by Beth | Jan 13, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) – Malaria could kill up to 100,000 people in coming months across Indian Ocean communities devastated by the Dec. 26 tsunami if authorities do not quickly move to kill mosquitoes, a health expert warned Thursday.Today: January 13, 2005...
by Beth | Dec 19, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Reports such as the study Jeffrey Sachs is doing for the United Nations, which is slated to come out in January, as well as several international summits are expected to put a bright spotlight on the fight against poverty during the next year, The Economist writes....
by Beth | Dec 16, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Students and others at St. John’s University will have an oportunity to start Lent with an exeperience of an aspect of homeless by sleeping out in tents on the Great Lawn on the campus on Ash Wednesday night.Ash Wednesday 2/9 through 2/11 people will be sleeping...
by Beth | Dec 15, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A Berkeley scientist, an Albany biotechnology startup and a unique San Francisco nonprofit drug company will announce today they have received a $43 million grant to develop a cheaper version of a Chinese herbal drug that is considered the most effective cure for...
by Beth | Dec 14, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
” I listened as women related what they wanted but did not have enough of: energy, clean drinking water and nutritious food. My response was to begin planting trees with them, to help heal the land and break the cycle of poverty.”Wangari Maathai, the 2004...
by Beth | Dec 11, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
25/11/2004 – … a new study reveals that almost half the food in the country goes to waste – a statistic that should alarm an industry that is struggling to achieve greater efficiency in order to salvage profits. Sources The new study, from the...
