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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Alleged Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria: Assad Regime Rejects Broadening Of UN Probe; Suicide Bombing Kills 15 In Damascus :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><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>Syria accused the U.N. Tuesday of attempting to broaden a probe into an alleged chemical attack in the village of Khan Al-Assal in Aleppo province to the rest of the country, adding that the government will not approve the entry of U.N. experts, official Syrian news agency SANA stated.</p>
<p>A U.N. inspection team is stationed in Cyprus and is ready to deploy to nearby Syria to start the investigation.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/alleged-use-chemical-weapons-syria-assad-regime-rejects-broadening-un-probe-suicide-bombing-kills-15
UK factory output beats forecasts :: Industrial production rose by more than expected in February, but the trade gap widened, official figures show.
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VIDEO: China's quest to harvest shale gas :: The village of Xinchao, in China's eastern province of Zhejiang, seems an unlikely place to start an energy boom - but resident have learnt that beneath them lies a vast potential supply of gas.
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Cemetery Plots In Major Chinese Cities Now Cost More Than Housing :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><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>Prices of cemetery plots have soared above already exorbitant housing prices in major Chinese cities, the People's Daily reports, and are out of reach for many ordinary families. Paradoxically, while some inexpensive plots do exist, they do not sell well because many Chinese believe fulfilling filial duties requires purchasing expensive plots for vanity.</p>
<p>Recently, the Chinese celebrated Qingming, an annual occasion for honoring the dead in each family by sweeping their tombs. As such a time, the soaring price of burying the dead has come under increasing scrutiny.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/cemetery-plots-major-chinese-cities-now-cost-more-housing-1178647
Billabong in fresh takeover talks :: Australian surfwear firm Billabong is to start talks over a possible takeover by a consortium led by its former US boss Paul Naude.
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'Early signs' of housing activity :: Interest from potential new buyers of homes in England and Wales rose in March, surveyors suggest, but buyers are also being warned about mortgage fees.
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Kenya's new era for investors :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ncdY6XjDuSo/
Sorrell: Thatcher's privatization love :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/CNPdWcodIwY/
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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/
Bangladesh Rejects Tougher Blasphemy Laws, As Islamic Fundamentalists Square Off Against Secular Liberals :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><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>The prime minister of Bangladesh has sought to strengthen her nation's identity as a secular democracy by rejecting calls by Islamic extremists for the imposition of a blasphemy law, similar to legislation that is already on the books in Pakistan.</p>
<p>Sheikh Hasina insisted that existing laws were sufficient to prosecute those who choose to insult Islam or the Prophet Muhammad.</p>
<p>"They [the Islamists] should know that existing laws are enough. ... We don't have any plan to [enact a blasphemy law since] we don't need it," Hasina told the BBC.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bangladesh-rejects-tougher-blasphemy-laws-islamic-fundamentalists-square-against-secular-liberals
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