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September 2006

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29.09.2006 more than six billion people in the world today, over one billion have no access to improved drinking water -- a basic necessity for human life -- and about 2.6 billion people do not have access to improved sanitation.
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Related topics/regions: [Water/sanitation] [Pollution] [United Nations] [MDGs]
28.09.2006
While the fall in the total fertility rate for the five Indian
states for which NFHS-3 results have been released is to be
welcomed, one cannot draw any general conclusion until the data for the BIMARU states comes in. The data on anaemia prevalence among women and children, however, is disturbing says Ashish Bose.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Development] [Health] [MDGs]
27.09.2006 The International Labour Office (ILO) is to host an interagency meeting here which will provide an opportunity to examine critical occupational safety and health, employment and livelihood issues in the context of a recent UN Action Plan with regard to the potential spread of the avian flu virus.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Health] [Human rights]
26.09.2006 La compagnia farmaceutica Svizzera Novartis ha presentato un ricorso contro la legge indiana sui brevetti: la causa sarà discussa oggi presso l’alta corte di Madras. L’organizzazione medico-umanitaria internazionale Medici Senza Frontiere avverte che questo caso potrebbe avere gravi ripercussioni per la futura accessibilità di farmaci essenziali in tutto il mondo. Il ricorso della Novartis riguarda una parte cruciale della nuova legge indiana sulla protezione della proprietà intellettuale che impedisce di brevettare come nuovi farmaci i banali miglioramenti apportati su principi attivi già noti. Con questa causa Novartis sta cercando di ribaltare una decisione dell’ufficio indiano per i brevetti che nel gennaio 2006 aveva respinto la richiesta della multinazionale di brevettare il Gleevec, un farmaco impiegato nella lotta al cancro. “Se la Novartis vincerà il ricorso contro la legge indiana, perderemo una normativa indispensabile per assicurare la produzione di medicine a prezzi accessibili – afferma Msf. L’84% dei farmaci che MSF acquista per curare oltre 60mila malati di Hiv/Aids in tutto il mondo sono generici indiani.
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Related topics/regions: [Trade] [AIDS]
26.09.2006 Afrikassa kuolee lapsi malariaan joka 30. sekunti, muistuttaa uusi Unitaid-rahasto, joka ryhtyy toimittamaan lääkeapua köyhien maiden malaria-, tuberkuloosi- ja aids-potilaille. Hanketta rahoitetaan lahjoituksilla ja solidaarisuusveroilla, jollaista useat maat ovat jo ryhtyneet perimään lentolipuista.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [International cooperation] [Health]
18.09.2006 The World Health Organisation and Unicef warn that, having met with spectacular success in 2005, India’s polio vaccination effort is in danger of falling victim to complacency
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Health] [MDGs]
18.09.2006 Di bawah ini anda bisa menemukan istilah-istilah seputar HIV/AIDS
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Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Health] [AIDS] [Infant mortality] [Narcotics] [Sexuality]
15.09.2006 LIMA, Peru, Sep 14 (OneWorld) - Diseases in Latin American prisons are so abundant that they are leaking out and threatening the health of the general population, said a host of international health experts and government officials meeting in Lima this week.
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Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Latin America & Caribbean] [Civil rights] [Justice and crime]
15.09.2006
As the 21st century began, more women were dying during childbirth in Nepal than in almost any other country and it was estimated that half of maternal deaths in hospitals were caused by unsafe abortions.
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Related topics/regions: [Nepal] [Health] [Infant mortality] [MDGs]
13.09.2006
Dengue has raised its head once again and medical authorities warned the public of another possible epidemic. The Epidemiological Unit (EU) of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL) has declared a National Dengue Control Week from September 18-23 to avert any major outbreak
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Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Population] [Health]
12.09.2006
India was meant to be polio free by 2005. Instead it is facing a sharp upsurge in polio cases, worrying global leaders.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Development] [Health] [United Nations] [MDGs]
05.09.2006 Sadat ihmiset ovat menehtyneet ja kymmenettuhannet menettäneet kotinsa Etiopiaa pyyhkivissä tulvissa. Afrikan sarven kuivuuskriisiä ovat seuranneet kuukausia kestäneet rankkasateet. Joet ovat tulvineet alankoalueilla. Etiopian pohjoisosissa sijaitseva Amharan alue on yksi pahiten kärsineistä. Arviolta 200 000 ihmistä kärsii sateista, joiden arvioidaan kestävän vielä viikkoja. Tilanne voi huonontua entisestään.
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From: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys
Related topics/regions: [East Africa] [Development] [Children] [Emergency relief] [Food] [International cooperation] [Water/sanitation] [Environment] [Infant mortality] [Nutrition/malnutrition]

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