Health
- Thu Mar 27 2008
Asia: Report faults gov't complacency on AIDS
Nearly five million people are living with HIV in Asia, with 440,000 people dying each year, and an additional eight million people will become newly infected by 2020, warns the first report by the Commission on AIDS in Asia, "Redefining AIDS in Asia".
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Health
- Tue Mar 25 2008
Slowing of progress in efforts to combat tuberculosis
The pace of the progress to control the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic slowed slightly in 2006, the most recent year for which data were available, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Monday.
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Health
- Tue Mar 25 2008
EU complains again about affordable medicine
The European Union has made a fresh complaint to Thailand over policies aimed at guaranteeing that the poor are not deprived of vital medicines. Shortly before leaving office, former Thai health minister issued compulsory licences, overruling patents on four treatments for cancer to bring down the prices of drugs.
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Education
- Fri Mar 14 2008
Global action week on education for all
The Global Campaign for Education organises Global Action Week that will take place from April 23-29, 2008. The members of the GCE include a broad spectrum of NGOs and trade union organisations active on education issues.
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Human Rights
- Tue Mar 11 2008
Shared memories for the future of the housing right with no boundaries
Some fifty marches, squatts, debates and assemblies simultaneously brought together, for the first time in history, tens of thousands of people in demanding the housing right with no boundaries, in rich countries as well as poor ones, north and south, east and west.The topic at hand was the suitable conclusion to the global campaign "Act together - housing for all!".
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Human Rights
- Mon Mar 10 2008
NGO strategic meeting to the 7th session of the Human Rights Council
The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN and the Special Committee of NGOs on Human Rights will convene an NGO Strategic Meeting, open to all NGOs accredited to the 7th session of the Human Rights Council.
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Human Rights
- Mon Mar 03 2008
African NGO calls for new millennium development goal on internal displacement
Speaking ahead of the World Bank/ IMF 2008 meeting in Washington in April 2008, Africa IDP Voice, says it is now vital to introduce another UN Millennium Development Goal that requires governments to prevent the prevalence of internal displacement and put policy and institutional frameworks in place that protect and assist the internally displaced.
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Health
- Thu Feb 28 2008
NGOs call to end HIV AIDS and violence against women and girls. NOW!
Just a year ago a group of organizations and networks working around HIV AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive rights and health and violence launched the Women Won’t Wait Campaign in NY in the framework of CSW and its discussions around violence against women and girls. This year they're back to call for more allocation of resources to fight HIV AIDS and violence.
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Human Rights
- Fri Jan 25 2008
Act together for housing for all
Inhabitants, social organizations, networks and solidarity authorities, are organizing several actions around the world as part of the World Social Forum Mobilization on January 26th 2008 demanding housing for all.
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Health
- Wed Jan 23 2008
WHO Board debates "global health security", climate, IPRs
The meaning of the term "global health security" has been a significant subject of discussion at the 122nd session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation taking place this week in Geneva.
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