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ZIMBABWE: Numerous Challenges For Harare Water Supply
By Vusumuzi Sifile
HARARE - Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.
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LATIN AMERICA: Journalistic Prize for Making Poverty News
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - The second "Latin America and the Millennium Development Goals" Journalism Prize, sponsored by the UNDP and IPS, was awarded Thursday in the Chilean capital in a ceremony addressed by the head of the U.N. agency, Helen Clark.
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AFRICA: Drug Subsidy Key to Anti-Malaria Effort
By Susan Anyangu
NAIROBI - Just three percent of malaria-infected children in Africa get World Health Organisation-recommended drugs. One expert has equated this to a death sentence for sick children.
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Q&A: Put the New Women's Agency in Africa
Suzanne Hoeksema interviews NAISOLA LIKIMANI, advocacy officer of FEMNET*
UNITED NATIONS - On Sep. 14, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a resolution that gave the green light to the creation of a new U.N. agency for women.
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Q&A: ‘ODA Is What Governments Want to Do at Their Whim’
By Helen Clark
HANOI - Think of a world where rich nations did not fund what was popular but instead collaborated to solve the developing world’s most pressing health needs.
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RIGHTS-CAMEROON: The Reverend Raped Me 
By Ngala Killian Chimtom
 YAOUNDE - A countrywide survey of the incidence of rape in Cameroon has returned disturbing statistics: 20 percent of the nearly 38,000 women surveyed reported having been raped; another 14 percent said they had escaped a rape attempt.
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GUATEMALA: (Barely) Surviving on Beans and Tortillas
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - Juan Manuel Ardón's bones jut out and his hair is dull and thin: signs of severe malnutrition. He is so weak that he can hardly walk or talk, and the doctors say his weight and stature are those of a six-year-old, rather than 15-year-old, boy.
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SIERRA LEONE: New Dawn for Small Farmers?
By Mohamed Fofanah
KAMBIA DISTRICT, Sierra Leone - They call her "Marie Nerica", after a new breed of rice.
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AGRICULTURE-SENEGAL: Groundnut Production in Freefall
By Koffigan E. Adigbli
KAOLACK, Senegal - Farmers are complaining about a lack of technical assistance and the poor quality of seeds they've planted this year in the Kaolack region, Senegal's groundnut-producing area, 200 kilometres south of the capital Dakar.
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HEALTH: Vaccines, Antibiotics Could Slash Pneumonia Deaths
By Chryso D'Angelo
UNITED NATIONS - Seven-month-old Marta lived in the central highlands of Guatemala when she came down with a high fever and rapid, shallow breathing.
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LABOUR: Sorting Garbage - Green and Dignified Work
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - More than 1,500 representatives of waste recyclers from 13 countries, and thousands of other visitors, including the host country Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, met last week in São Paulo, demonstrating that they are no longer pariahs in our throw-away society.
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ARGENTINA: 'Drugs Are Killing the Youngsters We're Feeding'
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - "You often ask yourself why feed them if some wretch is just going to come along and sell them that rubbish," says Isabel Ruiz, who runs the Las Brujas soup kitchen in Moreno, a poor neighbourhood on the west side of the Argentine capital.
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CHILE: Teen Pregnancy, a Problem That Won’t Go Away
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - Chile currently stands out for its spectacular progress in a number of health indicators, including maternal and child mortality and chronic malnutrition. But these successes obscure an acute social problem that refuses to yield: the steady rise in the number of teenage mothers.
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DEVELOPMENT: Hunger and Conflict Go Hand in Hand
By Suzanne Hoeksema
UNITED NATIONS - Countries emerging from conflict need more international assistance to rebuild their food production, since hunger and scarcity may prompt a return to fighting, United Nations and development officials warned this week.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Quiet Progress Against HIV/AIDS
By Jessie Boylan
COBUE, Mozambique - When Dorothy Kakongwe smiles, her creases tell stories no history book can recount. This elderly nurse can reflect on numerous changes in the landscape and people around her.
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COTE D'IVOIRE: Without Better Storage, We Are Farming to Feed Insects
By Fulgence Zamblé
BONDOUKOU, Côte d'Ivoire - Every year, Robert Assalé, a farmer at Tangamourou in the Bondoukou region in east-central Côte d'Ivore, produces an impressive amount of yams. He harvested 30 tonnes in 2007, 42 tonnes in 2008 and has almost surpassed 50 tonnes this year.
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SIERRA LEONE: New Agriculture Plan Sprouts
By Mohamed Fofanah
FREETOWN - When in power, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) promised that thanks to its pursuit of a pro-agriculture agenda, no Sierra Leonean would go to bed hungry by 2007. But the appointed date came and the people were still hungry. Unfortunately for the SLPP, it was an election year.
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HEALTH: U.S. Urged to Double Aid to Global Projects
By Matthew Berger
WASHINGTON - As the effort to achieve universal health coverage within the U.S. crawls forward in Washington, a new report by a coalition of global health organisations details how the U.S. can "help lead the world to universal access to comprehensive health care in developing countries".
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GERMANY: New Govt May Neglect Development Aid
By Julio Godoy
BERLIN - Concerns have risen with the inauguration of the new government that Germany will cut back on its commitments on international development.
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CUBA: Food Security Focus of New UN Programmes
By Patricia Grogg
HAVANA - Three new international cooperation agreements channeled through the United Nations system in Cuba are aimed at strengthening food security, especially in the poorest parts of the country.
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CLIMATE CHANGE-BOLIVIA: Climbing a 'Dead' Glacier
By Franz Chávez
CHACALTAYA, Bolivia - The rapid disappearance of glaciers and the subsequent exhaustion of water sources are pushing indigenous communities in the Bolivian highlands even further into poverty, Bolivian experts told IPS, adding that an increase in awareness about climate change is desperately needed.
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In 2000, 189 countries adopted the Millennium Declaration. Last year, world leaders convened in New York to access progress toward their commitments to reach the Millennium Development Goals on aid, trade and debt, governance, education, health and democracy by 2015. Much has been done. It is estimated, for example, that the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - set up at the 2001 Genoa Summit - has saved more than 2 million lives. However, there is still a long way to go to meeting the goals. IPS is covering the issues at stake and more.

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