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Organizations RSS FeedsThe face of cancer is changing - 27 August 2008 -- For public health, the complexity of cancer control has increased enormously following the shift of the disease burden from wealthy to less affluent countries. Cancer causes around 7.9 million deaths worldwide each year. ...Feed Source: www.who.int Floods in West Africa raise major health risks - 19 August 2008 -- Rising flood waters across West Africa are intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis. International aid is needed since heavy rains could exacerbate health threats for conditions including malaria, diarrhoea and other potentially fatal communicable diseases.... WHO launches new HIV/AIDS guide to help countries reach universal access - 5 August 2008 -- At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, WHO launched a package of priority interventions designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support. ... WHO and World Bank join forces for better results from global health investments - 5 August 2008 -- As delegates gather at the International AIDS Conference (3-8 August), WHO and the World Bank address the pressing global debate around health systems and initiatives in specific aspects of health, nutrition and population. ... Targeted action on HIV and tuberculosis needed to reach drug users - 4 August 2008 -- Health and criminal justice authorities need to provide targeted services to drug users, especially those who inject drugs, to prevent and treat tuberculosis (TB) and HIV. TB is a major cause of death for people living with HIV, but drug users who are HIV-positive face stigma, discrimination and barriers to accessing life-saving treatments.... World breastfeeding week 2008: going for the gold by supporting mothers to breastfeed - 1 August 2008 -- WHO is pleased to join the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action in celebrating World Breastfeeding Week from 1 to 7 August 2008. This year's theme is "going for the gold by supporting mothers to breastfeed".... UNITAID, UNICEF and WHO announce massive scale-up in fight against HIV in mothers and children - 31 July 2008 -- As the world's leaders and AIDS community gather in Mexico for the biennial global conference on HIV and AIDS, UNITAID, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced an infusion of $50 million aimed at halting mother-to-child transmission of HIV. ... WHO welcomes new resources to fight tobacco use - 23 July 2008 -- WHO welcomes the announcement from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Bloomberg Philanthropies to inject significant new resources into the global fight against tobacco use.... 2.5 billion live with poor sanitation facilities - 17 July 2008 -- More than 2.5 billion people do not have have access to improved sanitation facilities that hygienically separate human waste from the environment. Nearly half of them practise open defecation, says a new report issued today by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation.... Health risks add to crisis in Ethiopia - 11 July 2008 -- Worsening malnutrition and the threat of disease outbreaks are compounding Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis. WHO is working with the Government of Ethiopia and health partners to support the 4.6 million people needing urgent emergency food relief nationwide.... *WEB* -Conference-United Kingdom - The quantitative data supporting the idea of climate change is beyond doubt. Natural scientists, climatologists and mete ... John F. Kennedy: History, Memory, Legacy - To commemorate the 45th anniversary of the President's Grand Forks visit, the University of North Dakota is organizing a ... Call for Papers - 10th Mediterranean Research Meeting, Florence, March 2009 - Call for Papers
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The Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the Europe ... Conference on Global Film - The University of North Alabama Conference on Global Film invites proposals on any aspect of world cinema. Proposals sh ... STOP PRESS: Stephen Frears Confirmed & Registration Extended: Continuity & Innovation Film Conference, University of Reading, UK. - Continuity and Innovation:
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5th 7th September 2008, U ... Update: Academic Autobiography Conference (Pamplona, March 26-28, 2009) - Academic Autobiography, Intellectual History, and Cultural Memory in the 20th Century: An Interdisciplinary Conference
... Chineseness Unbound: Boundaries, Burdens and Belongings of Chineseness outside China - Chineseness Unbound:
Boundaries, Burdens and Belongings of Chineseness outside China (11 September 2008, Sheraton Towe ... MARAC Workshop: Demystifying the Archives, Promoting Primary Resources to Enhance Learning, November 6, 2008 - The following workshop is being offered as part of the Fall 2008 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conferenc ... MARAC Workshop: Current Developments in Copyright, November 6, 2008 - The following workshop is being offered as part of the Fall 2008 eeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference ... MARAC Workshop: Appraisal Theory and Practice, November 6, 2008 - The following workshop is being offered as part of the Fall 2008 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conferenc ... Call for Papers: Identity and Identification in Antiquity - The Department of History of the University of the Antilles and Guyana organises a conference at its Martinique campus. ... Soul Purpose Day 2: Peace Around the Holidays - Soul Purpose Day 2: Peace Around the Holidays will feature a variety of highly interactive workshops designed to stretch ... Shamanism and Healing Rituals in Contemporary Islam and Sufism - Conference:
Shamanism and Healing Rituals in Contemporary Islam and Sufism
Centro Incontri Umani, Ascona Switzerland ... Oklahoma Popular Culture - Call For Papers: Oklahoma Area of the Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 30th Annual Conference ... International history conference - 1918 Year of Victory - The Australian War Memorial is hosting an international history conference to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of th ... 2008 Annual Meeting, History of Education Society - The History of Education Society (HES) will hold its annual meeting from Thursday, November 6, through Sunday, November ... Michigan State University Africanist Graduate Student Conference - Second Annual Michigan State University Africanist Graduate Student Conference
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Knowledge of Africa: New Res ... "Repensando la 'mujer' rebelde: perspectivas comparativas sobre cimarronaje, genero y resistancia en las Americas". - The Institute of Caribbean Studies, Univ. of Puerto Rico, announces the conference by Dr. Camillia Cowling, Visiting Res ... Home Front to Front Line: Winchester's Civilians and the Civil War--a one day seminar - Lord Fairfax Community College's Center for Civil War History will host a one day seminar on November 1, 2008--Home Fron ... Call for Presentations: Curating Difficult Knowledge 09 - Call for Presentations:
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"Curating Difficult Knowledge"<br>
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