Posted by Ruwaida Salem, Senior Technical Writer, K4Health and Steve Goldstein, Senior Consultant, K4Health on Friday, May 17th 2013

During the month of May, IMPACT will be highlighting USAID’s work in Global Health. From May 11-17, we will be featuring the important role of mothers and partnerships in Global Health.

05/19/2013 07:36 GMT

JUBA, May 19, 2013 (AFP) - At least 29 people were killed when cattle raiders from a South Sudanese minority group opened fire on members of another minority in a village in Upper Nile state, a local official said Sunday.

The gunmen crept into Tolleri village in Ulang county in the early hours of Saturday morning and sprayed it with bullets, killing 23 people instantly, said Dak Tap Chuol, commissioner for the nearby town of Nasir.

REGIONAL OVERVIEW

OUAGADOUGOU, 19 mai 2013 (IRIN) - Plus tôt cette année, la maison de torchis de Denis Ouedraogo, un tailleur du quartier de Tampouy, dans le nord de Ouagadougou, la capitale burkinabée, a été raccordée au réseau de distribution d'eau potable pour la première fois. « Avoir suffisamment d'eau peut vous rendre heureux, même sans électricité », a-t-il dit.

HIGHLIGHTS

Total number of Syrian refugees registered and awaiting registrations with UNHCR in Egypt stands at 66,420 individuals as of 13th of May 2013.

On Wednesday the 8th of May 2013, a fund raising event for the aid of Syrian refugees, took place at the Cairo Opera House. The event was organized by the British Embassy and UNHCR and was under the patronage of the Secretary General of the Arab League Dr. Nabil Al-Arabi.

A programme funded by the European Union in partnership with UNICEF is making a dent in Uganda's malnutrition statistics and changing lives with simple solutions.

By Ijuka Agnes Barongo

A new initiative aims to promote better nutrition practices in Ugandan households.

SRINAGAR, May 18 2013 (IPS) - Aadil Khan and his two siblings had been playing as usual behind their house in the village of Diver, 110 kilometres north of Kashmir’s capital, Srinagar, when they came across what they thought was a “plaything” laying on the ground. But no sooner had they picked the object up than it literally shattered their innocent lives into pieces.

Highlights

Nearly half of the 6.8 million people affected by the crisis in Syria are children. Over 1.5 million Syrians have already fled into neighboring countries. All are in urgent need of assistance. During the reporting period UNICEF and partners scaled up efforts in support of national immunization campaigns, ensuring that children across all affected countries continue to be vaccinated against preventable diseases.