In their report, “Changing Children’s Chances”, released by the World Policy Analysis Centre on Wednesday, Heymann and McNeill map the world’s commitment to essential development needs of children in terms of the official laws, policies, and programmes that exist at the national level.
Based on an extensive understanding of international agreements and norms, Heymann and McNeill identify eight critical areas of need – poverty reduction, quality education, protection from early labour, protection from early marriage, quality health care, po...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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Sandberg empowers women :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SdxagMQEFUw/
Woman reshaping world's skylines :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BL59zV-xrbE/index.html
With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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From Apple CEO Tim Cook to Ted Nugent, entrepreneurs rock at State of the Union VIDEO :: Who are you going to call when you want to show you're committed to building an economy where innovative companies thrive?
The CEO of Apple, of course. That's what President Bill Clinton did when he invited John Sculley to sit in first lady Hillary Clinton's box at his first State of the Union address in 1993. And it's what President Barack Obama did when he invited current Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit in first lady Michelle Obama's box at tonight's speech.
For Cook's sake, let's hope this honor works… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
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Take This Job and Love It! :: In a down economy, when your job loses its lustre, it's worth taking a new approach to it. (Source: Psychology Today)
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Full speed ahead, as EE reveals 4G boost for the summer :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/WVXQO5cWdS4/story01.htm
The rise of the 'olderpreneur' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/EWC1RIg_cSw/
Thatcher's economic legacy :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/6OzXZKwyUls/
Portugal hopes to avoid second bailout :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/VLhdSBVMOsU/
UK factory output beats forecasts :: Industrial production rose by more than expected in February, but the trade gap widened, official figures show.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22075758#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
2012: Death and taxes collide in Italy :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/7BTHJw_29t4/
AUDIO: House sales 'at three year high' :: House sales lifted to a three-year high in March, while prices also saw a "marked" turnaround, surveyors reported today - the average individual chartered surveyor sold 17 houses in the last three months.
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US Stock Futures Point To Mixed Open Following Mild China Inflation Data, Ahead Of Strong Expectations From Corporates Earnings Reports :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>U.S. stock index futures point to a mixed opening Tuesday as a promising Chinese inflation data lifted investor sentiment, while a buoyant report from the aluminum major Alcoa, marked the beginning of the U.S. corporate earnings season.</p>
<p>The futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.21 percent to 1,562.40. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 index gained 0.32 percent to 2,790.00. However, the futures for Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.06 percent to 14,554.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-point-mixed-open-following-mild-china-inflation-data-ahead-strong-expectations
VIDEO: The Iron Lady's economic legacy :: As tributes are paid to Baroness Thatcher, after her death at the age of 87, Hugh Pym looks back at the former prime minister's economic legacy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22076966#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
French ministers to declare assets :: The French government says ministers must declare their assets by 15 April, in a new transparency drive sparked by a scandal over tax evasion.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22076794#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
AUDIO: Thatcher: The rise of 'Basildon man' :: The so-called "Basildon Man" came into existence in Margaret Thatcher's early years as prime minister. The Today programme's Tom Fielden reports from Basildon in Essex, one of the heartlands of her political support.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22076204#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Plan to slash legal aid spending :: A consultation on plans to save £220m from the criminal legal aid bill - including cutting funding for prisoners to make complaints - is launched.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22075141#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
N Korea boycotts factory complex :: North Koreans fail to report for work at Kaesong Industrial Complex, suspending one of the few points of co-operation between the Koreas.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22075222#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
ADB forecasts fragile Asian recovery :: Asia's emerging economies will pick up in 2013 but the recovery will remain fragile, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22076446#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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