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New partnership to bring better health to Africa's refugees
24 Feb 2006 UNHCR is teaming up with the pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to deliver the latest nursing knowledge and training to health professionals working with refugees in Africa. The Nursing Library Project is delivering 50 ICN/MSD Nursing Libraries for Refugee Health to health care workers in Tanzania and Zambia, which together host some 770,000 refugees. -
Upcoming slash in food rations threatens refugees in Zambia
23 Dec 2005 More than 80,000 refugees in Zambia's five refugee camps and settlements could face malnutrition, triggering social problems like child labour and prostitution, unless international donors provide funds to avert a 50 percent cut in food rations scheduled to take effect in January. -
Extra plane provides boost to Angolan repatriation
1 Nov 2005 The acquisition of a second aircraft has given a significant boost to the number of Angolan refugees able to return home each week from Zambia, with a total of 22,000 now expected to return from Zambia by the end of this year. -
Pavarotti ferry extends lifeline to Angolan refugees and Zambian hosts
17 Aug 2005 The ferry funded by the "Pavarotti and Friends" charity concert has not only assured Angolan refugees in Zambia's Nangweshi camp of regular assistance, but also facilitated their return to Angola and stimulated regional trade. -
Visiting students get into refugees' good books in Zambia
8 Aug 2005 A group of American undergraduates has started a 25,000-book library and Internet café in Zambia's Meheba refugee settlement as part of an initiative known as FORGE, or Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment. -
Zambia Initiative spreads to North-Western province
26 Jul 2005 The Zambian government and UNHCR are expanding a rural development programme that has boosted crop production and improved health and education facilities for tens of thousands of people in Zambia's refugee-hosting areas. -
Zambia starts last year of repatriation to Angola
11 May 2005 A first convoy of 75 Angolan refugees has returned home to Cazombo from Zambia's Meheba refugee settlement as the UN refugee agency starts its third and last season of repatriation to Angola. -
UNHCR hands over school to Zambian government
27 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency this week handed over a secondary school to the Zambian government, a move that will improve education prospects for both local and refugee youths in northern Zambia. -
World's oldest refugee goes home to Angola
8 Feb 2005 At 107, Angolan refugee Silva Kawanda is living proof that you're never too old to go home and start a new life.