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- Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets Reduce Infant Deaths In Democratic Republic Of Congo, Study Finds 24 Nov 2009 03:52 GMT
... weight deliveries, which in turn reduced long-term disability. “This is an extremely cost-effective intervention,” said ... the Gillings School, helped 28 clinics in Kinshasa, the capital and largest city in the ... largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, implement a program to prevent mother-to-child transmission of ...
- Progress or paralysis for U.S.? 24 Nov 2009 19:51 GMT
... Is American democracy in paralysis? That question emerged at a conference of ... become more evident with time. Yet as health-care reform sputters and lurches toward an uncertain ... Iran, North Korea, the Middle East, Sudan, Congo or even tiny Honduras to our south. Underlying all ...
- Interview: Staff Benda Bilili - Beat of the Street 17 Nov 2009 00:51 GMT
... Probably just Staff Benda Bilili. Hailing from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, they are a group whose music and ... river linking the ports of Kinshasa and Brazzaville. Both disabled polio victims, they were there ...
- GLOBAL: Food aid that gets you two for the price of one 18 Nov 2009 22:50 GMT
... most vulnerable, said Meera Shekar, a leading health and nutrition specialist at the World Bank ... Kenya, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo; almost 18 percent of the funds went to ... interventions could save an estimated 30 million disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) or years lost to premature ...
- Food aid that gets you two for the price of one 18 Nov 2009 19:51 GMT
... most vulnerable, said Meera Shekar, a leading health and nutrition specialist at the World Bank ... Kenya, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo; almost 18 percent of the funds went to ... interventions could save an estimated 30 million disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) or years lost to premature ...
- Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids 20 Nov 2009 23:28 GMT
... (AP) - Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away ... she has spoken to girls in eastern Congo who have been raped, to boys who were ... family thought he had inherited his parents' disability, until at age 7 his grandfather sat ...
- UN children's convention at 20: Indian boy embodies the plight of millions of downtrodden kids 20 Nov 2009 23:56 GMT
... (AP) -- Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away ... she has spoken to girls in eastern Congo who have been raped, to boys who were ... family thought he had inherited his parents' disability, until at age 7 his grandfather sat ...
- 'Eating Animals' 19 Nov 2009 23:32 GMT
... in unnatural, overcrowded conditions and pose considerable health risks to workers, neighbors and consumers. explored ... blindness, bacterial infections of bones, slipped vertebrae, paralysis, internal bleeding, anemia, slipped tendons, twisted lower ... them children), and conflict and disease in Congo since the mid-1990s have left an estimated five ...
- 'You Know That Chicken Is Chicken, Right?' 20 Nov 2009 02:56 GMT
... in unnatural, overcrowded conditions and pose considerable health risks to workers, neighbors and consumers. explored ... blindness, bacterial infections of bones, slipped vertebrae, paralysis, internal bleeding, anemia, slipped tendons, twisted lower ... them children), and conflict and disease in Congo since the mid-1990s have left an estimated five ...
- Books of The Times: 'You Know That Chicken Is Chicken, Right?' 20 Nov 2009 06:14 GMT
... in unnatural, overcrowded conditions and pose considerable health risks to workers, neighbors and consumers. explored ... blindness, bacterial infections of bones, slipped vertebrae, paralysis, internal bleeding, anemia, slipped tendons, twisted lower ... them children), and conflict and disease in Congo since the mid-1990s have left an estimated five ...
- 'Eating Animals,' by Jonathan Safran Foer: You Know That Chicken Is Chicken, Right?' 20 Nov 2009 06:18 GMT
... in unnatural, overcrowded conditions and pose considerable health risks to workers, neighbors and consumers. explored ... blindness, bacterial infections of bones, slipped vertebrae, paralysis, internal bleeding, anemia, slipped tendons, twisted lower ... them children), and conflict and disease in Congo since the mid-1990s have left an estimated five ...
- U.S. Christian Right Activists Pushing Death Penalty for Homosexuals in Poor African State 18 Nov 2009 09:25 GMT
... under 18 or with someone who is disabled, or being a "serial offender" or HIV ... in the fields of sexual and reproductive health, hence further undermining public health efforts to ... represented were Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South ...
- Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids 21 Nov 2009 01:15 GMT
... child mortality and give children access to health care and education. Somalia's transitional government announced ... she has spoken to girls in eastern Congo who have been raped, to boys who were ... family thought he had inherited his parents' disability, until at age 7 his grandfather sat ...
- UNHCR chief reiterates commitment to prevention of sexual violence 25 Nov 2009 15:30 GMT
... integrated into UNHCR's efforts on physical protection, health, access to psycho-social support and justice, livelihoods, ... years. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thought to have the highest rate of rape ... 29), World AIDS Day (December 1), International Disability Day (December 3) and International Human Rights ...
- Country's Witch Hunt Activity Brought to African Commission 18 Nov 2009 12:18 GMT
... the elderly, women, children and people with disabilities. He added that IHEU has received reports ... taking the substance, while others developed several health complications. He added that the state condoned ... He said in the Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of children alleged to be witches and ...
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