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But now a quiet revolution is under way. Over the past few years, a handful of aid organizations and governments - including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development - have begun distributing zinc supplements to villagers in Bangladesh, India, Mali and Pakistan. Several other groups...
Reports of rising numbers of nutrition-related deaths and illnesses in Ethiopia are coming out amid tense times for humanitarian organizations, who face various obstacles in their attempts to deal with the effects of the drought. Unlike in previous years, the current crisis is not getting much play in the...
International aid organizations are also struggling with a shortage of supplies. So far this year, donors have contributed a total in cash and kind of almost $176 million, equivalent to 271,000 metric tons of food - less than 50% of last year's contributions. Many aid workers blame the financial...
Alas, uplifting news is rare in the vulture world: the big picture is that the birds, commonly portrayed as harbingers of death, are themselves facing doom, particularly in the eastern hemisphere. Three species in South and Southeast Asia were placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's critically...
On Sept. 5 - the first annual International Vulture Awareness Day - zoos and bird societies around the globe will sponsor educational tours and flight demonstrations to get the word out about the plight of the vultures. Unlike blue whales, polar bears and other beloved species in danger of extinction, it may...