by Beth | Nov 23, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Canberra Times (Australia), Friday, November 21, 2003 — The Australian Government was urged yesterday to contribute to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. External affairs director for the fund Christoph Benn said in Canberra that...
by Beth | Nov 23, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
CANBERRA, November 21, 2003 (coss.net.au): A major independent study commissioned by the Government and released under Freedom of Information by The Australian newspaper indicates that the ‘Work for the Dole’ program actually reduces the job prospects of unemployed...
by Beth | Nov 13, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Five years after the launch of Roll Back Malaria (RBM) in 1998, this groundbreaking health initiative has matured into a functional global partnership of governments, civil society and non-governmental organizations, research institutions, professional associations,...
by Beth | Nov 12, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Bujumbura Burindi: The government of Burundi launched a new malaria treatment, a combination therapy of artesunate and amodiaquine, on Monday, and announced the stoppage of chloroquine and fansidar, which have become resistant to the disease. “The new medicine...
by Beth | Nov 12, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
On October 4th, the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride rally attracted close to 100,000 people from all over the USA to Flushing Meadows Park in New York to protest the current treatment of many groups of immigrants to our country. Religious (Cardinal Egan, Bp. DiMarzio),...
by Beth | Nov 10, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Churches and communities of faith: Significant and sustainable partners in the fight against the diseases of poverty ” An editorial recognizing the role of Faith Communities by Vice-President of Christian Connections for International Health “The...
