CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 687 14 June 2013

	humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Table of contents 1. Ten ways to save a million lives 2. Hunger drives hunt for gold in South Sudan's east 3. Thousands still missing HIV treatment following CAR coup 4. Uganda running out of ARVs, HIV test kits 5. Calls for AU, UN to take action in Sudan's Blue Nile State 6. Intellectual property reprieve for poor countries 7. Call for "no regret" climate adaptation strategies* Ten ways to save a million lives LONDON, 10 June 2013 (IRIN) - In London on 8 June, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, together with an array of presidents, prime ministers, businesspeople and philanthropists, signed the Global Nutrition for Growth Compact, an agreement to improve the nutrition of children and pregnant women around the world. Inside the meeting room, organizers said they had secured new commitmentsof up to US$4.15 billion to tackle undernutrition between now and 2020; outside, in Hyde Park, activists laid a carpet of flower petals to represent the lives of children lost each year through malnutrition. Read report online Hunger drives hunt for gold in South Sudan's east NANAKANAK, 10 June 2013 (IRIN) - Around 60,000 people are thought to be mining gold in South Sudan, using the bare hands they once used to harvest crops. In the new nation's east, where poor rains have caused widespread hunger, women, children and the elderly have joined the hordes of people seeking their fortune through this back-breaking labour. Read report online Thousands still missing HIV treatment following CAR coup KAMPALA, 11 June 2013 (IRIN) - More than 15,000 people living with HIV in the Central African Republic (CAR) had their life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) treatment interrupted as a result of the instability before, during and after the 24 March coup by the Séléka rebel group. NGOs are now struggling to ensure these people resume their regimens to reduce the risk of illness, drug resistance and death. Read report online Uganda running out of ARVs, HIV test kits KAMPALA, 12 June 2013 (IRIN) - Uganda has run out of most antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), HIV testing kits, drugs to treat opportunistic infections and several crucial diagnostic tools for HIV care, according to a recent Ministry of Health stock status report. Read report online Calls for AU, UN to take action in Sudan's Blue Nile State NAIROBI, 12 June 2013 (IRIN) - The UN and the African Union must step forward and take decisive action to stop Sudan from committing war crimes against civilians in Blue Nile State, says a new Amnesty International report, dismissed as "false" by Khartoum. Read report online Intellectual property reprieve for poor countries NAIROBI, 13 June 2013 (IRIN) - Least developed countries (LDCs) will continue to have access to affordable medical technologies for an additional extra eight years before they are required to implement the World Trade Organization's Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Agreement, following a series of negotiations. Read report online Call for "no regret" climate adaptation strategies* JOHANNESBURG, 14 June 2013 (IRIN) - The absence of accurate climate prediction models should not dissuade countries from choosing the best ways to adapt to a changing climate, says a new report published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences. Read report online