 | Pakistan: No Time for Hand-Wringing
The deficient and delayed response is starting to exact its cost on the Pakistani people, especially the most vulnerable. In aid world jargon we speak of it as the 'second-wave' of death, which sounds too abstract to register with most audiences.
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| Traveling Miles for Food
Over the past few weeks, I have traveled to some of the hardest hit districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Southern Punjab Provinces in Pakistan.
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| Pakistan Floods: Pulling People Back from the Brink
Good news is rare as Pakistan's greatest natural disaster continues to unfold before our eyes. But after nearly two weeks of trying, we have finally reached desperate flood victims in two remote districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province.
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| Taking Care of the Physical and Mental Health Needs of Pakistan's New IDPs
International Medical Corps immediately deployed mobile medical teams in the most severely affected Charsadda, Peshawar and Nowshehra Districts to provide emergency services.
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| Toilets Bring More Than Sanitation to Schools in Nepal
Through its local partner, Nepal Water for Health, Concern recently implemented a program to improve water and sanitation facilities at Lalit's school in an effort to promote basic health for the students of this rural region.
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| Overcoming Barriers for At-Risk Populations
Life is not that good for injecting drug users in Eastern Europe. Or, for that matter, sex workers, prisoners or anyone else in the high-risk group of marginalized people who have HIV and live on the edge of society there.
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| MDG 1: One Step Closer – The Role of Micronutrient-Rich Staple Foods
We talk about ending hunger and alleviating extreme poverty. But how? Hunger runs much deeper than simply the amount of food or caloric intake - vitamins and minerals vital to normal growth and development are essential, especially in the young.
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| Kyrgyzstan's Newly Displaced Face Acute Psychological Trauma
Amidst the ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan, International Medical Corps provides mental health services.
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| Integration, Food Security and HIV/AIDS
The links between food security, good nutrition and HIV&AIDS are well known, including the fact that good nutrition supports positive living for people living with HIV who do not yet need antiretroviral therapy.
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| New Angle on Pediatric AIDS/HIV in Swaziland
I've visited many Foundation-supported health clinics, and I've always known that the Foundation's mission is to eliminate pediatric HIV and AIDS. But it wasn't until November 2009 that I fully understood how that goal can be achieved.
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