Burkina Faso: Benin to Host the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Ouagadougou Partnership
[AMA] The international conference, which will be held in Cotonou from December 09-11, 2015 aims to celebrate the significant strides made in facilitating access to family planning methods in the nine countries composing the Ouagadougou Partnership, namely, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Ancient river network discovered buried under Saharan sand
Radar images of the Mauritanian desert have revealed a river stretching for more than 500km and suggest plants and wildlife once thrived thereA vast river network that once carried water for hundreds of miles across Western Sahara has been discovered under the parched sands of Mauritania.Radar images taken from a Japanese Earth observation satellite spotted the ancient river system beneath the shallow, dusty surface, apparently winding its way from more than 500km inland towards the coast. Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Geology Science Western Sahara Africa World news Climate change Source Type: news
Senior UN official warns funding shortages could be disastrous for chronically food-insecure Mauritania
On her two-day visit to Mauritania, Ertharin Cousin, the Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP), saw at first hand the challenges faced by nearly 1 million food insecure people amid rising malnutrition in the country. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - October 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Mauritania: WFP Chief Sees At First Hand Food and Nutrition Challenges in Mauritania
[WFP] "Mauritania has borne the brunt of recurring food crises, chronic malnutrition and instability spilling over from neighbouring Mali," said Ertharin Cousin. "We are especially concerned about the serious malnutrition situation affecting 14 percent of Mauritania's children under five." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 22, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritania: Cancelled food distribution leaves refugees at risk of increased malnutrition
The World Food Programme has suspended general food distributions for 49,500 refugees from Mali who live in a camp in the Mauritanian desert. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - July 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Rob Source Type: news
Mauritania: Malian Refugees At Risk of Increased Malnutrition Following Cancelled Food Distributions
[MSF] The cancellation of monthly food rations in July for 49,500 Malian refugees in Mbera Camp is likely to cause a rise in global acute malnutrition levels, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which provides medical care and malnutrition support in the camp. MSF calls on the international donor community to ensure that refugees in Mbera camp have reliable sources of food. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 3, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritania: Malian Refugees at Risk of Malnutrition Due to Canceled Food Aid
The cancellation of monthly food rations will likely increase global acute malnutrition among 49,500 Malian refugees in southeastern Mauritania.
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Source: MSF News - July 2, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Elias Primoff Source Type: news
Mauritania: Malian Refugees at Risk of Malnutrition Due to Canceled Food Aid
Press releaseMauritania: Malian Refugees at Risk of Malnutrition Due to Canceled Food Aid
July 02, 2015
BASSIKNOU, MAURITANIA/NEW YORK, JULY 2, 2015—The cancellation of monthly food rations will likely increase global acute malnutrition among 49,500 Malian refugees in southeastern Mauritania, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today, calling on the international donor community to ensure that the refugees have reliable sources of food. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - July 2, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Editorial Intern Source Type: news
Securing a Better Future for the Oceans and for People
Mamadou Sarr is a 54-year old Senegalese artisanal fisherman who has been working at sea for more than 36 years. He entered the profession out of his love for fishing and the ocean, and has been supporting a family of eight with his daily catches.
Greenpeace met him at Ouakam, a fishing village on the outskirts of Dakar, where he shared his story with our local activists. "If nothing is done to reverse the negative impacts of foreign vessels in Senegalese waters," he said, "I will lose my job."
Foreign vessels have been plundering the waters of West Africa for decades to stock the fish markets of Europe and Asia. Indust...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
South Sudan: Take the Medicine Trail
[IRIN] Oxford -A truck carrying vital medicines to a remote refugee camp near Mauritania's border with Mali overturns during its 2,000 kilometre journey through the Sahara desert. It is the rainy season and half the consignment is damaged by mud and no longer usable. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: World Bank Boosts Fisheries in Mauritania and Guinea, Contributing to the Ebola Recovery
[World Bank] Washington, DC -The World Bank Group's (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today approved a total of US$22 million to strengthen the management and governance of fisheries as well as improve the handling of fish that is brought to shore in Mauritania and Guinea. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 17, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
West Africa: UN Chief Appoints New Envoy for Ebola
[Premium Times]The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday appointed Ismail Ahmed of Mauritania as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, UNMEER. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 12, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
UN names veteran humanitarian official as new head of Ebola mission
ACCRA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed veteran humanitarian official Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania on Thursday as the new head of its mission to fight an outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Africa: Thirteen Countries Move Closer to Eradicating Hunger
[FAO]Rome -FAO honors achievements of Brazil, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, the Gambia, Iran, Kiribati, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, the Philippines and Uruguay (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 1, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Is stress bad for your health?
Is there something amiss with our assumption that stress equals misery, while a stress-free life is bliss?Stress is one of those words that can mean so many things, it risks meaning nothing at all. If I told you my day was “very stressful” because I had too many places to be, you’d think me no more than slightly melodramatic. But if you were the sole survivor when a tourist bus plunged into a mountain gorge, you might reasonably describe the following years as “very stressful”, too. When a concept covers that much ground, it’s a sign there’s something dodgy about it, and in her new book, The Upside Of Stress,...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 18, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Burkeman Tags: Health & wellbeing Life and style Psychology Source Type: news
