06-May-2013 05:27

Investing in Kids Isn't Rocket Science :: The Millennium Development Goals challenged the world to cut extreme poverty in half, dramatically reduce child mortality, and make primary education universal, but Jody Heymann and Kristen McNeill say the world can do more.
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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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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Getting used to a slower pace of growth in China :: Why Chinese growth can't carry on breaking records
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How big brands target Africa :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/W2zo6n-RsAc/index.html

Pinterest: Best friend of brides :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/VILalWjjJro/

ILO head: Ease austerity :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1yLFPBohDLc/

Virgin Galactic near space tourism :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/h87yC74jDqE/index.html

Inspiring success in young girls :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/CG0cIroQpec/index.html

Shots fail to pay players' wages :: Aldershot Town chairman Shahid Azeem confirms the League Two club have not paid players their wages for April.
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'End sexism in architecture' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/MfyJjQ4cgrs/index.html

Ford enters Myanmar auto market :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/lZFX9LKRGLA/

Romania's road to recovery :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/aJRhOYKJ11w/

Did Bangladesh refuse aid offers? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vVPzb5sLR0E/

World Cup host faces 'slavery' claims :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/lXS46FAKIbo/index.html

Africa tech: Death by innovation? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PkjveYuuQN4/index.html

Former Fifa boss resigns over bribes :: Fifa honorary president Joao Havelange resigns after being named in a report as having received bribes.
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Italian youth look north for jobs :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8PBgS_dqAQo/

How airlines recycle :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LOCH34D_QX8/index.html

Bangladesh: Role of foreign firms :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/P1xvL5vGO1Y/

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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