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Date |
| WFP Starts Food Distributions In Battle-Scarred Mogadishu |
05/14/07 |
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The United Nations World Food Programme said today that the
first distributions of WFP food assistance had started in Mogadishu to
16,000 residents and people returning to districts most heavily damaged by
the worst fighting in the Somali c |
| Clinton Says 66 Developing Nations To Get Cheaper AIDS Drugs |
05/14/07 |
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Former US president Bill Clinton has announced that new deals have been struck with generic HIV/AIDS
drug makers Cipla and Matrix to make 16 second line anti retroviral drugs (ARVs) and a new one a day
pill available to 66 developing na |
| UNICEF And IPU Join Forces To Stop Violence Against Children |
05/14/07 |
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At the 116th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), meeting in Nusa Dua (Indonesia), UNICEF and IPU members said more can be done to halt violence against children in every country. |
| WFP Sudan Welcomes 30 Million Euro Donation From The European Commission |
05/14/07 |
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) - the world's
largest humanitarian lifeline - welcomes a 30 million euro donation from the
European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) to WFP's major
emergency relief efforts in the |
| World Health Organisation Needs To Make Better Use Of Evidence Rather Than Expert Opinion In Developing Its Policies |
05/14/07 |
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is too reliant on expert opinion in particular fields in developing policies and recommendations, and should instead use more systematic reviews of relevant research and seek views of representatives who will have to l |
| Urban Sediments After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita Contained High Levels Of Contaminants |
05/14/07 |
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In the first study to evaluate urban sediments after a natural disaster, scientists have found that floodwaters in New Orleans from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August and September 2005, contained high levels of fecal indicator bacteria and microbial |
| Hurricane Katrina Evacuees Had Deep Distrust Of Public Health Authorities |
05/14/07 |
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While investigating the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans evacuees, a group of UCLA researchers stumbled across something they had not been looking for - the deep level of distrust the largely minority victims felt toward public health authorit |
| NIH Awards VBI, Mayo Clinic .4M To Study Chronic Rhinosinusitis |
05/14/07 |
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Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Virginia Tech biological sciences associate professor Chris Lawrence is teaming up with Mayo Clinic on a .4 million project funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The work coul |
| Skin Patch Tests May Miss Patients Allergic To Common Fragrance |
05/14/07 |
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Skin patch screening test for allergy to fragrances - second only to nickel as the most common cause of contact dermatitis in the Western world - may not detect some cases of allergy to a widely used fragrance chemical, Swedish scientists are reporting.
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| MayoClinic.com Offers Information To Help Allergy Sufferers |
05/14/07 |
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An estimated 50 million people in the United States, approximately 20 percent of the population, suffer from allergies -- a figure that has doubled in the last decade. |
| History and Causes Of Allergy And Asthma Epidemic Explored By Book |
05/14/07 |
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Why is it that actions we think will improve a situation more often than not make it worse?"
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