No more smoking in enclosed public spaces from Ash Wednesday

caribseek Sunday, February 7, 2010 11:05:00 PM CET | info

PORT OF SPAIN - Minister of Health Jerry Narace Permit me to use this forum to advise the national community that the Tobacco Control Act will be proclaimed in parts, starting with the enforcement of smoke free enclosed public spaces, which will be in effect on Ash Wednesday (February 17th 2010 )....

Africa: Continent Ripe for Citizen-Led Development Plan

allafrica Saturday, February 6, 2010 10:01:00 PM CET | info

There have been real improvements in Africa over the past decade. Economic growth has been averaging about five per cent a year, 34 million more children are in school, malarial death rates have nearly been halved in a number of countries and more than three million people are on life-preserving AIDS medications....

Africa: Continent Ripe for Citizen-Led Development Plan

allafrica Thursday, February 4, 2010 7:37:00 AM CET | info

There have been real improvements in Africa over the past decade. Economic growth has been averaging about five per cent a year, 34 million more children are in school, malarial death rates have nearly been halved in a number of countries and more than three million people are on life-preserving AIDS medications....

News briefing: 4 February 2010

nature Wednesday, February 3, 2010 7:49:00 PM CET | info

Copenhagen accord: Fifty-five countries had registered their climate commitments for the Copenhagen accord by the 31 January deadline. There were few surprises: all the major developed and developing nations submitted previously announced proposals. The agreement, initially brokered by the United.......

The time is now for a bottom-up poverty plan

theglobeandmail Friday, January 29, 2010 11:20:00 AM CET | info

An African example: Supported by Canada and the G8, a citizen-led strategy can build on progress...

U.S.: Obama Downplays Foreign Policy Agenda in Major Speech

ipsnews Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:45:00 PM CET | info

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (IPS) - In laying out his priorities for the coming year before a joint session of Congress and millions of viewers Wednesday night, U.S. President Barack Obama made it clear that the focus of administration would be, more than anything else, on domestic issues – and the vital mission of job creation in particular....

Haiti Sitrep

alertnet Monday, January 25, 2010 9:27:00 PM CET | info

January 25, 2010 Current situation The situation continues to be desperate for the people affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Material aid is slowly reaching them but, due to the lack of data and weak government coordination, the organization and distribution of aid is still a challenge....

Nutrition key to cutting infection rates

alertnet Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:14:00 PM CET | info

21 Jan 2010 14:51:00 GMT Source: SciDev.Net Micronutrients help fight disease � it's time to turn knowledge into action, say nutrition researchers Andrew Thorne-Lyman and Wafaie Fawzi. Undernutrition in women and children is an underlying ......

Nutrition key to cutting infection rates

moreoverhealth Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:29:00 PM CET | info

Distributing vitamin A drops are a routine child-survival initiative in many countries Flickr/Julien Harneis Micronutrients help fight disease — it's time to turn knowledge into action, say nutrition researchers Andrew Thorne-Lyman and Wafaie Fawzi....

Nutrition key to cutting infection rates

scidev Wednesday, January 20, 2010 11:03:00 AM CET | info

Micronutrients help fight disease it's time to turn knowledge into action, say nutrition researchers Andrew Thorne-Lyman and Wafaie Fawzi....

UNICEF steps up supply effort to protect child health in Haiti quake zone

focusnews-en Sunday, January 17, 2010 4:21:00 AM CET | info

New York. Thousands have died, an unknown number are injured and an estimated 300,000 are homeless following the earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince and other densely populated areas of Haiti on January 12, affecting a total of more than 3 million people, Reuters reported....

UNICEF steps up supply effort to protect child health in Haiti quake zone

alertnet Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:04:00 AM CET | info

By Tim Ledwith NEW YORK, USA, 16 January 2010 – Thousands have died, an unknown number are injured and an estimated 300,000 are homeless following the earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince and other densely populated areas of Haiti on 12 January, affecting a total of more than 3 million people....

UC Davis Research Confirms Benefits Of Calcium And Vitamin D In Preventing Fractures

redorbit Friday, January 15, 2010 4:37:00 AM CET | info

Taking both calcium and vitamin D supplements on a daily basis reduces the risk of bone fractures, regardless of whether a person is young or old, male or female, or has had fractures in the past, a large study of nearly 70,000 patients from throughout the United States and Europe has found....

UC Davis research confirms benefits of calcium and vitamin D in preventing fractures

moreoverhealth Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:29:00 PM CET | info

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Taking both calcium and vitamin D supplements on a daily basis reduces the risk of bone fractures, regardless of whether a person is young or old, male or female, or has had fractures in the past, a large study of nearly 70,000...

Public hopes fade to fears over the DPJ's capabilities

japantimes Thursday, January 7, 2010 9:58:00 PM CET | info

The Hatoyama Cabinet's approval rating is falling rapidly. In the Lower House election last August, people in Japan rejected the Liberal Democratic Party's long years of reliance on vested interests in favor of the Democratic Party of Japan for a change of government....

Development: A Pillar of U.S. Foreign Policy

state-gov Thursday, January 7, 2010 12:26:00 AM CET | info

SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you so much. I am absolutely delighted to be here and to see a lot of familiar faces, colleagues and friends, development leaders, and especially to be here with the Center for Global Development. I want to thank Nancy for her kind introduction and for everything she has.......

Læserbreve

information Sunday, January 3, 2010 8:19:00 PM CET | info

Debat fra dagens avis Vi sikrer et højt beredskab >Nils Strandberg Pedersen Adm. direktør, Dr. med. Statens Serum Institut Information bragte 2. januar en artikel med overskriften ‘Seruminstitut tjener millioner på at anbefale vaccination’. Artiklen kan give et indtryk af, at der er tale om et.......

Seruminstitut tjener millioner på at anbefale vaccination

information Friday, January 1, 2010 9:23:00 PM CET | info

Statens Serum Institut rådgiver danskerne om vacciner, men sælger samtidig vacciner for en milliard kroner årligt. Det er en problematisk dobbeltrolle, mener kritikere. Seruminstituttets særlige struktur resulterer desuden i skyhøje vaccine-priser i Danmark Statens Serum Institut anbefaler ofte.......

The Case of Environmental Importance: FPA Ignores EPA Again, Why?

liberianforum Friday, January 1, 2010 8:36:00 PM CET | info

Dear Editor-In-Chief, Africa Environmental Watch (AEW), Inc. takes particular interest in your article of 12/16/09 under the title “Liberian Govt. Four Years Later, Who Made the Grade? - ’09 REPORT CARD OUT”. Such an exercise gives the Liberian populace a sense of what was obtained within their.......

FEATURE: Migration, epidemic and war imminent when globe heats up

kyodo-jp Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:33:00 AM CET | info

Habitat displacement, disease outbreaks and even war over scarce water and food could become reality when the mercury rises by a few degrees, experts say, warning that ''something'' must be done before it is too late. A common understanding among scientists is that continued global warming would.......

Recent Releases In Global Health

mednews Monday, December 21, 2009 2:52:00 PM CET | info

Scientific American Examines Neglected Tropical Diseases A Scientific American article examines recent efforts to tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The author writes "NTDs have plagued humankind for thousands of years. � What is new, however, is that donors, drugmakers, health ministries.......

Recent Releases In Global Health

medicalnews Monday, December 21, 2009 1:35:00 PM CET | info

Scientific American Examines Neglected Tropical Diseases A Scientific American article examines recent efforts to tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The author writes "NTDs have plagued humankind for thousands of years. � What is new, however, is that donors, drugmakers, health ministries.......

People and climate change

japantimes Sunday, December 20, 2009 11:05:00 PM CET | info

The U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen has failed to reach a deal on the reduction targets of industrialized and emerging nations for greenhouse-gas emissions, although it set a goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius over the coming years and developed nations made a.......

Rawlings charges Africans to manage their economic destiny

myjoyonline Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:34:00 PM CET | info

Ex-President Jerry Rawlings says Africa cannot complain about the negative effects of globalisation if it cannot improve its corruption ratings....

Koalas in Australia dying from AIDS, habitat loss

cnn Monday, December 14, 2009 7:35:00 AM CET | info

On the operating table lies a sick koala. He's just been brought in by a driver who found the animal sitting in the middle of a busy road. Veterinarian Claude Lacasse determines the koala has not been hit by a car but she immediately detects one serious problem facing many of the marsupials:.......