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ICTs and the fight against HIV/AIDS pandemic OneWorld Radio offers services and networking for broadcasters and civil society organisations that use radio for human rights and sustainable development. Our apologies... ... Source: patriot.eponym.com --- 41 days ago
World Health Organization spokeswoman Katie Gates told the Voice of America that by-products of rampant Malaria in developing countries include poverty, illegal immigration and government instability. There is no vaccine to combat Malaria. African countries collectively lose $12 billion a year in economic growth due to factors such as Malaria-related spending and sick workers unable to work. Even today, 65 years after it was first used in disease control, no other chemical works as well for as long or at a lower cost in stopping Malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases than DDT. There is no proof that it is harmful to people or animals when used responsibly. That is why hundreds of physicians, clergy and human rights advocates have demanded that it be put back into the Malaria control arsenal. ... Source: markandkailey.wordpress.com --- 10 days ago
World Malaria Day is this Friday, April 25th. Malaria is the number on killer in Africa. What’s crazy about it is, is that it’s totally preventable. If any of you watched Idol Gives Back, one of their segments had Elliot Yamine and he went to Africa to hand out nets. This is how [...] ... Source: www.newsweek.com --- 85 days ago
Developing countries are making progress in getting vaccines to—and for—their people, says African activist Graca Machel. ... Source: opinion.latimes.com --- 23 days ago
Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino asks whether a constitutional ban would nullify same-sex marriages already on the books: ...I believe the amendment would void the marriages. For the same-sex marriages to survive, freedom-to-marry advocates would have to win at least one of two arguments in the courts. Both arguments would rest on the unfairness of applying the reinstated ban retroactively, but both would probably fail. Human Rights Watch researcher Sarah Tofte says a backlog in testing rape kids in L.A. means many crime victims are still waiting for answers. And writer Margaux Wexberg Sanchez describes the journey of two men to call attention to the 100 million tons of plastic junk in the World's oceans. The editorial board laments the prevalence of counterfeit Malaria medicine in Africa, wonders if it's time for a fireworks ban, and hopes SAG won't strike: Even if they managed to kill the AFTRA agreement, SAG's leaders would still have to persuade the studios to make concessions that the writers couldn't win after a 100-Day strike -- a hiatus that cost many writers more in lost pay than they gained from the eventual deal. No matter how much leverage it has on July 9, SAG is unlikely to break the pattern established by the previous deals without putting everyone who works in and around the industry through considerably more pain.On the letters page, readers discuss the Supreme Court ruling against executing child rapists. Kath ...
Source: www.infoworld.com --- 26 days ago
Microsoft, usually a source of software patch updates and claims about Vista adoption rates, produced a bit of sentimental news this week as Bill Gates stepped away from his daily corporate duties on Friday. Gates, who founded Microsoft at age 19, will now devote his time to philanthropic work. Yahoo, a perennial name in this space, defended its Google ad deal on Wednesday and the next Day launched yet another reorganization. Finally, Oracle wants at least $1 billion from SAP due to infractions supposedly committed by a subsidiary. [ Video: Catch up on the week in tech news with the World Tech Update ] 1. Gates may change direction of philanthropy : Helping solve some of the World's health issues will now occupy Bill Gates's working hours as the IT icon retired from Microsoft on Friday. Two years ago Gates announced that he was leaving the software World to devote his time to the philanthropic organization he started with his wife in 2000. The group's work involves funding Malaria and HIV research, among other causes. The task of running one of the most powerful companies now falls to CEO Steve Ballmer and chief software architect Ray Ozzie, among others. Gates will not completely exit Redmond, though. He will continue serving as Microsoft chairman and dedicate one Day a week to company business. [ Special report: Microsoft in the post-Gates era ] 2. ICANN board opens way for new top-level domains : Look for new TLDs (top-level do ... Source: www.voanews.com --- 83 days ago
Governments, health organizations, individuals join in global effort to control Malaria ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 42 days ago
A French daredevil in trouble for scaling a skyscraper to press for action on global warming should be honored instead of prosecuted, his lawyer said Wednesday. Alain Robert, one of two men who climbed the 52-story New York Times building on the same Day last week, appeared in Manhattan court on misdemeanor charges that could land him in jail for up to a year. In 1977, mountain climber George Willig was arrested for scaling the World Trade Center, but he was later was given a friendly welcome at City Hall by Mayor Abraham D. Beame. He was made to pay only a symbolic $1.10, or one cent per floor. "I'm hoping that Mayor (Michael) Bloomberg will react just the way his proud predecessor did," Robert's lawyer, Daniel Arshack, said outside court. Last week, though, Bloomberg criticized the stunt, saying it put people in jeopardy. The 45-year-old Frenchman scaled the newly constructed Times building last Thursday. Hours later, another man, Renaldo Clarke, did the same thing to promote awareness about the dangers of Malaria. The building is covered with slats that allowed the men to climb the tower like a ladder. ... Source: www.grist.org --- 47 days ago
For World Environment Day on Thursday, a French climber scaled the New York Times building in Manhattan to protest climate change. Wearing a T-shirt bearing the words "The Solution Is Simple.Org" -- the web address of a one-page site calling for meaningful climate action -- Alain Robert climbed to the top of the 52-story building unroped and without a parachute. Once at the top, he unfurled a banner reading, "Global warming kills more people than a 9/11 every week," and was promptly arrested. Robert is an experienced climber who has scaled some 83 tall buildings all over the World. However, the man who scaled the Times building unroped just hours after Robert is not well known. Renaldo Clarke of Brooklyn appeared much less prepared for the feat, according to bystanders, and has been called a copycat by authorities. After Clarke also reached the top of the building -- a climb he said was a stunt to raise awareness of Malaria -- he was arrested and taken to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation; he was soon discharged and taken to jail instead. sources: The New York Times , Reuters , USA Today ... Source: thepoint.gm --- 84 days ago
As part of World Malaria Day celebrations, AMMREN Gambia Chapter, in collaboration with the parent body, on Monday held a one-Day sensitisation forum... ... Source: www.worldaffairsboard.com --- 38 days ago
---Quote--- *Where Has All the Water Gone?* *The World's water crisis poses grave threats to our survival. Can we change course? * Maude Barlow | June 12, 2008 Three scenarios collude toward disaster. Scenario one: The World is running out of freshwater. It is not just a question of finding the money to hook up the 2 billion people living in water-stressed regions of our World. Humanity is polluting, diverting, and depleting the Earth's finite water resources at a dangerous and steadily increasing rate. The abuse and displacement of water is the ground-level equivalent of greenhouse-gas emissions and likely as great a cause of climate change. Scenario two: Every Day more and more people are living without access to clean water. As the ecological crisis deepens, so too does the human crisis. More children are killed by dirty water than by war, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and traffic accidents combined. The global water crisis has become a powerful symbol of the growing inequality in our World. While the wealthy enjoy boutique water at any time, millions of poor people have access only to contaminated water from local rivers and wells. Scenario three: A powerful corporate water cartel has emerged to seize control of every aspect of water for its own profit. Corporations deliver drinking water and take away wastewater; corporations put massive amounts of water in plastic bottles and sell it to us at exorbitant prices; corporations are buildi ... Source: web.idrc.ca --- 82 days ago
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The President, accompanied by his wife Mrs. Janet Museveni, was opening the 2nd 2008 Global HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting going on at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala. The 5-Day meeting that is running under the theme “Scaling up through Partnership: Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation”, has attracted over 1,700 participants World wide. “Without your support we would not reach where we are today”, the President said. President Museveni also paid glowing tribute to the government of the United States of America, especially President George Bush, for the generosity they have exhibited and to PEPFAR for increasing its aid to Uganda from US$236 million to US$283 million. The President further thanked the Global Fund for resuming its financial assistance to Uganda to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. He assured the Fund that the past mistakes where the resources from the body were mismanaged would not be repeated. President Museveni said that mechanisms have been put in place to ensure that the money received from the Global Fund will be put to proper use. He told participants that Uganda was able to reduce the rate of HIV/AIDS prevalence because the mode of its transmission was identified and tackled head on. Mr. Museveni was, however, dismayed by the current stagnation of the rate of HIV/AIDS prevalence that stands at 6.4% today from 30% in 1986. He, therefore, called on the Uganda AIDS Commission to repackage their HIV/AIDS message ... Source: thepoint.gm --- 84 days ago
The Gambia last Friday 25th April, joined other member states of the World Health Organisation to commemorate World Malaria Day in the spirit of... ... Source: thepoint.gm --- 28 days ago
The Secretary of state for Health and Social welfare Dr Malick Njie last Thursday presided over the celebration of World Malaria Day at the RVTH in... ... Source: www.undispatch.com --- 9 days ago
Top Stories >> Sudan - Today, ICC lead prosecutor Moreno Ocampo filed charges against president Omar al-Bashir for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Ocampo has charged that, through the "state apparatus," al-Bashir killed at least 35,000 directly and caused the "slow-death" of up to 265,000. Sudan is not party to the court and has refused to cooperate with any investigation. A "carefully choreographed" protest against the charges was held in Khartoum. >> South Korea - South Korea announced today that it would recall its ambassador to Japan in protest of Japan's announcement that it would publish details about the two nations' dispute over the Dokdo/Takeshima islands in school teaching guides. In the middle school guides, the islands will be referred to as Japanese territory. The islands are uninhabitable but are surrounded by fertile fishing grounds. >> Malaria - Researchers in Melbourne believe they may have made a major breakthrough in the fight against Malaria by removing a protein that makes the parasite "sticky" and more difficult for the body to flush. The protein is one of eight that allows the parasite to attach itself to the walls of blood vessels and keep from being destroyed by the spleen. Yesterday in UN Dispatch Giving Bashir His Day in Court When All Else Fails? Happy World Population Day Breaking: Sudan President to be Charged with Genocide Possble ICC Indictments Coming Monday More on the Attack on ... Source: www.malariafreefuture.org --- 48 days ago
This Day Newspaper reported in May 2007 that, “Unfortunately, Nigeria, according to the World Bank, carries Africa’s greatest Malaria burden with 110 million cases per year out of her 140 million people. Malaria accounts for 30 per cent of infant mortality in Nigeria. According to Professor Eyitayo Lambo, Nigeria’s Health Minister and chairman of RBM, [...] ... Source: jengaworld.blogspot.com --- 72 days ago
Got 5 bucks? That’s all it takes to contribute a Malaria-fighting bed net for a person in a vulnerable country. April 25 is World Malaria Day — a perfect Day to head over to MyBednet.com , cough up $5, and add oneself to their Honor Roll. Check it out! Subscribe to jengaworld ... Source: www.greenbuildingsNYC.com --- 44 days ago
Unfurling a banner reading "global warming kills more people than a 9/11 every week," daredevil climber Alain Robert ascended the 52-story New York Times Tower on 8th Avenue yesterday and was arrested upon reaching the top. A spokesperson for the Times pointed out the irony of Robert's banner, noting that architect Renzo Piano's ceramic tubes, which Robert, and a few hours later second climber Rey Clarke, used to pull themselves up the tower and serve as an ostensible second curtain wall, help the building reduce its energy load. Robert, though, later claimed that he chose the tower for his climb because of its green features; the stunt was performed on the United Nations' World Environment Day. Clarke, on the other hand, wore a t-shirt proclaiming "Malaria No More" during his climb. The Times itself chose not to use the LEED program for some very specific reasons [1], though I always think it's interesting that the LEED Gold Hearst Tower, which is just a few blocks north on 8th Avenue, seems to receive much more media coverage. Its diagrid, steel-saving design, though, likely renders it impossible to scale for even the most ambitious of climbers- its LEED rating notwithstanding. NY Skyscraper Hosts 2 Daredevil Stunts in 1 Day [2] (AP) British Telecom Inks Two-Floor Sublease at Times Tower [3] (gbNYC) LEED and NY Times Tower [4] (gbNYC) ShareThis [5] [1] http://www.greenbuildingsnyc.com/2006/11/25/the-architects-newspaper-takes-nycs-gr ... Find more results for World Malaria Day on RSSMicro.com |
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SouthPeak, Interactive Game Group and Legacy Interactive to Publish Igor for Wii, NINTENDO DS and PC SouthPeak Interactive announced today it will be co-publishing Igor The Game for the Wii, Nintendo DS and PC. The game is based on the highly anticipated animated movie created by Exodus Film Group in cooperation with The Weinstein Company. MGM Studios is distributing the animated film in the United States, launching wide this September. Interactive Game Group (I2G) is financing and coordinating the game project on a worldwide basis. Co-published and developed by Legacy Interactive in the US, Igor lures players through Malaria, a World where mad scientists create dubious inventions to compete in the annual Evil Science Fair. Legacy and I2G are doing a tremendous job bringing Igor into the virtual gaming World, said Melanie Mroz, CEO of SouthPeak Games. This is a great property and promises to be a huge hit when it comes out this fall. We love the fact that the game is able to capture the elements of the film so well and turn it into a fun, interactive environment. Igor, the movie, follows a hunchbacked lab assistant named Igor (voiced by John Cusack) forced to serve a mad scientist while dreaming of one Day becoming a notorious mad scientist himself and winning the Evil Science Fair. Other stars contributing their voice talents to the film are Molly Shannon (as Eva), Steve Buscemi (as Scamper), Sean Hayes (as Brain) and Eddie I ...