Merlin Heroes 2011
December 30, 2011Did you know that every minute, nineteen people are treated by a Merlin health worker? And right now a Merlin hero is saving yet another life in one of the world’s toughest countries. Merlin’s heroes on the frontline are amazing people. They care beyond the call of duty and do whatever it takes to help others. You [...]
Meet Souhaila: a Merlin hero in Afghanistan
December 30, 2011Afghanistan has the worst maternal mortality rate in the world today, with more than one in ten mothers dying in childbirth. The country has a shocking lack of trained midwives for its population of around 29 million people. Merlin is working hard to bridge the gap, training 224 new Afghan midwives through its midwifery school [...]
We could lose more people to Aids than to decades of war
December 1, 2011The Kampala road has brought many changes to Nimule in South Sudan, including economic development: concrete bars and the inaptly named Paradise hotel rise among the mud-walled huts. It has brought visitors who, when stopping over on their way through from Uganda and Kenya, spend money with the abandon of the transient. And these visitors, [...]
No celebrations for World Aids Day
December 1, 2011December 1, 2011 This World Aids Day, instead of celebrating a turning point after years of life-saving investment and research, the fight against HIV is facing a serious setback. The largest single donor for HIV funding, The Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria, has announced that it has cancelled its next round of [...]
Millions imperiled: Why hunger looms in aid-rich Afghanistan
November 27, 2011The onset of winter imperils millions in Afghanistan according to new reports. More than 2.5 million people face hunger in drought-stricken areas of Afghanistan despite billions of dollars of aid that have poured into the country in recent years, aid agencies say. Many villagers have only limited supplies of food left as winter looms, as [...]
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Highlighting the Food Crisis in Kenya
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Spotlighting Activities in Ethiopia, July 2011 – Feb 2012
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In Focus
Anna Walton joined Merlin in September 2010 and she managed the emergency response for the Pakistan Floods. Most recently she has returned from Liberia where Merlin has been delivering urgent medical aid and treatment at the frontline of the refugee crisis. We asked her the following questions to give you a firsthand account of the [...]
An interview with Anna Walton, Emergency Response Team Program Manager
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Merlin’s response to the “horrors” of Dembia
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East Africa Overview – Merlin’s Current Activities
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