World Food Programme Says High Food Prices A Silent Tsunami, Affecting Every Continent
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said that high food prices are creating the biggest challenge that WFP has faced in its 45-year history, a silent tsunami threatening to plunge more than 100 million people on every continent into hunger.
Africa Hosts Historic Conference On Primary Health Care To Renew Commitment To Health For All
Thirty years after the emergence of the slogan "Health For All", the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, in collaboration with development partners and the Government of Burkina Faso, is organizing a major conference from 28 - 30 April in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to renew commitment to primary health care as the means to achieve improvements in health outcomes for the people of Africa.
Wellcome Trust Supports African Medical Research And Training
The Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest medical research charity, has announced a 20 million pounds investment in research and training in Africa. Its Strategic Awards are aimed at ensuring that local researchers are equipped to tackle the most pressing problems in their region.
Urgent Action Needed Against Global Food Crisis
Life scientists from the developing world told their European colleagues at the EAGLES Food Symposium, held this week at the New Library of Alexandria (Egypt), that they are dismayed and even horrified at the persistent failure of Europe to deploy its life sciences effectively in the fight against hunger.
Katrina's Lasting Impact
New Orleans residents who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina were over five times more likely to experience serious psychological distress a year after the disaster than those who did not.That is one of the findings from a study presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in New Orleans.
Risk Management In An Increasingly Hazardous World - New Book
If you have a nagging feeling that life is getting increasingly hazardous, you may be interested in the new book, "Operational Risk Management, " by Mark D. Abkowitz, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University.The book contains 15 case studies of major disasters, including September 11, Hurricane Katrina and the losses of the Challenger and Columbia space shuttles.
WFP Calls For Funds To Curb More Unrest In Haiti
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reiterated its appeal to the international community for urgent funds to support its operations in Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, following the deaths of four people in two days of rioting over rising food prices.
Climate Change Already Affecting Human Health Says WHO Director General
WHO Director General Dr Margaret Chan said yesterday, 7th April 2008, World Health Day, that climate change was already affecting human health and was giving "a glimpse of the challenges public health will have to confront on a large scale".Chan said the scientific evidence that the planet is warming is "unequivocal": average air and sea temperatures are rising, ice caps are melting, and sea levels are increasing.
Conservative Senators Should Not 'Drag Their Feet' On PEPFAR Reauthorization, Opinion Piece Says
Conservative Senate Republicans should not "drag their feet and jeopardize" the reauthorization of the President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief during the current congressional session, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) writes in a Politico opinion piece, adding, "Delay is not the friend of those suffering abroad or .
New Jersey Health Commissioner Says State Will Redistribute Hospital Charity Care Funds
New Jersey Health Commissioner Heather Howard on Wednesday addressed lawmakers' concerns about Gov. Jon Corzine's (D) proposed $33.3 billion budget, which would reduce charity care funding to hospitals by $108 million to $608 million and reformulate the way hospitals receive such funding, the Bergen Record reports.