BANGKOK, 20 May 2013 (NNT) - Southern residents are being warned of Chikungunya and dengue fever viruses, which can both be transmitted through a mosquito bite, while more than 200 dengue patients have been reported in Trang province.

According to Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences Dr. Nipon Phopattanachai, patients found to have contracted the Chikungunya virus are mostly in the southern provinces of Trang, Satun, Chumphon and Surat Thani, and the infection rate is rising sharply.

UNICEF correspondent Leonie Marinovich reports on a new treatment for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Malawi.

By Leonie Marinovich

With a new treatment strategy for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in place, there is hope that the next generation of children in Malawi may be born free of the scourge of HIV/AIDS.

New York, 20 May 2013 – Myanmar is making progress towards the realization of its commitment to end the recruitment and use of children in its armed forces.

“The signature of an action plan in June 2012 was a major breakthrough and I commend the Government of Myanmar for taking important steps to better protect children,“ said Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict.

Afghanistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zalmai Rassoul, requested UNESCO’s support in protecting heritage, expanding education and improving women’s rights, during a meeting with UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, in Kabul on 19 May.

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NEW YORK (Nations unies), 20 mai 2013 (AFP) - La sanguinaire Armée de résistance du Seigneur (LRA) de Joseph Kony, recherché par la Cour pénale internationale et Washington, a tué plus de 100.000 personnes en Afrique centrale ces 25 dernières années, selon l'ONU.

Le groupe de rebelles armés conduit par Joseph Kony est aussi recherché pour l'enlèvement de 60.000 à 100.000 enfants et le déplacement de 2,5 millions de personnes, a indiqué lundi Ban Ki-moon dans un rapport sur l'Afrique centrale.

At one elementary school in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, teacher Fakhrieh Al Zaabouti was saddened when a 7-year-old child arrived to school in tears. “His left shoe was torn apart and he was so upset.” But, his tears soon turned to joy when he received his new pair of TOMS Shoes.

This is ANERA’s first delivery of TOMS Shoes in Lebanon.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Most children living with the HIV virus in Zimbabwe’s rural communities do not access life-saving anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) early because new technology that can detect the virus six weeks from birth is only available at hospitals in the cities, preventing the country from attaining its goal of universal access for minors living with the killer virus.

At a time when the world is dealing with myriad challenges, from climate change to food insecurity, it is more important than ever to ensure that public health receives the both the attention and resources it deserves to ensure the well-being of millions, a senior United Nations official said today.

Introduction

This review is concerned with the financing arrangements for programmes that address acute malnutrition at scale through the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM). The CMAM approach is geared towards the early detection, treatment and counselling of moderately and severely acutely malnourished children, in the community, by community agents.