by Beth | Oct 16, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
For the first time, researchers say, a vaccine against malaria has shown that it can save children from infection or death.The vaccine, tested on thousands of children in Mozambique, was hardly perfect: It protected them from catching the disease only about 30 percent...
by Beth | Oct 15, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
AUSTRALIA, October 15, 2004 (growthfetish.com): “For decades our political leaders have touted higher incomes as the way to better lives for us all. But after years of sustained economic growth, we must confront an awful fact: we aren’t any happier....
by Beth | Oct 14, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Public Broadcasting has produced a lesson plan suitable to middle school children which explores the theme of homelessnes.”In this lesson plan, elementary students develop an understanding of what it means to be homeless and why people become homeless. Using...
by Beth | Oct 13, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SYDNEY, October 11, 2004 (smh. com.au): Â Following the return of the Coalition Government, Clive Hamilton writes in The Sydney Morning Herald –Â ” …Â the Coalition victory reflects nothing more than the narrow-mindedness and preoccupation with self...
by Beth | Oct 11, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The former President of Catholic University reflects on the 40+ million adults who were left behind over the past 20-40 years. “The nations schools failed millions of adults decades ago. What can be done to help them now?”America (americamagazine.org),...
by Beth | Oct 7, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A world mired in despair of Poverty “will not be a world at peace” says Secretary-General Kofi Anan in a Message on the International Day for the Eradication of PovertyKofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed...