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  1. A woman walks across salt flats near the village of Ngaye-Ngaye, 10 kilometers (six miles) south of Senegal's northern town of Saint Louis in this file picture. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

    African leaders renew commitment to family planning

    27 July 2012 18:05 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Babatunde Osotimehin | The Word on Women

    Millions of women will benefit if leaders deliver on their promises, write Babatunde Osotimehin and Sharon Camp

  2. A girl cries in her mother's arm while receiving a vaccination from a nurse at a hospital in Huaibei, 25 April 2012. REUTERS/China Daily China Daily Information Corp - CDIC

    A Lost Decade for 340 Million People

    27 July 2012 14:14 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Professor Stephen Locarnini & Jack Wallace | Asia Views

    World Hepatitis Day is one of the most important dates in the Asia health calendar, with an estimated 340 million people ...

  3. Women and children lining up to get food from the cereal bank, Tillabéri, Niger. Plan International

    The making of the Sahel Food Crisis

    26 July 2012 18:21 BST | Comments ( 1 )

    Roland Berehoudougou | Aid Worker Diaries

    If a number of external factors had not come together this year, then the Sahel Food Crisis would never have been declared.

  4. Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians at a "BIG JUMP" event, jointly calling for the rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River. ALERTNET/FoE Middle East

    “Good Water Neighbours” collaborate over waters shared by Palestinians, Israelis and Jordanians

    26 July 2012 10:00 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Michael Schwartz | The Battle for Water

    Water management in the shared waters of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories sounds challenging - but there is a ...

  5. A hen walks across a street with her chicks in the town of Kaya in Burkina Faso in this file picture. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

    Community-building key to coping with humanitarian crises

    25 July 2012 13:11 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Nicholas Rutherford | The Debating Chamber

    In the past, not enough attention was paid to the role local community could play in crisis management, writes Nicholas ...

  6. Rainwater drips from unripe coffee cherries on a plantation near Amatitlan, Guatemala, September 27, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair

    Harvesting and conserving rainwater key to boosting crop yields

    25 July 2012 12:30 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Jerome Bossuet | The Battle for Water

    To sustainably ensure steady food production especially in poor smallholdings local farmers can gain a lot from managing ...

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