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Launching GHW-3

Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 16:29

Global Health Watch 3 will be launched on 19 October 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Fidel Castro on cholera epidemic in Haiti

Posted Fri, 12/24/2010 - 14:32

Fidel Castro comments on the Cholera Epidemic and the politics of UN Mission in Haiti. 

MINUSTAH and the Epidemic: Cholera in Haiti
By FIDEL CASTRO
About three weeks ago news and photos were published showing Haitian citizens throwing stones and protesting in indignation against the forces of MINUSTAH, accusing it of having transmitted cholera to that country by way of a Nepalese soldier.

Haiti cholera outbreak response 'inadequate', says MSF

Posted Sun, 11/21/2010 - 06:24
 
It called for swift action to build latrines, provide safe water supplies, remove bodies and reassure frightened people that the disease is treatable.
 
The UN has called for an end to the riots which have followed the outbreak.
 
Edmond Mulet, the head of the UN mission in Haiti, said violent protests by people who blame peacekeepers for the spread of the disease were wasting time and costing lives.
 

2010 Human Development Report: 40-year Trends Analysis Shows Poor Countries Making Faster Development Gains

Posted Mon, 11/08/2010 - 15:45

United Nations, 4 November 2010—Most developing countries made dramatic yet often underestimated progress in health, education and basic living standards in recent decades, with many of the poorest countries posting the greatest gains, reveals a detailed new analysis of long-term Human Development Index (HDI) trends in the 2010 Human Development Report, released here today.