UN Launches Major Cholera Appeal For Haiti Jakarta Globe The United Nations launched a $2.2 billion appeal for a campaign to halt a cholera epidemic in Haiti, widely blamed on UN peacekeepers, which has killed more than 7,750 people. | With the number of reported cases exceeding 620,000 since the epidemic started in October 2010, UN leader Ban Ki-moon ack...
UK withholds aid to Rwanda in light of Congo DRC allegations The Guardian | Justine Greening stops release of £21m in budget support to Kigali after Democratic Republic of Congo conflict escalates | The UK is withholding aid to Rwanda in light of accusations of Rwandan support for M23 rebels in Congo DRC. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP | The British government will withhold...
Past its purpose The Hindu History shows that the Malabar and Calicut constantly waged a battle against smallpox and leprosy. A building that reflects the concerted effort at tackling these illnesses now stands futile, made redundant by time. With smallpox almost unheard of no...
Agricultural, health education goes global via cellphone animations PhysOrg | Many people in developing countries have cellphones that allow them to watch videos and play interactive games. Now agricultural researchers and health educators are using this technology to help those in the developing world address some of the mo...
Haiti’s Worsening Water Crisis CounterPunch | More than two years and nearly 7,800 deaths after U.N. troops brought the dread disease of cholera to Haiti, a plan has finally been put forward to do something to get rid of it. While we are still a long way from implementation, there are import...
UN $2.2 billion cholera aid to the US destabilized Haiti The Examiner | U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a $2.2 billion initiative Tuesday to eliminate cholera over the next decade in impoverished, earthquake- and hurricane-battered Haiti, where the epidemic that has killed thousands has been blamed on U.N. ...
Prepare for the worst New Straits/Business Times | Travelling in challenging and sometimes hostile environments needs preparation, risk assessment and a positive mental attitude, writes Andrew Law | WE walk around the corner and see the crashed SUV. The injured are everywhere. We check the immediat...
P.C. Ghose sworn in Chief Justice The Hindu Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose was sworn in Chief Justice of the AP High Court by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan here on Wednesday. | The swearing-in ceremony was held at Raj Bhavan and attended by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, his Cabinet colleague...
Moving Forward in Tough Times The New York Times | Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work. | Tags: | Philanthropy, Social Change | Welcome to the second annual Fixes holiday season retrospective! Almost every week, over the past two years, we’ve covered a response to a soci...
UN launches major cholera appeal for Haiti PhysOrg | With the number of reported cases exceeding 620,000 since the epidemic started in October 2010, UN leader Ban Ki-moon acknowledged the "heavy toll" as he launched the 10-year initiative. | Several hundred people have also been killed in neighboring...
Haiti: More pressure needed to get clean water Al Jazeera | More than two years and nearly 7,800 deaths after UN troops brought the dread disease of cholera to Haiti, a plan has finally been put forward to do something to get rid of it. While we are still a long way from implementation, there are impo...
UN launches cholera plan for Haiti but needs funds The Guardian | ALEXANDRA OLSON | Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a $2.27 billion initiative Tuesday to help eradicate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, vowing to work aggressively to secure donatio...
UN Launches Major Cholera Appeal For Haiti Jakarta Globe The United Nations launched a $2.2 billion appeal for a campaign to halt a cholera epidemic in Haiti, widely blamed on UN peacekeepers, which has killed more than 7,750 people. | With the number of reported cases exceeding 620,000 since the epidemic ...
Chavez heads for Cuba surgery, vows "I'll be back" The Star | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew to Cuba early on Monday for cancer surgery, vowing to return quickly despite admitting the disease could curb his 14-year rule of the South American OPEC nation. Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez march towards Venezuela's embassy to express their support for him in Havana Dece...