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Organizations RSS FeedsHealth system problems aggravate cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe - 10 December 2008 -- A widespread cholera outbreak, an under-resourced and under-staffed health system, and inadequate access to safe drinking water and hygiene are threatening the wellbeing of thousands of Zimbabweans....Feed Source: www.who.int Preventable injuries kill 2000 children every day - 10 December 2008 -- More than 2000 children die every day as a result of unintentional or accidental injuries, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF.... Experts set tolerable level for melamine intake - 5 December 2008 -- International experts have set a tolerable level for daily intake of melamine, the chemical found recently in contaminated milk products.... Global measles deaths drop by 74% - 4 December 2008 -- Measles deaths worldwide fell by 74% between 2000 and 2007. The Eastern Mediterranean region has achieved the UN goal to reduce measles deaths by 90% by 2010, three years early.... Essential medicines out of reach for most people - 1 December 2008 -- An alarming lack of availability of essential medicines in the public sector drives patients to pay higher prices in the private sector or go without, according to a WHO study reported in today?s online edition of The Lancet.... WHO welcomes the new Executive Director of UNAIDS - 1 December 2008 -- On behalf of WHO, Director-General Dr Margaret Chan has offered warmest congratulations to Michel Sidibé on his appointment as Executive Director of UNAIDS, and expressed WHO's firm commitment and full support to him in his new position. ... Message for World AIDS Day - 1 December 2008 -- The 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day this year also marks a major milestone in the long struggle against this disease. More than 3 million people in low- and middle-income countries are now receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy. The response to AIDS changed the face of public health in profound ways, says WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan, reflecting on some of the achievements of the past 20 years. ... Universal voluntary testing, immediate treatment can reduce HIV cases - 26 November 2008 -- Universal voluntary testing followed by immediate antiretroviral therapy treatment can reduce new HIV cases by 95% within 10 years, according to new findings based on a mathematical model developed by HIV specialists in WHO. The computer model raises substantial issues which will be the focus of a meeting next year.... Logistic effort to supply medicines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo - 14 November 2008 -- A massive logistic effort is under way to ensure continuous supply of life-saving medicines to hundreds of thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.... Ministerial forum on research for health begins Monday - 14 November 2008 -- Political, research, industry and civil society leaders will meet in Bamako, Mali from Monday, 17 November in an attempt to direct research to better meet the health needs of poor countries.... Hippocratic Medicine: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
- This is the Second Ámphictyony of Societies of History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine, organized by the Internation ... RACE, RELIGION, and REPRESENTATION - RACE, RELIGION, and REPRESENTATION
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The Department of Pragmatics, University of £ód <bR&g ... Manifestations of Inclusion and Exclusion - Manifestations of Inclusion and Exclusion.
This topic can address issues such as social and/or cultural inclusion ... THIRD BIENNIAL WINTER INSTITUTE FOR BLACK STUDIES - THIRD BIENNIAL WINTER INSTITUTE FOR BLACK STUDIES
The University of Hawai i Faculty of African Descent is pleased to ... Call for Abstracts for AAA 2009 - Dear Colleagues,
I am organizing a panel on "Ethnographic & Theoretical Perspectives on Resistance and Activism a ... 1st Annual
Canadian Quality Congress
August 19-21, 2009
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada - Canadian Quality Congress
Conference Theme:<br>
Focus on Future: Quality, Innovation and Social Responsibility ... Conference Announcement - Self and Substance: Drugs, Culture, and Society - SELF AND SUBSTANCE: DRUGS, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY
Keynote Address: Professor Curtis Marez, University of Southern Calif ... Organising for Social Justice and Poverty Reduction: The Non-Governmental Public Action Programme Final Conference - Public action by and for disadvantaged people is increasingly significant at both local and international levels.
The E ... Understanding the South, Understanding America: Creating Citizenship in the 19th Century South and Beyond - Creating Citizenship in the 19th Century South and Beyond is an international symposium which will be held at the Univer ... Museum of Early Trades & Crafts Celebrates 40th Birthday! - Museum Celebrates 40th Birthday!,
Wednesday, February 18th Regular Hours<bR>
In honor of the Museum's 40th bir ... New Exhibit at the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts - New Exhibit, Food for Thought,
Tuesday, February 3rd Open Regular Hours<br>
Learn about food and cooking durin ... Intercultural Education: Paideia, Polity, Demoi - On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to invite all those involved in
the educational field to attend th ... Conference Registration: Tennyson's Futures 27-28 March 2009 - TENNYSONS FUTURES, 27-28 MARCH 2009, ENGLISH FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
For I dipt into the future, far as human e ... 9th International REDAM Symposium
Food, culture and health:
Interdisciplinary encounters
- Food and dietary practices are part of wider historical processes, and for this reason the study of food production and ... Crossed perspectives on the French and the British abolitionist movements - The Department of English Studies at Lille 3 University is pleased to invite to a conference entitled Crossed perspectiv ... Prague Conference on Political Economy - Prague Conference on Political Economy is an international and interdisciplinary gathering of scholars and supporters (n ... Religion, gender, industry:
Exploring Church and Methodism in a local setting
(16-18 June 2009, Shropshire, U.K.) - Madeley parish in Shropshire was at the heart of the early industrial revolution around Coalbrookdale. Its Vicar between ... Congreso Internacional por el IV Centenario de los Comentarios Reales de los Incas - CONVOCATORIA
La Comisión Organizadora del Congreso Internacional por el IV Centenario de los Comentarios Reales de ... Vietnamese Studies in ANU - Vietnamese language programs at ANU
Vietnamese is the home language of nearly more than 180,000 people in Australia. ... POST-CRISIS STATES TRANSFORMATION: RETHINKING THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE - Consensus is growing that the application of the Western model of the Nation State in post-crisis contexts poses many pr ... Copyright © 2009, Uncle HQ. All Rights Reserved. |