MedWorm: United Nations

Magic mushrooms, international law and the failed 'war on drugs'

Guardian Unlimited Science — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:36:26 +0100

Recent research suggesting potential therapeutic benefits of psilocybin focus attention on the need to reform drug lawsIt's been a busy fortnight. First the publication of two major peer-reviewed research papers about magic mushrooms that attracted worldwide publicity. Then off to Prague for an international drugs policy symposium. And just last week, news of a large grant for our next collaborative study with Imperial College. But I'm getting ahead of myself.I established the Beckley Foundation some 14 years ago as a think tank on drugs policy. It was apparent even then that the "war on drugs" had failed. A 1997 report by the United Nations Drugs Control Programme put the value of the global trade in illicit drugs at around $400bn. Recent UN figures show that global production of opium (u...

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Next Three Years to Set Stage for New Development Frontiers, UNFPA Leader Says - 01 February 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59:14 +0100

UNITED NATIONS, New York – The next three years are critical for the global development agenda, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin declared today at the UNFPA Executive Board's first formal session of the year. (Source: UNFPA News)

Intel and UNFPA to Boost Health Workers’ Skills around the World - 30 January 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59:14 +0100

UNITED NATIONS, New York/SANTA CLARA, California—The high number of unnecessary deaths during pregnancy and childbirth is unacceptable for Intel Corporation and UNFPA. (Source: UNFPA News)

UNFPA Joins the 'Hellosmile' Global Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer - 17 January 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59:14 +0100

UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA has joined Tokyo FM Radio and other Japanese partners, including the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; Sanrio, maker of the popular 'Hello Kitty' doll; UNIQLO, the global clothing company; and Japan Airlines in the Hellosmile Project—a worldwide effort to prevent cervical cancer. (Source: UNFPA News)

Secretary-General Appoints Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen as Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59:14 +0100

UNITED NATIONS, New York — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Management) of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. Ms. Albrectsen brings to UNFPA nearly 20 years of development and managerial experience, having held leadership positions in the Danish Government and previously in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UNFPA. (Source: UNFPA News)

UNFPA Leader Wins Media Award - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59:14 +0100

UNITED NATIONS, New York—Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, is a winner of the Population Institute’s 2011 Annual Global Media Awards for Excellence in Population Reporting. (Source: UNFPA News)

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UNICEF Funding Falls Short Leaving Millions of Children at Risk

IPS Inter Press Service - Health — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:54:48 +0100

If the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) had 1.28 billion dollars it could help 97 million people around the world. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)

A Time for Unity

AIBS BioScience Editorials — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:27:54 +0100

Although the US public remains for the most part favorably disposed to scientists, politically inspired efforts to discredit some kinds of science continue and could gain traction during what is likely to be an angry election year. Researchers, especially those working in fields that do not seem to offer the near-term promise of profitable products, have good reason to be apprehensive about their funding. Budget anxieties are driving up pressure on legislators to enact substantial cuts, and the brinksmanship on Capitol Hill suggests that ill-considered measures could be enacted through political grandstanding. Researchers worried about the future of the research enterprise should make efforts to stay informed and be ready to argue for its importance whenever the opportunity arises. The Un...

UN: Somalia's famine over but millions still in crisis

CTV Health — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:08:38 +0100

The United Nations said Friday that Somalia's famine is over, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed. (Source: CTV Health)

West Africa: Yellow Fever Outbreaks Hit Cameroon and Ghana

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:35 +0100

[UN News] The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

U.N. Declares Somali Famine Over for Now

Scientific American - Official RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:46:00 +0100

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI, Feb 3 (AlertNet) - An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia for now but food stocks could run out again in May, the United Nations said on Friday. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)

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Next Three Years to Set Stage for New Development Frontiers, UNFPA Leader Says - 01 February 2012

UNFPA News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:20:46 +0100

Intel and UNFPA to Boost Health Workers’ Skills around the World - 30 January 2012

UNFPA News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:20:46 +0100

UNITED NATIONS, New York/SANTA CLARA, California—The high number of unnecessary deaths during pregnancy and childbirth is unacceptable for Intel Corporation and UNFPA. (Source: UNFPA News)

UNFPA Joins the 'Hellosmile' Global Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer - 17 January 2012

UNFPA News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:20:46 +0100

Secretary-General Appoints Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen as Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:20:46 +0100

UNFPA Leader Wins Media Award - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:20:46 +0100

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For World Cancer Day, UN stresses early diagnosis to reduce mounting deaths

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Early diagnosis is the key to reducing the nearly eight million deaths caused by cancer across the globe annually, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, stressing the importance of screening programmes for healthy people to detect the disease promptly for easier treatment. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

UN backs vaccination campaign after yellow fever outbreaks hit Cameroon and Ghana

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

Public Health Burden Could Be Eased By Societal Control Of Sugar

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0100

Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Non-communicable diseases now pose a greater health burden worldwide than infectious diseases, according to the United Nations. In the United States, 75 percent of health care dollars are spent treating these diseases and their associated disabilities. In the Feb... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Nigeria: UN, Intel Unveil ICT Initiative for Midwives

AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:46:27 +0100

[This Day] The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the computing company Intel have unveiled a joint effort to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)

UN Women to focus on boosting economic empowerment and political roles

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality today said that her priority this year is to enhance the economic empowerment and political participation of women and called for the support of the international community and the entire UN system to ensure success. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

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Tax and regulate sugar like alcohol and tobacco, urge scientists

Guardian Unlimited Science — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0100

Sugar is as toxic to the liver as alcohol and is at the root of obesity and certain types of liver disease, claim US scientistsSugar should be regulated in the same way as alcohol and tobacco because its increasing use in processed foods poses a significant danger to public health, according to a group of scientists. They advocate controlling sales to children under 17 and taxing sugary foods.Sugar, they argue, is as toxic to the liver as alcohol and overconsumption is at the root of growing public health problems including obesity and certain types of liver disease.In an opinion article for the journal Nature, Robert Lustig, Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), said that, over the past 50 years, consumption of sugar had trebled worldwide....

Small Indian hill state aims to improve agricultural livelihoods with UN loan

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

India is receiving a loan of nearly $90 million from the United Nations to improve agricultural livelihoods in the small north-western state of Uttarakhand, one of the poorest areas in the country. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

New UN initiative aims to harness power of social media to fight global hunger

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is launching a week-long campaign in which users of the popular online trivia game Freerice can recruit their friends to help bring food to the world's most vulnerable populations. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

Sri Lanka: UN agency funds irrigation improvement projects

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations fund tasked with promoting rural development will provide a $22-million loan to Sri Lanka to finance the improvement of the South Asian country's irrigation infrastructure and crop diversification, as well as projects to expand market opportunities for smallholder farmers. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

UN scales up food assistance for more than 80,000 people in South Sudan

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations World Food Programme announced today that it will scale up its assistance to reach 80,000 people affected by the recent escalation of ethnic violence in South Sudan's Jonglei state. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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Rwanda: Country On Course to Reduce Infant Deaths, But Huge Task Ahead

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:20:12 +0100

Focus (Kigali)-One of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals is to reduce child mortality by ensuring that the number of children who die under the age of five is reduced by two-third, come 2015. So, how much progress has Rwanda made? (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

UNFPA Joins the 'Hellosmile' Global Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer - 17 January 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:09 +0100

Secretary-General Appoints Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen as Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:09 +0100

UNFPA Leader Wins Media Award - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:09 +0100

UNFPA Gives Ambulances and Other Equipment to Senegal - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:09 +0100

DAKAR — The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, donated medical equipment valuing about $1.5 million to Senegal, handing over the gift to the president, Abdoulaye Wade, early this month at a ceremony in the capital. (Source: UNFPA News)

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UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:09 +0100

UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA is working with international and local partners to provide essential reproductive health supplies to respond to the needs of over 12,000 pregnant and lactating women in various evacuation centres in areas affected by Tropical Storm Washi in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities in the Philippines. (Source: UNFPA News)

Intel and UNFPA to boost health workers’ skills around the world

WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:29:00 +0100

30 JANUARY 2012 | UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK/SANTA CLARA, California — In an effort to address The high number of unnecessary deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, Intel and UNFPA have announced a joint commitment to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology and training materials from the two organizations. (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)

UN and Intel unveil initiative on technology-based training for midwives

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the computing company Intel today unveiled a joint effort to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology, in a bid to reduce the number of pregnancy and childbirth-related deaths across the world. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

Africa: Continent At 'Make-It or Break-It Moment' Over Aids

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:25:39 +0100

AIM (Maputo)-Africa is now at "a make-it or break-it moment" in the response to the HIV-AIDS epidemic, according to Michael Sidibe, the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

Maternal Mortality in the United States - Why Is It Important and What Are We Doing About It?

Seminars in Perinatology — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:41:27 +0100

Following dramatic reductions between the early 1900s and the early 1980s, the maternal mortality ratio began to rise, reaching a peak of almost 17 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Although this number pales in comparison with that found in sub-Saharan Africa and India, the troubling rise in the United States is a surrogate for medical care in general and obstetrical care in particular. Both Healthy People 2010 and the United Nations Millennium Goals were aimed at reducing maternal mortality worldwide. This presentation will review the trends in maternal mortality along with the efforts some jurisdictions, along with the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, have taken to address this obstetrical tragedy. Although maternal death is the tip of the iceberg, thousands ...

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Congo-Kinshasa: Cholera Fight Receives Nine Million Dollars Boost From UN Fund

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:41:31 +0100

UN News (New York)-The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received $9.1 million today from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to fight off cholera, which has affected more than 22,000 people and killed 500 over the past year in the central African country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns

Reuters: Health — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:42 +0100

GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday. (Source: Reuters: Health)

South Africa: UN Agency Honors Tutu As Champion Against Hunger

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:14:38 +0100

ACNS (London)-The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Jan. 26 is honoring Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, for his efforts in the battle against hunger and his advocacy on behalf of the world's most vulnerable people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

UNFPA Joins the 'Hellosmile' Global Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer - 17 January 2012

UNFPA News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:34:52 +0100

Secretary-General Appoints Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen as Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:34:52 +0100

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UNFPA Leader Wins Media Award - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:34:52 +0100

UNFPA Gives Ambulances and Other Equipment to Senegal - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:34:52 +0100

UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:34:52 +0100

UN welcomes launch of business initiatives to end HIV among children by 2015

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations and the United States Government initiative for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) welcomed today the launch of two programmes by business leaders to end new HIV infections in children by 2015. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

Cholera fight in DR Congo receives $9 million boost from UN fund

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received $9.1 million today from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to fight off cholera, which has affected more than 22,000 people and killed 500 over the past year in the central African country. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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Italy must urgently act to end violence against women, UN rights expert says

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Italy must do more to protect women from violence and urgently address the underlying structural causes of gender inequality and discrimination, an independent United Nations human rights expert warned after visiting the country. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

UNICEF appeals for nearly $1.3 billion to assist children in 2012

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appealed today for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year, with nearly one-third of the total amount earmarked for the crisis in the Horn of Africa. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

UN agency honours Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu as champion against hunger

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today is honouring Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and activist Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu for his efforts in the battle against hunger and his advocacy on behalf of the world's most vulnerable people. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

UNICEF warns on high rates of malnutrition among children in Yemen

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that half a million children in Yemen could die or suffer physical and mental damage as a result of malnutrition, unless sufficient resources are made available to alleviate the effects of conflict, chronic poverty and drought. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

Sufficient funds crucial to helping countries achieve AIDS response targets - UN

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The remarkable progress achieved in the AIDS response must be sustained, the United Nations has stressed, calling for innovative sources of financing and continued support for the Global Fund that helps countries achieve their targets in this field. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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Clean Up World Seas to Boost Economy, UN Body Says

Scientific American - Official RSS Feed — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:01:00 +0100

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Cleaner and better-managed seas and coasts would help boost economic growth and reduce poverty and pollution, a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report said on Wednesday. The report, produced with several other U.N. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)

Somalia: Polio Cases Suspected in Ethiopian Refugee Camps

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:07:36 +0100

UN News (New York)-The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its concern over reports of two suspected polio cases this week among Somali refugees living in camps in Ethiopia and three cases in the surrounding community. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

UNFPA Joins the 'Hellosmile' Global Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer - 17 January 2012

UNFPA News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:32:02 +0100

Secretary-General Appoints Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen as Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:32:02 +0100

UNFPA Leader Wins Media Award - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:32:02 +0100

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UNFPA Gives Ambulances and Other Equipment to Senegal - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:32:02 +0100

UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:32:02 +0100

Solar sails harness both wind and Sun

Physics Today News Picks — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

BBC: An Australian company, SolarSailor, has been developing high-tech sails that will use both the Sun and the wind to reduce ships' dependence on fossil fuels. The giant sails are covered with solar panels, and the electricity generated is stored in a battery. The technology, which combines an electric motor and a combustion engine, is similar to that used in hybrid cars. Currently in use on several passenger ferries operating near Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Sydney, the solar-sail technology could be mounted on all types of vessels, including tankers, cruise liners, and private yachts. SolarSailor's founder, Robert Dane, estimates that the giant sails could cut a ship's annual fossil-fuel usage by almost 50%. Although the company has been operating for more than a decade and has yet to tur...

Cooperatives central to fighting hunger, stresses UN agency

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Cooperatives and producer organizations will be increasingly important in efforts to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

UN expert calls for urgent international food assistance to Sahel region

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the global community to take quick action to prevent millions of people in Africa's Sahel region from slipping into a full-scale food emergency, warning that drought, poor harvests and rising food prices have left the region on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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UN refugee agency warns of potential polio cases in Ethiopian camps

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its concern over reports of two suspected polio cases this week among Somali refugees living in camps in Ethiopia and three cases in the surrounding community. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

UNFPA Joins the 'Hellosmile' Global Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer - 17 January 2012

UNFPA News — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:11:32 +0100

Secretary-General Appoints Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen as Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:11:32 +0100

UNFPA Leader Wins Media Award - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:11:32 +0100

UNFPA Gives Ambulances and Other Equipment to Senegal - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:11:32 +0100

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UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:11:32 +0100

Dangerous dads? Ecological and longitudinal analyses of paternity leave and risk for child injury. - Laflamme L, Månsdotter A, Lundberg M, Magnusson C.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:05:52 +0100

Background: In 1974, Sweden became the first country to permit fathers to take paid parental leave. Other countries are currently following suit issuing similar laws. While this reform supports the principles of the United Nations convention of the right f... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Africa: Eastern, Southern Africa Scale Up Efforts Against High Aids Prevalence - UN Official

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:28:27 +0100

UN News (New York)-Eastern and Southern Africa, the region most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, is making great strides to scale up access to prevention and treatment services, a United Nations official said today, adding that focus is on behavioural change and prevention of mother-to-child transmission. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

Nigeria: 'The Nation to Exit Polio-Endemic Countries'

AllAfrica News: Polio — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:46:26 +0100

Daily Trust (Abuja)-A joint committee of World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children's' Fund and National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) officials will screen and select supervisors and vaccinators for polio immunisation programmes, the agency has announced. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)

UN partners with Dartmouth a cappella group to spotlight Horn of Africa famine

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today released a new video message aimed at highlighting the ongoing famine in the Horn of Africa, with a song recorded by the renowned Dartmouth College a cappella group, the Aires. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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Global Abortion Rates Remain Steady

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0100

New figures from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that after a long period of decline, the global abortion rates have steadied. From 1995 to 2003, rates dropped from 35 per 1000 women of childbearing age to 29 per 1000, whereas the new study shows the 2008 rate is stable at 28 per 1000. The United Nations says the slow down coincides with a plateau in the uptake of contraceptive use in developing countries, where there has been a big contraceptive drive in the last couple of decades, partly because of HIV and partly because of over population issues... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Eastern, Southern Africa scale up efforts against high AIDS prevalence - UN official

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Eastern and Southern Africa, the region most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, is making great strides to scale up access to prevention and treatment services, a United Nations official said today, adding that focus is on behavioural change and prevention of mother-to-child transmission. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

Mental Health - Experts Urge For Special UN Session

Health News from Medical News Today — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0100

A team of international health experts has made a call for the United Nations to hold a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) to focus worldwide attention on neurological and mental disorders as well as substance use disorders as a central development issue, which need commitment to improve access to care, promote human rights, and reinforce evidence on effective prevention and treatment methods... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Secretary-General Appoints Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen as Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:17:06 +0100

UNFPA Leader Wins Media Award - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:17:06 +0100

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UNFPA Gives Ambulances and Other Equipment to Senegal - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:17:06 +0100

UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:17:06 +0100

Cutting the Carbon Footprint in South Africa - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:17:06 +0100

DURBAN — Innovative approaches are needed to lessen the effects of climate change, help countries adapt to global warming and promote the best use of scarce resources. This is the view of the United Nations agencies in South Africa, expressed at a COP17 side event here on 27 November. (Source: UNFPA News)

A Special UN Session On Mental Health Called For By International Health Experts

Health News from Medical News Today — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0100

A group of international health experts has called for a special session of the United Nations (referred to as UNGASS - United Nations General Assembly Special Session) to focus global attention on mental, neurological, and substance use disorders as a core development issue requiring commitments to improve access to care, promote human rights, and strengthen the evidence on effective prevention and treatment... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Angola: Regional Director at WHO Meeting in Switzerland

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:56:35 +0100

ANGOP (Luanda)-The regional director for Africa of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Luis Sambo, and his staff attends the 130th session of the Executive Council of this United Nations agency, held in Geneva (Switzerland) from January 16 to 23 in progress. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

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UN and South-east Asian nations partner to end violence against women and children

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Representatives from the United Nations and South-east Asian nations have teamed up to explore ways to address the multifaceted issue of violence against women and children in the region, holding a two-day meeting aimed at strengthening measures against the problem. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

Uganda: UN Body Gives Health Centres Ambulances

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:01:58 +0100

Monitor (Kampala)-In a bid to curb maternal and infant mortality, the United Nations Population Fund has donated 11 ambulances to the Ministry of Health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Gambia: One-Third of All HIV Infected Are Young People Says NYC Female Rep

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:39:25 +0100

Daily Observer (Banjul)-The female representative in the National Youth Council (NYC) governing council, Adama Njie, has revealed that the estimates from the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNIAIDS) has indicated that close to 33.3 million are people living with HIV-AIDS and most of them are living in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

A United Nations General Assembly Special Session for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders: The Time Has Come

PLoS Medicine — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

by Judith K. Bass, Thomas H. Bornemann, Matthew Burkey, Sonia Chehil, Lenis Chen, John R. M. Copeland, William W. Eaton, Vijay Ganju, Erin Hayward, Rebecca S. Hock, Rubeena Kidwai, Kavitha Kolappa, Patrick T. Lee, Harry Minas, Flora Or, Giuseppe J. Raviola, Benedetto Saraceno, Vikram Patel (Source: PLoS Medicine)

New mindset needed to tackle non-communicable diseases, says UN official

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Countries need to change their current mindset to successfully tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, adding that governments will need to explore new approaches to prevent and treat these diseases, which have quickly become one of the most pressing issues in public health. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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UNFPA Leader Wins Media Award - 13 January 2012

UNFPA News — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:43:40 +0100

UNFPA Gives Ambulances and Other Equipment to Senegal - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:43:40 +0100

UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:43:40 +0100

Cutting the Carbon Footprint in South Africa - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:43:40 +0100

A Fruitful Trip to Seoul for UNFPA Executive Director - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:43:40 +0100

SEOUL — Strengthening the partnership with the Republic of Korea at all levels — with parliamentarians, civil society, media and young people – is a top mission for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the Fund’s Executive Director, said during his visit to the country earlier this month. (Source: UNFPA News)

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Dial 555 for Help on Fistula - 12 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:43:40 +0100

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — A new programme is revolutionizing how women are identified and referred to fistula treatment in Sierra Leone. Since October, women from remote areas can call a toll-free phone number and talk to specialized nurses about their symptoms, who then determine if the women are eligible for fistula treatment. The new fistula hotline is the fruit of a partnership among the Gloag Foundation, US Agency for International Development, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Airtel, a telecommunications company. (Source: UNFPA News)

Molecular characterization of Ethiopian indigenous goat populations

Tropical Animal Health and Production — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:42:53 +0100

Abstract Six Ethiopian indigenous goat populations viz. Gumuz, Agew, Begia-Medir, Bati, Abergelle, and Central Abergelle were genotyped for 15 microsatellite markers recommended by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and International Society for Animal Genetics. A total of 158 individual goats were tested to assess genetic variations within and between the goat populations in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. The markers revealed 100% polymorphism across six goat populations indicating the presence of genetic diversity, which is an important variable to measure genetic variability within and between populations. The mean observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.56 (Central Abergelle) to 0.68 (Bati) and 0.59 (Abergelle) to 0.69 (Agew goat)...

India on track to become polio-free, says UN health agency

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

With no registered polio cases over the past year, India is on course to becoming free of the disease, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

Despite end-of-year decline, 2011 food prices highest on record - UN

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Global food prices declined in December, but the overall annual average was the highest ever on record, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

Haiti: UN urges investing in water and sanitation services to combat cholera

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Dramatic improvements in water and sanitation services are needed to eliminate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, health experts who took part in a United Nations-organized briefing to outline concrete steps to stem the spread of the disease in the region said today. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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Assessment of copper and zinc levels in fish from freshwater ecosystems of Moldova.

Environmental Science and Pollution Research International — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

CONCLUSIONS: The fish represent one of the most indicative factors for the estimation of trace metals pollution in freshwater systems and this is important not only for monitoring purposes, but also for the fish culture ones. PMID: 22234853 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International)

Gambia: Journalists Briefed On HIV/Aids High Level Meeting

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:09:06 +0100

Daily Observer (Banjul)-The Association of Health Journalists (AOHJ) in collaboration with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Saturday organised a one-day media briefing on the follow-up to the High Level Meeting on the Universal Access on Aids, which was held at the UN headquarters in New York, from the 8th-10th June 2011. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

UNFPA Gives Ambulances and Other Equipment to Senegal - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:13:08 +0100

UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:13:08 +0100

Cutting the Carbon Footprint in South Africa - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:13:08 +0100

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A Fruitful Trip to Seoul for UNFPA Executive Director - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:13:08 +0100

Dial 555 for Help on Fistula - 12 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:13:08 +0100

On eve of quake's anniversary, Haitian children see some progress - UNICEF

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Two years after an earthquake flattened Haiti, the country's children are slowly experiencing improvements in their living standards despite continuing challenges, a United Nations report announced today. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

UNFPA Gives Ambulances and Other Equipment to Senegal - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:34:43 +0100

UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:34:43 +0100

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Cutting the Carbon Footprint in South Africa - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:34:43 +0100

A Fruitful Trip to Seoul for UNFPA Executive Director - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:34:43 +0100

Dial 555 for Help on Fistula - 12 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:34:43 +0100

Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour steps down as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Renowned Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour has temporarily stepped down from his role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as he embarks on campaigning as a candidate in his country's presidential elections, the agency has reported. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

"Alarming malnutrition" in Sudan conflict zones: UN

Modern Medicine — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United Nations has received alarming reports of malnutrition in two Sudanese border states where the army is fighting insurgents, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. (Source: Modern Medicine)

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"Alarming malnutrition" in Sudan conflict zones: U.N.

Reuters: Health — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:16:16 +0100

Pakistan: UNICEF hands over 35 new schools in flood-affected Punjab

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Thirty-five new schools constructed by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) with donor funding in the southern area of Punjab province in Pakistan, which was devastated by floods in 2010, have opened with 4,500 pupils attending classes, the agency reported today. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

Nigeria: Church Urges Unicef On Maternal, Child Health

AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:32:24 +0100

Vanguard (Lagos)-A renewed appeal has gone to the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, not to relent in religiously pursuing all the maternal and child survival programmes it initiated in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)

New chief of UN's food and agriculture agency outlines plans as he starts work

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The new head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has begun work, pledging today to increase the agency's support to poor countries experiencing prolonged food crises. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

UN food agency launches initiative to fight hunger in Afghan cities

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today a new food subsidy initiative geared towards providing Afghanistan's urban poor with guaranteed access to provisions despite the threat of food insecurity across the country. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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UNFPA Gives Ambulances and Other Equipment to Senegal - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:10:53 +0100

UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:10:53 +0100

Cutting the Carbon Footprint in South Africa - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:10:53 +0100

A Fruitful Trip to Seoul for UNFPA Executive Director - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:10:53 +0100

Dial 555 for Help on Fistula - 12 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:10:53 +0100

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Southampton Researchers Help To Outline World's Land And Water Resources For Food And Agriculture

Health News from Medical News Today — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0100

Researchers from the University of Southampton have contributed to a major international United Nation's (UN) report into the current status of the world's land and water resources for food and agriculture. Dr Craig Hutton, Professor Mike Clark, both from the University's GeoData Institute, and demographer Dr Fiifi Amoako Johnson contributed as authors as well external editors to the recent United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation publication, 'State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture' (SOLAW)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

[The impact of mortality from external causes on human development in the Brazilian borderland].

Cadernos de Saude Publica — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This article estimates the impact of mortality from external causes on the human development index (HDI) along the Brazilian borderland from 2000 to 2005. Data obtained from Brazilian government agencies were combined using the methodology defined by the United Nations Development Program, revealing the HDI according to actual conditions. Subsequently, deaths from external causes were excluded in order to estimate their impact on the index, recalculating life expectancy using the technique of competing causes. HDI showed a gradual increase from North to South, with the most developed regions concentrated in the South, consistent with studies using other sets of economic indicators. By excluding mortality from external causes, the highest gains appeared in regions where the HDI (under actua...

Congo-Kinshasa: Cholera Outbreak Still Not Contained

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:46:17 +0100

The cholera outbreak that has infected thousands of people across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is almost over in the worst-affected province, but fresh cases are being recorded in two other areas, the United Nations humanitarian arm reports. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

UN agency warns of danger of bird flu research and urges safety measures

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations health agency has voiced deep concern that scientific research undertaken on a strain of highly pathogenic influenza could have negative consequences but also acknowledged that tightly-controlled studies needed to continue to limit the possibility of future risks to the global population. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

Cholera outbreak in DR Congo near end in one area but ongoing in two others

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:55:32 +0100

Cutting the Carbon Footprint in South Africa - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:55:32 +0100

A Fruitful Trip to Seoul for UNFPA Executive Director - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:55:32 +0100

Dial 555 for Help on Fistula - 12 December 2011

UNFPA News — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:55:32 +0100

New UN initiative to boost Mozambican crop yields

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

A new United Nations initiative in Mozambique aimed at increasing the quality of seeds will help the African country capitalize on its arable land and unlock its potential, the Organization's agricultural agency announced today. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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Covariates of maternal overweight and obesity and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: findings from a nationwide cross sectional survey

Journal of Public Health — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:46:29 +0100

Conclusions The results are useful in identifying population groups for public health campaigns to promote appropriate diets and effective lifestyles to prevent the obesity epidemic and associated adverse pregnancy outcomes. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ArticlePages 1-11DOI 10.1007/s10389-011-0477-4Authors Praween Agrawal, Organizational Learning and Evaluation, International Planned Parenthood Federation South Asia Regional Office, IPPF House, 66 Sunder Nagar, New Delhi, 110003 IndiaVinod Mishra, Population Policy Section, United Nations, Manhattan, NY 10017, USASutapa Agrawal, South Asia Network for Chronic Disease, Public Health Foundation of India, C1/52, First floor, SDA, New Delhi, 110016 India Journal Journal of Public HealthOnline ISSN...

UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:38:30 +0100

Cutting the Carbon Footprint in South Africa - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:38:30 +0100

A Fruitful Trip to Seoul for UNFPA Executive Director - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:38:30 +0100

Dial 555 for Help on Fistula - 12 December 2011

UNFPA News — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:38:30 +0100

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Philippines: UN tackling maternal health issues in areas affected by tropical storm

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

The needs of more than 12,000 pregnant and lactating women in areas affected by tropical storm Washi in southern Philippines are the main focus of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which said today it is mobilizing funds and supplies to provide medical services. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

Cutting the Carbon Footprint in South Africa - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:18:06 +0100

A Fruitful Trip to Seoul for UNFPA Executive Director - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:18:06 +0100

Dial 555 for Help on Fistula - 12 December 2011

UNFPA News — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:18:06 +0100

UNICEF chief urges action to stop unfolding crisis for children in the Sahel

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

The head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called today on the global community to take action to prevent one million children in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa from becoming severely malnourished. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

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UNICEF urges protection of children amid violent clashes in Egypt

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has urged Egyptian authorities to protect children from violence due to demonstrations in the capital, Cairo, and called for investigations into incidents which caused injury or death as well as proper care for victims. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

Inclusive healthPoint de vue: Santé InclusivePunto de vista: Salud Incluyente

Tropical Medicine and International Health — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:25:04 +0100

AbstractWe propose the concept of Inclusive Health to encapsulate the Health for All ethos; to build on the rights‐based approach to health; to promote the idea of inclusion as a verb, where a more proactive approach to addressing distinctive and different barriers to inclusion is needed; and to recognise that new initiatives in human resources for health can offer exciting and innovative ways of healthcare delivery. While Inclusive Education has become a widely recognised and accepted concept, Health for All is still contested, and new thinking is required to develop its agenda in line with contemporary developments. Inclusive Health refers both to who gets health care and to who provides it; and its ethos resonates strongly with Jefferson’s assertion that ‘there is nothing more une...

Resources for Victims of Tropical Storm Washi in the Philippines

Network News — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:19:31 +0100

The Government of the Philippines is leading a major emergency rescue, evacuation and response operation in southern Philippines following the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Washi, known locally as Sendong. Read the initial Report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (covering the period of December 16 – 18, 2011): http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/fullreport_171.pdf Several resources are available from the National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Resource Center about the health impacts of flooding, including disease risks and worker and responder safety information: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/floods.html . The National Library of Medicine has also activated a People Locator: https://pl.nlm.ni...

Sierra Leone: UNFPA Hands Over Special Care Baby Unit to Govt

AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:05:45 +0100

As a demonstration of its continuous support for the free healthcare programme for lactating mothers and pregnant women to minimize mortality rates in the country, the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA Monday handed the refurbished and expanded Special Care Baby Unit SCBU and Mother's Lodge at the PCMH Fourah Bay Road to the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)

Nigeria: Stanbic IBTC Partners LSACA to Curtail HIV Transmission

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:49:15 +0100

IN partnership with the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, LSACA, UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) and Friends Africa, Stanbic IBTC Bank has launched a mobile HIV counseling and testing campaign across Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ajeromi Ifelodun and Ibeju Lekki Local Government Areas of the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

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UN reports improved access to safe drinking water, but poorest still lagging

UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

The internationally stated goal of improving access to safe drinking water across the globe is likely to be achieved well ahead of the 2015 deadline, but large numbers of people in the world's least developed regions will still not benefit, according to a United Nations report released today. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)

UN rights chief welcomes new measure to stop violence against children

UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

The United Nations rights chief today added her voice to the chorus of UN officials welcoming the decision by Member States to adopt a new protocol aimed at protecting children from abuse and violence. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)

Cutting the Carbon Footprint in South Africa - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:19:37 +0100

DURBAN, South Africa — Innovative approaches are needed to lessen the effects of climate change, help countries adapt to global warming and promote the best use of scarce resources. This is the view of the United Nations agencies in South Africa, expressed at a COP17 side event here on 27 November. (Source: UNFPA News)

A Fruitful Trip to Seoul for UNFPA Executive Director - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:19:37 +0100