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Los hombres sufren más las consecuencias del tabaco que las mujeresLos hombres sufren más las consecuencias del tabaco que las mujeres
Yahoo: Ciencia - 18 January 2038 - 11:14pm
Un estudio de la UE revela que la absorción de monóxido de carbono es superior en los varonesUn estudio de la UE revela que la absorción de monóxido de carbono es superior en los varones
Categories: Ciencia
Building back better
UNICEF Photo Essays - 22 December 2010 - 1:00am
26 December 2009 marks the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
Price Hikes Trigger Mozambique Protests
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 6 September 2010 - 9:24pm
September in Mozambique's capital has begun with violent protests. Thousands have been striking over an increase in the prices of basic goods, including bread. Police responded with force - firing on crowds gathered on the streets in several suburbs and townships in and around Maputo.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
CHINA: Bigger Bite Needed into Appetite for Shark Fin Soup
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 6 September 2010 - 8:10pm
Campaigns featuring some of China's biggest celebrities, including basketball star Yao Ming and actor Jackie Chan, have persuaded some Chinese to think twice about eating shark fin soup. But changing attitudes about the centuries-old delicacy, a large contributor to decimated shark populations, continues to be a challenge.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
ASIA: Japan Watches As China Passes It By
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 6 September 2010 - 5:09pm
China's stepping up as the world's second largest economy drives home to Japan the point that after decades of ruling the roost in Asia, it will have to share the leadership stage with a new, powerful contender that is here to stay.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
Revolution in African Agriculture Gathering Momentum
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 6 September 2010 - 2:52pm
As one major meeting on agriculture ends, another begins: farming is truly back on Africa's agenda.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
Flood-Ridden Pakistan Ineligible For Emergency Debt Relief
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 6 September 2010 - 12:02pm
A loan deal between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and flood-stricken Pakistan announced Thursday has drawn the ire of several NGOs that claim the deal represents an "inadequate" and "cynical" response to the disaster that is estimated to have affected the lives of millions.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
BRAZIL: Inequality Declines in Rio as Rich Get Poorer
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 6 September 2010 - 11:20am
The huge gap between the poorest and richest neighbourhoods of Brazil's most famous city shrank between 1996 and 2008. But the news is not as good as it sounds, because the decline in inequality was due to lower incomes in the richer zones, rather than to an increase in wealth in the "favelas" or shantytowns.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
METAS DEL MILENIO: Agua y saneamiento desatendidos
IPS: Objetivos del Milenio - 6 September 2010 - 11:15am
NACIONES UNIDAS, 2 sep (IPS) - Del 20 al 22 de este mes la ONU deberá responder en la Cumbre Mundial sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo para el Milenio a las acusaciones de estar marginando las exigencias en las metas sobre acceso al agua y el saneamiento.
Categories: Desarrollo Humano Sostenible
METAS DEL MILENIO: Agua y saneamiento desatendidos
IPS: Ambiente - 6 September 2010 - 11:15am
NACIONES UNIDAS, 2 sep (IPS) - Del 20 al 22 de este mes la ONU deberá responder en la Cumbre Mundial sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo para el Milenio a las acusaciones de estar marginando las exigencias en las metas sobre acceso al agua y el saneamiento.
Categories: Ecología y Medio Ambiente
U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 6 September 2010 - 7:49am
The United Nations stands accused of marginalising water and sanitation in its much-touted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at improving the lives of billions of people in the developing world.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: Nuclear Safeguards System an Example for the World
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 6 September 2010 - 5:34am
A system of mutual safeguards, created nearly two decades ago by Argentina and Brazil for in-situ verification of the peaceful use of nuclear power in both countries, serves as an international model of transparency and confidence building in this highly sensitive field.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
Medio millón de embarazadas en riesgo en Pakistán
IPS: Objetivos del Milenio - 5 September 2010 - 7:15pm
NUEVA YORK, sep (IPS) - Organizaciones humanitarias y agencias de la ONU alertan sobre la vulnerabilidad de mujeres embarazadas y bebés en las zonas de Pakistán afectadas por las inundaciones.
Categories: Desarrollo Humano Sostenible
Medio millón de embarazadas en riesgo en Pakistán
IPS: Ambiente - 5 September 2010 - 7:15pm
NUEVA YORK, sep (IPS) - Organizaciones humanitarias y agencias de la ONU alertan sobre la vulnerabilidad de mujeres embarazadas y bebés en las zonas de Pakistán afectadas por las inundaciones.
Categories: Ecología y Medio Ambiente
COLOMBIA: US Military Aid Contingent on Reversal of Rights Record
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 5 September 2010 - 11:51am
As a new administration takes over in Bogotá, some groups are hoping for change in the human rights record of Colombia - and that the U.S. will use its clout in the country to ensure that change occurs.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
Funding Begins Flowing for African Agriculture
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 5 September 2010 - 11:38am
The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from a $22 billion pledge made by the G8.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
BOTSWANA: HIV-positive Mothers Not Convinced to Exclusively Breastfeed
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 5 September 2010 - 10:08am
"An HIV-positive woman must never be encouraged to breastfeed because regardless of what the doctors or researchers say - it is too dangerous for the baby," says Koziba Kelatlhe an HIV-positive mother who was advised by health workers not to breastfeed her child.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
La pesca es el motor de África
IPS: Ambiente - 5 September 2010 - 6:39am
CIUDAD DEL CABO, 1 sep (IPS) - La pesca aporta cada año al menos 10.000 millones de dólares a las economías de África. En países como Angola, Egipto y Namibia, esa industria es un motor fundamental.
Categories: Ecología y Medio Ambiente
500,000 Pregnant Women at Risk in Pakistan Floods
Inter Press Sustainable Development - 5 September 2010 - 3:35am
Aid groups and U.N. agencies are raising the alarm over the vulnerability of pregnant women and babies in flood ravaged Pakistan.
Categories: Sustainable Human Development
Vacunas cubanas que cruzan fronteras
IPS: Objetivos del Milenio - 5 September 2010 - 2:52am
LA HABANA, sep (IPS) - Aún hoy, tras varios años de comprobada eficacia, la vacuna cubana contra la meningitis B sigue siendo ignorada por países industrializados, mucha de cuya literatura médica declara inexistente la inmunización contra ese serotipo.
Categories: Desarrollo Humano Sostenible
