Summer 2006

More global health news from Selina Rodrigues in Newcastle...

DFID White Paper: Eliminating World Poverty OUT NOW!

The White Paper Eliminating World Poverty responds to four big challenges: first, the importance of good governance in poor countries; second, how to improve security, growth and public services to reduce poverty; third, the need to tackle climate change; and fourth, reforming the international system so that it is better equipped to deal with international problems. Read it & Download a copy from

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/wp2006/default.asp

Putting your computer to work to fight against malaria in Africa While you are sending an email or surfing the web, your computer could be helping to tackle one of Africa's major humanitarian challenges, malaria. Africa@home, a project conceived and coordinated by CERN was launched publicly this week. It is recruiting volunteer computers in homes and offices to run a computer-intensive simulation program called MalariaControl.net developed by researchers at the Swiss Tropical Institute. To find out more go to...

http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2006/PR07.06E.html

Young People & The Millenium Development Goals Hilliary Benn writes about the critical importance of putting young people at the top of the agenda if we are to reach the Millenium Development Goals. "For example - the most vulnerable people in the world - young girls in Africa - are barely reached by programmes trying to prevent HIV infection. Why? Because the girls most at risk are not in school. In Swaziland two thirds of girls in school are free of HIV; but it's the opposite for girls out of school" Read it at...

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/Speeches/young-people.asp

G8 Summit 2006: Health and Education overshadowed by oil and security Read the latest news from the G8 Summit in St Petersburg brought to you from Oxfam. Go to...

http://www.oxfam.org/en/programs/campaigns/endpoverty/G8_2006

Oxfam Report: Promoting Gender Equality In Uganda Oxfam, working in norther Uganda reprot that "lack of opportunities for women to earn an income is a significant factor in the perpetuation of poverty, and a serious barrier to their equality with men. In northern Uganda, where women are still excluded from organized politics and community leadership, and are confined to an overburdened domestic role, Oxfam has deliberately sought ways to increase their involvement and participation." Read about how Oxfam are encouraging gender equality at...

http://www.oxfam.org/en/programs/development/ceafrica/uganda_equality

Toxic rice harvested in southwestern Bangladesh "Eating rice grown in southwestern Bangladesh could be as dangerous as drinking arsenic-contaminated water" a new report claims. Read all about it at...

http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/toxic-rice-harvested-in-southwestern-bangladesh.cfm

Angola: UN food agency running out of funds "we will not be able to distribute food from next month, and will have to close down our operation entirely in September unless new contributions are received very soon" Read the article at...

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19166&Cr=angola&Cr1=

Gates foundation is to double its giving. Read about it in South Africa's Mail and Guardian...

http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breakingnews/breakingnews__business/&articleid=275597

Last updated on Sunday 06 April 2008 at 22:24.