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October 2006

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Operatori di MSF in Sri Lanka - da Msf
26.10.2006 Medici Senza Frontiere (Msf) ha deciso di sospendere tutte le attivitą mediche in Sri Lanka e di ritirarsi anche dalla penisola di Jaffna, il solo ospedale dove poteva lavorare. La decisione avviene dopo che l'organizzazione umanitaria aveva ricevuto una lettera da parte del governo che annullava i permessi di permanenza nel Paese e domandava di lasciare il paese, seguita da una seconda lettera ufficiale che permetteva di restare “fino a nuovo ordine” e informava che era in corso un'inchiesta sulle attivitą dell'organizzazione, mentre sulla stampa locale comparivano accuse di collaborazionismo coi ribelli Tamil attraverso attivitą clandestine "attentando alla sicurezza nazionale". "Ma non abbiamo accettato di essere espulsi e diffamati e insistiamo a perseguire la via diplomatica" - commenta Gianfranco De Maio, Direttore esecutivo in Italia. MSF ribadisce di essere "una organizzazione indipendente di soccorso medico neutrale che presta soccorso medico a tutte le vittime, a qualsiasi schieramento facciano riferimento".
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20.10.2006 WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (OneWorld) - The United States, in a twist on social Darwinism, maintains protection standards so low that they shield only the strongest people from cancer-causing radiation. So say scientists whose conclusions are propelling a new campaign to provide greater safety for women, children, and others at greatest risk.
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Nuclear Issues] [Pollution] [Science] [Governance] [Nuclear arms]
11.10.2006
A community-based approach using biological control rather than insecticides has been successfully adopted in several communes in Vietnam. The same could be effective against the mosquito that spreads the virus causing chikungunya, writes N Gopal Raj.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Water/sanitation] [Health]
06.10.2006
The United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is expected to approve requests from almost 100 countries for $950 million over two years to support programmes to combat the global scourges that kill over 6 million people annually.
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Related topics/regions: [International cooperation] [Health] [AIDS] [Malaria] [United Nations] [MDGs]
05.10.2006 Intia on raportoinut 2 700 dengue-tapausta, joista 40 on johtanut kuolemaan. Viranomaisten mukaan suurin osa sairastuneista on Delhissä ja Keralan alueella. Dengue on raju kuumetauti, joka tarttuu hyttysen välityksellä.
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05.10.2006
2,700 cases of dengue have been reported in India, claiming at least 40 lives, with Delhi and Kerala accounting for the majority of the patients, it was officially stated.
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