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September 2006
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11.09.2006
Etelä-Afrikassa on julkaistu hi-viruksesta ja aidsista kertova sarjakuvakirja, jossa on puhekuplien sijasta viittomakielisiä kuvia. Kirjan aiheisiin kuuluvat myös seksuaalinen väkivalta ja seksuaalioikeudet. HIV/AIDS-aktiivi Judge Edwin Cameron totesi kirjan julkistamistilaisuudessa, että kuurot ovat edelleen kielellisesti, sosiaalisesti ja taloudellisesti syrjäytynyt ryhmä, eivätkä he ole saaneet riittävästi aiheeseen liittyvää tietoa.
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11.09.2006
The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (Coimbatore) will soon set up an ayurveda treatment centre in Pakistan, in collaboration with the Karachi based Mehrunnisa Welfare Trust. If realised, this venture will be the first recognised Ayurveda hospital in Pakistan.
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11.09.2006
Approximately one-fourth of urban India, comprising over 70 million people, lives in slums or illegal settlements without basic infrastructure and public services.
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11.09.2006
International experts have assessed that Pakistan could become a polio-free country as early as the end of 2006 having decreased the number of polio cases from 30,000 in 1994 to just 13 this year by successfully implementing the Polio Eradication Programme.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Pakistan] Image: Child receiving polio vaccine © WHO
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11.09.2006
Floods and torrential rain have caused public sanitation in Karachi to deteriorate to a point where health experts are not sure whether its 12 million inhabitants are going to be hit by malaria first or by gastroenteritis conditions are rife for both, as well as a host of other pestilences.
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11.09.2006
Maternal and child mortality could rise in flood-hit western Nepal if the health care of women and children is not prioritised, said the United Nations Population Fund Agency
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11.09.2006
About 4200 suspected cases of Chikungunya have been reported in the city, according to Chennai City corporation sources.
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11.09.2006
About 18 lakh children in the 0-5 age group were administered polio drops as part of the 64th round of Pulse Polio Campaign in Delhi.
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11.09.2006
The anti-HIV campaign in Andhra Pradesh is entering into hitherto uncharted territory. Crossing barriers of sight and sound, the awareness drive on HIV and the precautions necessary to keep the virus away will now touch the visually challenged too with the Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS) bringing out educational material in Braille.
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11.09.2006
An Indian government study finds that almost one in six ship workers at Asia’s largest shipbreaking yard, Alang in Gujarat, suffers from asbestos poisoning that could lead to lung cancer. At 2 per 1,000, the fatal accident rate among Alang’s ship workers is several times higher than the 0.34 per 1,000 in the mining industry, considered India’s most unsafe profession.
Story linkFrom: InfoChange Related topics/regions: [India] Image: A worker in Gujarat
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07.09.2006
Nutrition in India: what way now While India celebrates National Nutrition Week during 1-7 September, the Journal of Economic Political Weekly has brought out special issue on child nutrition with perspectives on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
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06.09.2006
Oggi è la Giornata mondiale contro l'incenerimento lanciata da Gaia - Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives - sostenuta in Italia da Greenpeace, Rete nazionale rifiuti zero e a cui aderisce anche il Wwf promuovendo momenti di informazione e protesta che animeranno le piazze italiane tra il 6 e il 10 settembre. Una giornata per ribadire il no secco a tutte le forme di combustione dei rifiuti e il rilancio delle strategie che rappresentano la soluzione alternativa al problema della gestione dei rifiuti. "Gli inceneritori sono impianti costosi che non starebbero sul mercato se non ricevessero i contributi statali attraverso il sistema dei certificati verdi e cip6. Incenerire conviene ai gestori degli impianti solo perché possono vendere l'energia da loro prodotta come energia "a tariffe incentivate", facendosi pagare dal gestore nazionale fino a 3 volte il prezzo di mercato dell'energia" - scrive Greenpeace. Eppure gestire i rifiuti senza ricorrere all'incenerimento è possibile: lo dimostrano città e regioni in Canada, Usa, Australia e Nuova Zelanda che, in un arco di tempo relativamente breve hanno ottenuto riduzioni molto significative di smaltimento in discarica, senza ricorrere a impianti di incenerimento.
Story linkFrom: Greenpeace Italia, WWF Italia Image: Giornata mondiale contro l'incenerimento dei rifiuti - da Gaia
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06.09.2006
Greenpeace Internationalin mukaan Kiinasta tuotu laittomasti geenimuunneltu riisi on saastuttanut elintarvikkeita Ranskassa, Saksassa ja Isossa-Britanniassa. Greenpeace on muistuttanut päättäjiä siitä, että laittomasti geenimuunneltu riisi on vakava terveysriski. Järjestö vaatii Euroopan hallituksia aloittamaan välittömästi toimet kuluttajien suojelemiseksi. Geenimuunneltu riisi löytyi Greenpeacen ja Maan ystävien Isossa-Britanniassa tekemissä testeissä.
Story linkFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related topics/regions: [East Asia] [South Asia] [Europe] [China] [France] [Germany] [India] [United Kingdom] Image: riso e alimentazione - da Greenpeace.it
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06.09.2006
Several independent agencies will undertake a concurrent assessment of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), launched by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.
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06.09.2006
Three persons in Delhi have tested positive for Chikungunya viral fever that has resurfaced in the country after a gap of over three decades and has infected a large number of people in States like Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
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06.09.2006
The Haryana Government has constituted State Council on AIDS and State Coordination Committee for coordinating HIV and AIDS programmes in the State.
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06.09.2006
Karnal has become the first district of Haryana in which 85 per cent of pregnant women give birth to their babies in hospitals in the presence of Auxiliary Nursing Midwives (ANMs).
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06.09.2006
Greenpeace International released findings that show illegal GE (genetically engineered) rice from China has contaminated food products in France, Germany and the UK. Greenpeace has notified authorities that the illegal GE rice poses serious health risks and calls upon European governments to take immediate action to protect consumers.
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06.09.2006
Jos uudet HIV-tartunnat eivät vähene ja lääkehoito yleisty Namibiassa, HIV-epidemia vaikuttaa dramaattisesti Namibian väestön kokoon ja rakenteeseen tulevaisuudessa. Epidemia vähentää väestönkasvua, lisää kuolleisuutta ja alentaa hedelmällisyyttä, todetaan FM Riikka Shemeikan väitöstutkimuksessa Fertility in Namibia.
Story linkFrom: Väestöliitto, kansainväliset asiat Related topics/regions: [Namibia] [Southern Africa] [Africa] |
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