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Lawmakers Commit to Women's Health and Rights by 2015 - 28 October 2009
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ADDIS ABABA — Lawmakers from 115 countries reaffirmed their support today to the principles and goals of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and underlined the indispensable role of its Programme of Action in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They also committed to supporting accessible and affordable health services that promote family planning, HIV prevention and the health and well-being of women and girls. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Statement by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid on Killing in Kabul - 28 October 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today expressed deep sadness at the loss of lives of some United Nations staff and Afghan people in today’s attacks in Kabul. She extended her heartfelt sympathies to all of the families and friends of the dead or wounded. Appealing to parliam... (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Creating a New Consensus on Population - 02 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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NEW YORK — The definitive story behind the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and how it has changed the world over the course of the last 15 years is detailed in the newly released book, Creating a New Consensus on Population. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
UNFPA Report Linking Climate Change, Women to Be Released on 18 November - 04 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York — In a new report to be issued on Wednesday, 18 November, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will show how people, especially empowered women, could make a difference in the fight against climate change. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Five Ways of Looking at Maternal Health: The Mothers of Ethiopia - 11 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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NEW YORK — In Ethiopia, 22,000 women and girls die each year as a result of complications during pregnancy or childbirth, and more than 500,000 suffer from pregnancy-related disabilities. That means that one out of every 27 Ethiopian women will end up dying from straining to give life. Reducing the high maternal mortality ratio is one of the greatest public health challenges facing the country. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Country on the Move: Rwanda’s Family Planning Efforts Begin to Pay Off - 11 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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MUHURA, Rwanda — When school lets out in the little village of Muhura, waves of children in bright blue or tan uniforms stream out along the dirt roadside in waves, running toward the soccer field, playing tag or stopping to stare at the rare sight of a vehicle passing by. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Maternal Mortality Halved in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, but Too Many Women Still Die Giving Life - 12 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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ISTANBUL – Decision-makers and government officials from 20 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have pledged to step up the fight against needless deaths and suffering resulting from pregnancy and childbirth. In a Statement of Commitment issued in Istanbul late last night, delegates to a high-level meeting recognized that investment in the health and rights of women is smart economics, especially during a financial crisis, and that family planning is one of the most cost-effective investments in reducing the maternal deaths that continue to affect the region. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Largest International Family Planning Conference in 15 Years Convenes in Uganda - 12 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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KAMPALA - Over 1,200 leading policymakers, researchers, academics and health professionals from 59 countries will meet in Kampala, Uganda, from 15 to 18 November, where they will share the latest scientific findings and refocus the world’s attention on family planning’s contribution to development. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Promoting the Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender Equity in Diverse Cultural and Religious Settings - 13 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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Today I will talk about expanding engagement and partnership at the community level in service delivery of sexual and reproductive health programmes by Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs). I will not address the issue of youth perspective because this would be another keynote address by itself. This issue requires more knowledge and understanding especially as the youth culture has two poles – religiosity and progressive activism and young people have a special culture of their own. I would suggest that young people from diverse institutions including FBOs should be the ones to address their own perspective on culture a...
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Melting Glaciers Alter a Way of Life: Adapting to Harsh New Realities in Bolivia - 16 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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AMACHUMA CHICO, Bolivia — On the steep slopes leading down from the Huayna Potosi and Chacaltaya mountains lies a string of tiny communities where families eke out a meager living by keeping llamas, sheep and chickens and by growing small crops of potatoes and oca, a perennial plant grown in the central and southern Andes. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Facing the Floods: Women Cope With Climate Change in Viet Nam - 16 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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QUANG TRI PROVINCE, Viet Nam — Life has never been easy for Nguyen Thi Lanh, 51, and Nguyen Duc Phi, 52. After enduring years of war, they married in 1977 and a year later had their first baby. “We were very poor at that time,” Lanh explains. “My husband had to take care of his family because his mother had died. We hardly had rice to feed our child, and we had to rebuild our house, which had collapsed during the war.” (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Looking at Climate Change through the Eyes of the Young: Youth Report Tells Their Stories - 18 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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NEW YORK — Many young people are already living in cultures that are changing rapidly in response to a degraded environment. And they are also the ones who will have to grapple with the increasing challenges climate change will present in the coming decades. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Women Central to Efforts to Deal With Climate Change, Says New UNFPA Report - 18 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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LONDON - Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts, melting glaciers and extreme weather, concludes The State of World Population 2009, released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Experts and Policy Makers Renew their Commitment to Family Planning - 19 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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KAMPALA — The largest conference on family planning in fifteen years concluded yesterday with nearly 1,300 international experts, policy makers and representatives of civil society reaffirming their commitment to family planning and to revitalizing it by sharing research findings and best practices. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - 25 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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Every day, women and girls are subject to domestic violence, exploitation, sexual violence, trafficking, honour crimes, harmful traditional practices, such as bride burning and early marriages, and other forms of violence against their bodies, minds and human dignity. In the 16 days leading up to Human Rights Day and every day, let us come together to demand an end to the most pervasive yet least reported human rights abuse in the world. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
RIGHTS-LAOS: How Women Cope With Disability - Part 1Email this article to a colleague.
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VIENTIANE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Before 2002, Chanhpheng Sivila held training
workshops for the many Lao disabled women and men at her own
house. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
CLIMATE CHANGE: Health at RiskEmail this article to a colleague.
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HAVANA, Nov 20 (IPS) - The impacts of climate change on human health will
require new approaches to development, based on mitigation and
adaptation programmes in line with policies that ensure equal
access to health care. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
GENDER-AFRICA: Some Progress Amidst Continuing ChallengesEmail this article to a colleague.
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BANJUL, Nov 21 (IPS) - The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an
agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including
poverty, education, and health care. It also committed
governments to address violence against women, equitable access
to economic resources and decision-making power. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
CONFERENCE: Foro Latinoamericano sobre VIH/SIDAEmail this article to a colleague.
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Organizer: Grupo de Cooperación Técnico Horizontal (GCTH)
Event dates: 21-23 November 2009
Venue: Lima, Peru (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Rights Groups Urge Clinton to Address Treatment of Rape Survivors in Sudan PolicyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: PHR Press Releases - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Floods and FoodEmail this article to a colleague.
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Last month, we heard about food shortages in India that resulted from a combination of droughts and intense flooding which ruined crops. Last week, El Salvador President Mauricio Funes declared a national emergency due to torrential rains that, among other things, devastated crops in regions across the country. These food-related crises on such a massive scale may be difficult to comprehend when they happen in other corners of the world, but recently the United States also had a taste (no pun intended) of flood-related food shortages.
Yesterday, Kellogg Co. announced a nationwide shortage of Eggo waffles, the longtime bre...
Source: Red Cross Chat - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gloria Huang Tags: Preparedness Disaster Response Source Type: organizations
Lawmakers Commit to Women's Health and Rights by 2015 - 28 October 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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ADDIS ABABA — Lawmakers from 115 countries reaffirmed their support today to the principles and goals of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and underlined the indispensable role of its Programme of Action in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They also committed to supporting accessible and affordable health services that promote family planning, HIV prevention and the health and well-being of women and girls. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Statement by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid on Killing in Kabul - 28 October 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today expressed deep sadness at the loss of lives of some United Nations staff and Afghan people in today’s attacks in Kabul. She extended her heartfelt sympathies to all of the families and friends of the dead or wounded. Appealing to parliam... (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Creating a New Consensus on Population - 02 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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NEW YORK — The definitive story behind the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and how it has changed the world over the course of the last 15 years is detailed in the newly released book, Creating a New Consensus on Population. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
UNFPA Report Linking Climate Change, Women to Be Released on 18 November - 04 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York — In a new report to be issued on Wednesday, 18 November, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will show how people, especially empowered women, could make a difference in the fight against climate change. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Five Ways of Looking at Maternal Health: The Mothers of Ethiopia - 11 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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NEW YORK — In Ethiopia, 22,000 women and girls die each year as a result of complications during pregnancy or childbirth, and more than 500,000 suffer from pregnancy-related disabilities. That means that one out of every 27 Ethiopian women will end up dying from straining to give life. Reducing the high maternal mortality ratio is one of the greatest public health challenges facing the country. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Country on the Move: Rwanda’s Family Planning Efforts Begin to Pay Off - 11 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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MUHURA, Rwanda — When school lets out in the little village of Muhura, waves of children in bright blue or tan uniforms stream out along the dirt roadside in waves, running toward the soccer field, playing tag or stopping to stare at the rare sight of a vehicle passing by. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Maternal Mortality Halved in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, but Too Many Women Still Die Giving Life - 12 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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ISTANBUL – Decision-makers and government officials from 20 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have pledged to step up the fight against needless deaths and suffering resulting from pregnancy and childbirth. In a Statement of Commitment issued in Istanbul late last night, delegates to a high-level meeting recognized that investment in the health and rights of women is smart economics, especially during a financial crisis, and that family planning is one of the most cost-effective investments in reducing the maternal deaths that continue to affect the region. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Largest International Family Planning Conference in 15 Years Convenes in Uganda - 12 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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KAMPALA - Over 1,200 leading policymakers, researchers, academics and health professionals from 59 countries will meet in Kampala, Uganda, from 15 to 18 November, where they will share the latest scientific findings and refocus the world’s attention on family planning’s contribution to development. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Promoting the Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender Equity in Diverse Cultural and Religious Settings - 13 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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Today I will talk about expanding engagement and partnership at the community level in service delivery of sexual and reproductive health programmes by Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs). I will not address the issue of youth perspective because this would be another keynote address by itself. This issue requires more knowledge and understanding especially as the youth culture has two poles – religiosity and progressive activism and young people have a special culture of their own. I would suggest that young people from diverse institutions including FBOs should be the ones to address their own perspective on culture a...
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Melting Glaciers Alter a Way of Life: Adapting to Harsh New Realities in Bolivia - 16 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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AMACHUMA CHICO, Bolivia — On the steep slopes leading down from the Huayna Potosi and Chacaltaya mountains lies a string of tiny communities where families eke out a meager living by keeping llamas, sheep and chickens and by growing small crops of potatoes and oca, a perennial plant grown in the central and southern Andes. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Facing the Floods: Women Cope With Climate Change in Viet Nam - 16 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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QUANG TRI PROVINCE, Viet Nam — Life has never been easy for Nguyen Thi Lanh, 51, and Nguyen Duc Phi, 52. After enduring years of war, they married in 1977 and a year later had their first baby. “We were very poor at that time,” Lanh explains. “My husband had to take care of his family because his mother had died. We hardly had rice to feed our child, and we had to rebuild our house, which had collapsed during the war.” (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Looking at Climate Change through the Eyes of the Young: Youth Report Tells Their Stories - 18 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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NEW YORK — Many young people are already living in cultures that are changing rapidly in response to a degraded environment. And they are also the ones who will have to grapple with the increasing challenges climate change will present in the coming decades. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Women Central to Efforts to Deal With Climate Change, Says New UNFPA Report - 18 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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LONDON - Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts, melting glaciers and extreme weather, concludes The State of World Population 2009, released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Experts and Policy Makers Give a New Impulse to Family Planning - 19 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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KAMPALA — The largest conference on family planning in fifteen years concluded yesterday with nearly 1,300 international experts, policy makers and representatives of civil society reaffirming their commitment to family planning and to revitalizing it by sharing research findings and best practices. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - 25 November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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Every day, women and girls are subject to domestic violence, exploitation, sexual violence, trafficking, honour crimes, harmful traditional practices, such as bride burning and early marriages, and other forms of violence against their bodies, minds and human dignity. In the 16 days leading up to Human Rights Day and every day, let us come together to demand an end to the most pervasive yet least reported human rights abuse in the world. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger WoesEmail this article to a colleague.
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BERLIN, Nov 18 (IPS) - Africa, the continent already most affected by
hunger and food scarcity, is likely
to see its woes increased
due to climate change and the changing rain patterns
it
provokes, experts and scientists say. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
DEVELOPMENT: Child Rights Make Headway, But Millions Still SufferingEmail this article to a colleague.
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (IPS) - The international community, which has been hit by
a financial meltdown and a global food crisis, claims it is doing
its best to protect and safeguard the rights of children
worldwide. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Q&A: Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population GrowthEmail this article to a colleague.
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KAMPALA, Nov 19 (IPS) - Family planning: key to reducing child mortality
and improving maternal health; a way to put less strain on the
environment; and a smaller population makes the challenge of
providing adequate education and health services that little bit
easier. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
AFRICA: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family PlanningEmail this article to a colleague.
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KAMPALA, Nov 19 (IPS) - The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the
developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel
of communication to provide family planning information. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
RIGHTS-LAOS: How Women Cope With Disability - Part 1Email this article to a colleague.
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VIENTIANE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Before 2002, Chanhpheng Sivila held training
workshops for the many Lao disabled women and men at her own
house. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Agriculture can adapt to climate changeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Innovative agricultural technologies can produce crops that meet climate change challenges, says ICRISAT head William Dar. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: info
Maize genome offers hope of improved varietiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The sequencing of the maize genome should boost efforts to find higher-yielding and climate change-proof varieties. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: info
Libya and UN agency enter pact to boost food security, sustainable developmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Libya have agreed on a $71 million programme to boost cooperation over the next five years to strengthen food security and sustainable development in the country. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Urgent aid needed to restore Indonesia's quake-ravaged health services - UNEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hospitals, clinics and other health services for thousands of Indonesians need urgent aid after two earthquakes ravaged west Sumatra in September, with the goal of enabling them to better withstand future emergencies, the United Nations health agency said today. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
More must be done to tackle global crisis' of road traffic deaths, says BanEmail this article to a colleague.
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With traffic accidents causing the deaths of more than one million people every year, more than malaria or diabetes, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged greater efforts to better protect the millions upon millions who travel the world's roads every day. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations
Ultrasound enhances noninvasive Down syndrome testsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Baylor College of Medicine) The addition of a "genetic sonogram" maximizes the accuracy of noninvasive testing for Down syndrome, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who was lead author of a landmark study in the current issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Effect of real-time CPR feedback reported at resuscitation science symposiumEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of Washington - Health Sciences/UW News, Community Relations & Marketing) The Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium is the largest clinical research network to study prehospital treatments for cardiac arrest in the United States and Canada. ROC conducted the first randomized study to assess if real-time audio-feedback, during the EMS prehospital course of care, would improve clinical outcome. Results of the study were presented on November 15 during the Resuscitation Science Symposium 2009 program. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Parent training complements medication for treating behavioral problems in children with PDDEmail this article to a colleague.
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(NIH/National Institute of Mental Health) Treatment that includes medication plus a structured training program for parents reduces serious behavioral problems in children with autism and related conditions, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Saving the single cysteine: New antioxidant system foundEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of Michigan) We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single than when paired up with other cysteines. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
