January 8, 2013 | News covering the UN and the world

	Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate 13 global-health commodities that are a "best buy" Increasing access among poor and vulnerable women and children to 13 medicines and health supplies is "one of the 'best buys' in global health" in that it would save 6 million lives, said Anthony Lake, head of UNICEF. The cost of $200 million over three years "pales in comparison to the benefits that ... healthy and productive children and mothers would bring to their families, communities and nations," Lake said. Increased access would also further the drive toward the 2015 Millennium Development Goal of a two-thirds decline in child mortality. Skoll World Forum (1/7)      Frustration mounts for Syrian refugees  Unemployment rife in Haiti  Profiles of India rape victim, one alleged attacker  Elephant family slaughtered by poachers in Kenya  Islamists on the move in Mali as army digs in  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security Did you miss this? Over the weekend, India and Pakistan united to bowl out polio!http://ow.ly/gCgqG #endpolio#vaccineswork" @ShotAtLife "The mass extinction and corresponding biodiversity loss doesn't touch most people's everyday lives yet. It remains abstract. That is going to change." UN Dispatch Frustration mounts for Syrian refugees Seven aid workers were injured by Syrian refugees amid rain and winds at the Zaatari camp in Jordan today. The United Nations refugee agency reported that it had registered nearly 600,000 refugees in the region, and about 100,000 just over the past month. Separately, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said through a spokesman that he was "disappointed" by a speech by Syrian President Bashar Assad rejecting mediation. The Guardian (London)/Middle East Live blog (1/8), AlertNet/Reuters (1/7), The Washington Post/The Associated Press (1/8)        Other News Amano, sole IAEA candidate, likely to reappointed to 4-year term Reuters (1/7)      155,000 Liberian refugees repatriated under UNHCR program Devex.com/The Development Newswire blog (1/7)      Madanjeet Singh, UNESCO goodwill ambassador, dies United Press International (1/7)      Unemployment rife in Haiti The Haitian economy -- hampered by tropical storms, donor fatigue and the withdrawal of nongovernmental organizations -- grew only 2.5% during the year that ended in September, well below the 8% forecast by economists. "We've gone from being the Republic of NGOs to the Republic of Unemployment," said Frantz Duval, editor of the newspaper Le Nouvelliste. Officials say a U.S. travel advisory is hindering efforts to rebuild the country's tourism industry. The Economist (free content) (1/5),Reuters (1/7)      Other News Outcry, coverup in deaths of 5 boys in China Spiegel Online (Germany) (1/7)      Profiles of India rape victim, one alleged attacker Despite laws in India that prevent the identification of rape victims, profiles are emerging of the young woman who died from injuries sustained in a gang rape on a bus in New Delhi, as well as of one of her alleged attackers. The Wall Street Journal (1/8)        Women and girls in Somali camps targeted for rape Somalia has become more secure, but not necessarily for the country's women, especially those living in camps for those displaced by fighting. "If you look at [Internally Displaced Persons] camps, it is mostly lone women with children who live there. [The camp] is not a house, there is no door. A man can come in any time and do whatever he wants to you, knowing he will get away with it," says Fartun Abdisalaan Adan of Sister Somalia, which opened the first crisis center for rape victims in the capital, Mogadishu. Al-Jazeera (1/6)      Elephant family slaughtered by poachers in Kenya A gang in Kenya shot and killed 11 elephants Saturday, then stripped the animals of their tusks. The slaughter by a gang of about the same number occurred in Tsavo National Park. BBC (1/8), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (1/7)      Study: Biofuels pose small, significant risk to health, crops Biofuels aren't as good for air quality as we've thought, researchers say. A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that large-scale production of wood-based fuels would emit higher levels of a chemical that can combine with other pollutants to cause premature deaths and reduce crop yields. The Guardian (London)/Reuters (1/7)        Other News Air pollution blamed as thousands of Iranians die BBC (1/7)      Canada's oil-sands mining linked to cancer-causing chemicals in lakes The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (1/7)      Former opponent of GM crops changes stance The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Dot Earth blog (1/4)      International sanctions cleave Iran oil earnings BBC (1/7)      Islamists on the move in Mali as army digs in Fighting has reportedly broken out between the Malian army and Islamist forces for the first time in nearly a year after al-Qaida-linked rebels moved into the country's Mopti region. A 3,000-strong African-led military force -- approved in December by the United Nations Security Council -- is expected to be deployed no sooner than September. BBC (1/8)      Other News Bahrain criticized after high court upholds life terms for protesters Reuters (1/8)      Second Kuwaiti imprisoned over Twitter remarks critical of emir Reuters (1/7)      China law used for first time to secretly detain man The Guardian (London)/Reuters (1/8)      Position Title Company Name Location mHealth Alliance Consulting Project: Senior Project Director United Nations Foundation Eastern or Southern Africa, International Senior Grassroots Officer, Nothing But Nets United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Researcher on Russia Human Rights Watch Moscow, Russia Global Health Advocacy Manager, Better World Campaign United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Senior Campaign Officer, Nothing But Nets United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Officer, Online Communications, Better World Campaign United Nations Foundation. 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