by Beth | Dec 4, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
World AIDS Day 2005 was commemorated on the St. John’s University Queens campus at a December 1 symposium where the origins, effects and impact of HIV/AIDS were chronicled by two members of the St. John’s community who have witnessed the disease “up close and...
by Beth | Nov 26, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
As the rain comes to southern Africa this month, it will bring with it more malaria deaths. But in a glimmer of hope, Zambia, where malaria kills 30,000 people annually, is launching a campaign — aided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Fund...
by Beth | Nov 19, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) – Scientists, health workers and politicians met Sunday in Cameroon to discuss new ways to battle malaria and increase awareness of the deadly disease, which kills thousands a day….”This is a turning point,” said the...
by Beth | Nov 6, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
I was recently stopped in my tracks by this email I received. — Given the global concern about an Avian Flu pandemic who will be the voice of the poor as plans are being made?The sender wrote, “The poor don’t figure highly for a scarce resource...
by Beth | Oct 31, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
LONDON (AP) – Malaria research accounts for about one-third of 1 percent of the total amount of money spent on medical research and development, even though it accounts for 3 percent of all the productive years of life lost to diseases, according to a report...
