September 3, 2004
Help Finding Its Way into Southern Darfur
While the situation for some one million displaced people in Sudan’s Darfur region remains dire, aid is beginning to find its way into the camps. Registration for food distribution is nearly complete in the southern part of the region, and clinics are beginning to serve health needs, especially those of new mothers and young children. Read more...
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    		• Famine Hits Communities Home to Sponsored Children
    Crops are withering in the field and children are going hungry in drought-stricken regions of Kenya, where seasonal rains have failed for the past year and a half. Many families are depending on humanitarian relief, as the next expected rains aren’t due until April at the earliest. Read more...
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    Swarms of locusts descended on the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott on August 6 after devastating rural areas. In what appears to be the worst locust plague in 15 years, acres of farmland have been destroyed. Read more...
    		Nursing “Brain-Drain” Creates Health Care Crisis
    Higher pay and better working conditions are luring thousands of African nurses to positions in western countries, leaving millions of patients stranded without even the basic medical care they can access now. Read more...
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