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1. Mapping the world's trachoma hotspots
2. Conflict and returnees strain South Sudan food security
3. Conflict cuts off civilians in DRC's Katanga
4. Aiming for climate change-resilient coffee in Uganda
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Mapping the world's trachoma hotspots
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LONDON, 1 May 2013 (IRIN) - When Iyabo Dolarin's trachoma mapping team
conducts surveys in Nigeria's Kaduna State, they begin with a ritual:
They go to the centre of the community and spin a bottle on the ground
to determine which household will first be checked for signs of this
painful and disabling disease.
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Conflict and returnees strain South Sudan food security
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NAIROBI, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - Food security in South Sudan is
deteriorating in the face of ongoing conflict, high food prices, and
the large-scale return of refugee and internally displaced families.
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Conflict cuts off civilians in DRC's Katanga
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KATANGA, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of displaced people in
the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Katanga Province have received
little or no humanitarian aid in the months since having fled ongoing
conflict.
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Aiming for climate change-resilient coffee in Uganda
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KAMPALA, 3 May 2013 (IRIN) - In Uganda, a new pilot project seeks to
understand the threat climate change poses to coffee, which will enable
growers to enhance the crop's resilience to extreme weather events.
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