nécessaires à leur développement. [1]
ANTSOHIHY, 3 May 2012 (IRIN) - Daughters as young as 12 in the villages surrounding Antsohihy, the capital of Sofia Region, in Madagascar's remote, traditional north, often suffer the harmful consequences of falling pregnant and giving birth too young when parents accept zebus (cattle) or cash as a dowry.
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La région Sofia est victime d’inondation fréquente à raison de deux à trois fois par an à cause la montée des rivières de Maroamboka, Somboana et Bemarivo. Les dégâts sont souvent importants tels que la destruction des cultures principales telle que la riziculture, les habitats, la pollution de l’eau par les matières fécales, la dégradation de l’état de santé des villageois, surtout les enfants de moins de 5 ans et les femmes. Autrement dit, la vulnérabilité des populations riveraines des rivières s’accroit.
Life-saving malaria treatment can be bought for less than one US dollar
Geneva - An innovative initiative led by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to put affordable and effective anti-malaria medicines in remote communities in Africa, is making rapid progress in Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.
