16-Apr-2013 07:36

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 &#8211; 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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China's baby formula fears :: China's worried mothers spark rationing around the world
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Police raids over Rangers purchase :: Police carry out a series of raids relating to the purchase of Rangers Football Club by Craig Whyte from Sir David Murray.
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New film aims at Mexico wealth gap :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TN0a88pPgsU/

What's next for Europe's recovery? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/9v2SLhudP4c/

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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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:&bull; 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).&bull; 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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South Korea in $15.3bn stimulus move :: South Korea is the latest Asian country to try and boost economic growth by spending hard, unveiling a 17.3tn won ($15.3bn; £9.2bn) stimulus plan.
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With new partner, VC firm Aberdare goes all in on digital health :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/WKAcEtDCOvE/story01.htm

Asia markets dip after Boston blasts :: Asian markets decline in early trading after two explosions at the Boston Marathon in the US killed three people and injured dozens more.
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Gracenote co-founder on 'iPod day' and better music through data :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/id60vE1DJws/story01.htm

Latecomer wins FIFA goal-line deal :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/P-B9Xe45y-Y/index.html

Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/oukY-6jzbwc/index.html

Cost of Thatcher's funeral :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Fq3ZCofIM-U/

French ministers' assets exposed :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BvaOhfreWmo/

Gold prices tumble :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/J2TuxoOg7Xc/

Malicious phone apps on the rise :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/RWnFq5_WrLE/

Google: Entire world wonline by 2020 :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/f3BxHgbgWb4/index.html

Report: Microsoft making smartwatch :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LUialLFzBOs/index.html

Twitter shows how the news is made, and it's not pretty — but it's better that we see it :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/uM1IG8D08GM/story01.htm

What Apple is up against in two growing mobile markets: China and Brazil :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/YptccIqDeHM/story01.htm