by Beth | May 14, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SYDNEY, May 12, 2004 (coss.net.au): The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)Â today responded in detail to the tax cuts announced in the federal Budget warning that they would weaken Australia and divide Australians. Â “The $4 billion a year tax cuts...
by Beth | May 11, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“There is another killer disease besides AIDS, but it receives far less attention in the wealthy nations of the North—malaria. “Malaria has been almost completely eliminated in the United States and other developed countries. It is often included among the...
by Beth | May 10, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Some of the world’s poorest people are suffering as a result of the war on terror, a leading UK charity has said. Christian Aid says the UK Government must halt a “dangerous drift” towards linking aid to fighting terror. The report cites Iraq,...
by Beth | May 10, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
After years of hesitation, world health agencies are racing to acquire 100 million doses of a Chinese herbal drug that has proved strikingly effective against malaria, one of the leading killers of the poor.The drug, artemisinin (pronounced are-TEM-is-in-in), is a...
by Beth | May 8, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Web site of the Massive Effort Campaign (against Malaria) has just posted its most recent newslettter.http://www.massiveeffort.org/index.html As usual it is filled with information and ideas about how raise, consciousness, mobilize, prevent, cure, etc. malaria....
by Beth | May 7, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
During the 10th Meeting of the International Heads of the Vincentian Family, a member of the Commission for the Campaign against Hunger presented a report on the major part of the projects that have joined it. The data given were based on 160 projects which, during...