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Special Issue: The IPNN World Congress Experience

Friday, 12 September 2008 16:56

"Nuclear war is not something you hear about often. In a country with no apparent nuclear threat, it is easy to ignore the dangers associated with nuclear war."
"A nuclear disaster will not hit at the speed of a glacier melting. It will hit with a blast. It will not hit with the speed of the atmosphere warming but of a city burning. Clearly, the attention focused on nuclear weapons should be as prominent as that of global climate change."
- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in...

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Measles Deaths in Africa Plunge by 91%

Friday, 12 September 2008 16:48

The founding partners of Measles Initiative announced on 29th of Nov that measles deaths in Africa fell drastically by 91% between 2000 and 2006, and helped reducing global measles deaths by 68%.

To find out what contributed to this success and the challenges ahead, click here

Photo: Nancy Rollnick, Palm Beach Daily News

10 Humanitarian crises forgotten (but not gone)

Friday, 12 September 2008 16:35

Violence in the forms of civil conflicts, malnutrition, economic meltdown and diseases is recurrent in this article that outlines 10 humanitarian crises worldwide. Although these crises ceased to appear as headlines of international news, the victims’ ordeal in these crises have endured nonetheless. Click here for the whole article.

Dangerous Medicines: Unproven AIDS Cures and Counterfeit Antiretroviral Drugs

Friday, 12 September 2008 16:32

Dangerous Medicines: Unproven AIDS Cures and Counterfeit Antiretroviral Drugs, Amon JJ, Global Health 2008 Feb 27, 4:5

Background

Increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a critical goal endorsed by the United Nations and all of its member states. At the same time, anecdotal accounts suggest that the promotion of unproven AIDS 'cures' and remedies are widespread, and in the case of The Gambia, Iran and South Africa, have been promoted by governments directly.

Although a range of...

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