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Agricultural Water Management and Climate Risk

Feasible investments in agricultural water management are likely to bring the greatest livelihood benefit to the rural poor of sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia if they are part of a comprehensive approach to managing climate risk, according to a new report commissioned  …

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Innovative ways to help combat malaria

Malaria affects between 300 and 500 million people every year, according to the WHO. It causes two percent of all deaths worldwide--among them 3,000 children a day, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.

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World Health Day

The theme of this year's World Health Day, is "protecting health from climate change".

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Eyes in the African Sky

In many regions of the developing world, there is a scarcity of ground-based measuring stations to record environmental conditions such as rainfall and temperature.

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Helping farmers in Uruguay deal with climate risks

One of IRI's goals for its work in South America is to bring state-of-the-art climate information into the hands of people and groups who can make immediate use of it.

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Iri Plug-in For Nasa's Servir

Users of IRI's Malaria Map Room and desert locust monitoring tools for Africa can now take advantage of SERVIR, NASA's high-tech satellite visualization system, thanks to a new plugin developed by scientists at the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology [IAGT] and …

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New book for people who have Crohn's, ulcerative colitis

If you're suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) and are looking for non-pharmocological treatments, then you should give serious consideration to the specific carbohydrate diet, or SCD.

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Will the Waters Still Flow?

Andean societies rely heavily on glacial runoff for their drinking water, agriculture and hydropower production. The possible disappearance or shrinking of glaciers in coming decades because of global warming would have grave consequences for the region.

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Using climate information for smarter disaster relief

The IRI and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have forged a partnership to help save lives from the humanitarian impacts of climate change.

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Make your own custom climate forecast

Latest spotlight on IRI's work. October marks the tenth anniversary of IRI's monthly net assessment forecasts, which are a series of freely available maps that show temperature and rainfall predictions for every region of the world.

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Malaria and dengue fever in Colombia

Each year in Colombia, more than 100,000 people get sick from malaria and approximately 42,000 come down with dengue fever.

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Trying to leave meningitis in the dust

This week's IRI feature...

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Mongolia's Roads, cont'd.

We won't see pavement again until we reach the edge of Kharkhorin later tonight. A huge effort is underway to rebuild the existing highway, as evidenced from the multitude of trucks and other heavy duty equipment we pass en route.

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Driving out of Ulaanbaatar

We leave the city limits just before the morning traffic starts to boil. Because I have the fattest ass, I get the honor of being in the front passenger seat. Nikki, Augú in his car seat, Uyanga and male Byaamba have to share the back.

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Michelle Hotel

Bayaamba booked a lovely hotel for us down the street from the National University of Mongolia.

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First Dispatch from Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar is a loosely packed, dry and dusty town. It keeps low to the ground, with scarcely a building taller than 15 stories. The mountains around it keep the morning light undirected and the city stays cooler longer as a result.

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Where is my Great Orator?

I spent last week catching up on reading and came across a reprint in the Atlantic Monthly of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham jail. I felt as though I had downed a gallon of espresso. My pulse quickened, my pupils dilated.

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Citizen journalism code of practice launched

Thought this might be particularly relevant to our fledgling news site here. The National Union of Journalists in the U.K.

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Second dispatch from Hong Kong

Test 2. From blog entry dated Aug. 14, 2004 Just thought I'd share some more experiences. My time in HK is quickly drawing to a close, and I'm going to miss this place. In the last few weeks, Nik and I have seen a fair bit of the S.A.R.

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My first week in Hong Kong

Test post. From blog entry dated July 14, 2004

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