http://www.myheadlines.org/section5-0.html News updates from our selection of the best sources on development issues and international cooperation policy. en http://www.myheadlines.org/images/myh.gif http://www.myheadlines.org/section5-0.html 20 03 2010 IPS | Development - LUSAKA, Mar 19 (IPS) - Naomi Mulenga is determined to beat the odds by finishing her school education and becoming a nurse – despite being a teenage mother. ]]> http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50729 20 03 2010 IPS | Development - NAIROBI, Mar 19 (IPS) - After torrential rains and floods claimed lives in Kenya’s North Rift region, hundreds of displaced people are now in dire need of relief aid. ]]> http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50728 20 03 2010 IPS | Development - UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) - Despite numerous factors that threaten the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 - a global financial crisis, a food crisis, climate change, natural disasters – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said this week that his main concern is "political will". ]]> http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50724 20 03 2010 IPS | Development - RANGOON, Mar 19 (IPS) - In teashops and markets, the national election due this year in Burma is the talk of the town, so much so that Thuzar, who did not take part in the 1990 poll, is quite eager to cast her vote this time. ]]> http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50723 19 03 2010 Zunia | Poverty - The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) aims to increase the resilience of social and ecological systems through better water management for food production. In its second research phase, from 2009-2013, it focuses on key water-for-food development challenges within large river basins of key importance for smallholder water and food security.In this seminar, the Director of the CPWF, Alain Vidal; the Research Director, Larry Harrington, and a CPWF team member, Amanda Harding will dr ]]> http://www.myheadlines.org/headline2435815.html 19 03 2010 UN | IRIN - JOHANNESBURG, 19 March 2010 (IRIN) - A study commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has been taking stock of food security initiatives in Eastern Africa, and the authors urge those involved in such efforts to "think regionally". ]]> http://www.myheadlines.org/headline2435071.html 19 03 2010 UN | IRIN - NAIROBI, 19 March 2010 (IRIN) - The diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis is still extremely low despite as many as half a million cases and 150,000 deaths from multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in 2008 globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). ]]> http://www.myheadlines.org/headline2435070.html 19 03 2010 UN | IRIN - NAIROBI, 19 March 2010 (IRIN) - As of 15 March, 15 districts nationwide were affected with cholera, with 663 cases confirmed since January, according to a Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation update. At least 15 deaths have been recorded. ]]> http://www.myheadlines.org/headline2435069.html 19 03 2010 UN | IRIN - NAIROBI, 19 March 2010 (IRIN) - Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kenya are set to enjoy greater protection under a national policy that also aims to prevent future displacement and to fulfil the country's obligations under international IDP law, say analysts. ]]> http://www.myheadlines.org/headline2435068.html 19 03 2010 UN | IRIN - MANILA, 19 March 2010 (IRIN) - The Philippines government is preparing for a massive earthquake in the metro Manila area, but local authorities' efforts need to be stepped up, experts say. ]]> http://www.myheadlines.org/headline2435067.html