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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UK factory output beats forecasts :: Industrial production rose by more than expected in February, boosting hopes the UK could avoid another recession, but the trade deficit widens.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22075758#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Podcast: Who's afraid of podcasts as a business? Not Earwolf :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/b-X6hcb-hFU/story01.htm
Chinese auto giant building $200M factory to make EcoMotor's efficient engines :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Ndx5UjStvR8/story01.htm
London Market Report :: Alcoa's better-than-expected results boost mining shares, pulling the FTSE 100 higher.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Firebase brings Google Docs-like collaboration to its real-time backend :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/eoykHA-bAA4/story01.htm
Pyongyang Warns Foreigners In South Korea To Evacuate; North Korean Workers Fail To Report To Work At Kaesong Industrial Park :: <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>North Korea continued to step up its warlike rhetoric Tuesday, targeted against South Korea and the U.S., issuing a warning to foreigners residing south of the border to evacuate to avoid getting caught in a conflict on the Korean peninsula.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pyongyang-warns-foreigners-south-korea-evacuate-north-korean-workers-fail-report-work-kaesong
The Thatcher years in statistics :: Thatcher's social and economic upheaval in numbers
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22070491#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
Apple iPad 5 April Release Date Rumors Challenged: New Report Says Volume Production To Begin In July-August :: <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>There has been a lot of discussion of late regarding an April release of the fifth-generation iPad, aka "iPad 5". If many prominent Apple reporters <a href="http://branch.com/b/apple-to-begin-iphone-production-this-quarter#bHsmMAGtDfY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">are to be believed</a>, the Cupertino tech giant had even planned an event for later this month to introduce a new 9.7-inch iPad model.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-ipad-5-april-release-date-rumors-challenged-new-report-says-volume-production-begin-july
Microsoft files EU Android complaint :: The latest row between Microsoft and Google sees a complaint filed to the European Commission about Google's Android operating system.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22078746#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Top Pre-Market Movers (Telecom Italia, Rio Tinto, Barclays, ArcelorMittal, Cliffs, J.C. Penney, Diageo, Protective Life, Ford Motor) :: <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>Telecom Italia S.p.A., Rio Tinto Plc., Barclays Plc, ArcelorMittal, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc, J.C. Penney Company Inc., Diageo Plc, Protective Life Corp. and Ford Motor Company are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Tuesday.</p>
<p><strong>Gainers</strong></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/top-pre-market-movers-telecom-italia-rio-tinto-barclays-arcelormittal-cliffs-jc-penney-diageo
US calls for European demand boost :: US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urges countries with the "capacity" to do more to boost consumer demand, following talks with Germany's finance minister.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22079217#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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
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