Lives Lost In Horn Of Africa Because Of Late Response To Famine Early Warnings, Report Says
Thursday, January 19, 2012
"Scientists and aid organizations gave the world plenty of time to prepare, but a late response by the world's donor nations cost 50,000 to 100,000 lives during last year's drought in the Horn of Africa region," the Christian Science Monitor's "Global News Blog" writes about a�report (.pdf) released on Wednesday by Save the Children, Oxfam, and other aid agencies (Baldauf, 1/18). "The two agencies blame 'a culture of risk aversion' among donors and NGOs, which meant the specially-built early warning system, FEWSNET, worked but was ignored until it was too late," GlobalPost's "Africa Emerges" blog writes (McConnell, 1/18). "A food shortage had been predicted as early as August 2010, but most donors did not respond until famine was declared in parts of Somalia last July," the�Associated Press/New York Times notes (1/18).
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