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Organizations RSS FeedsWHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV - 3 February 2012 -- Current WHO guidelines call on health service providers to remind patients, that neither hormonal contraceptives nor intrauterine devices known as IUDs offer protection against HIV or other sexually transmitted infections. Protection against both unwanted pregnancy and STIs including HIV is called "dual protection" and condoms are the mainstay of dual protection. ...Feed Source: www.who.int Dr Margaret Chan nominated for a second term to be WHO Director-General - 18 January 2012 -- Dr Margaret Chan was nominated today by the WHOs Executive Board for a second term as Director-General of the Organization. If confirmed by the World Health Assembly, Dr Chan's new term will begin on 1 July 2012 and continue until 30 June 2017.... Executive Board appoints the Regional Director for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region - 17 January 2012 -- Dr Ala Alwan will take up his appointment as the Regional Director of WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO/EMRO) for a five-year term starting on 1 February 2012.... India records one year without polio cases - 12 January 2012 -- India appears to have completed one year without polio since its last case on 13 January 2011. This is a momentous achievement because India was once recognized as the world?s epicentre of polio. However, there remains no room for complacency. India must maintain surveillance and high childhood immunity against wild poliovirus until eradication is achieved globally.... WHO recognizes progress of Gulf States for adopting regional strategy to address noncommunicable diseases - 6 January 2012 -- Six Gulf States detail how they plan to tackle noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) during the coming years. The regional strategy by Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates lays out details on setting targets and measuring results, advancing multisectoral action, and strengthening national capacity to combat NCDs.... WHO concerned that new H5N1 influenza research could undermine the 2011 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework - 30 December 2011 -- WHO takes note that studies undertaken by several institutions on whether changes in the H5N1 influenza virus can make it more transmissible between humans have raised concern about the possible risks and misuses associated with this research. WHO is also deeply concerned about the potential negative consequences. However, WHO also notes that studies conducted under appropriate conditions must continue to take place so that critical scientific knowledge needed to reduce the risks posed by the H5N1 virus continues to increase. ... Three-year study identifies key interventions to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths - 15 December 2011 -- About 358 000 women still die each year during pregnancy and childbirth; 7.6 million children die before the age of 5 annually. A new global consensus has agreed on the key evidence-based interventions that will sharply reduce these numbers. The study, Essential interventions, commodities and guidelines for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, is designed to facilitate decision-making in low- and middle-income countries about how to allocate limited resources for maximum impact on the health of women and children.... Malaria deaths are down but progress remains fragile - 13 December 2011 -- Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000 according to the World malaria report 2011, issued today. This is the result of a significant scaling-up of malaria prevention and control measures in the last decade, including the widespread use of bed nets, better diagnostics and a wider availability of effective medicines to treat malaria.... Unparalleled global progress in HIV response but sustained investment vital - 30 November 2011 -- The Report on the global HIV/AIDS response shows that increased access to HIV services resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade and a 22% decline in AIDS-related deaths in the last five years. While there is still much to be done, 2011 was a game changing year, in terms of current progress and innovations creating hope for substantial future advances.... Election of the WHO Director-General - 21 November 2011 -- Only one candidate has been proposed for the election of WHO Director-General. The candidate is Dr Margaret Chan, the current Director-General, whose name has been submitted by China. ... The Arts Festival Diplomacy - The Arts Diplomacy Festival 2012
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
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The Arts Diplomacy Festival 2012: C ... "The Stranger At Our Gates" Political and Religious Issues of Identity - A Transdisciplinary Conference - Globalization has increased mobility and international collaboration, and facilitated the creation of transnational enti ... Austria and America:
Cross-Cultural Encounters 1865-1933
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Cross-Cultural Encounters 1865-1933
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The University of Salzburg
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December 6-7 ... Submit your papers by Monday 13th February for the Aging, Mobility and Quality of Life (AMQoL) conference in June 2012 - The Aging, Mobility and Quality of Life (AMQoL) 2012 conference will focus on the particular requirements of elderly peo ... The Many Headed Hydra: Plebeians in the World c.
1660-1820 - This conference explores the role of plebeians in the colonial and commercial expansion across the world from c.1660-182 ... The Leacock Conference on Political Economy - The value of Stephen Leacocks work as an internationally acclaimed humorist has always overshadowed his contribution to ... Thirteenth Annual TISS New Faces Conference for Graduate Students in Security Studies - ]An opportunity for historians interested in war, women, and the miliatry, to participate in an interdisciplinary confer ... Thirteenth Annual New Faces Conference for Graduate Students in Security Studies - An opportunity for students of genocide to participate in an interdisciplinary conference in mid-September, 2012.
Sin ... Thirteenth Annual TISS New Faces Conference - For Graduate Students pursuing International Security Studies- September 2012 - An opportunity for diplomatic historians to participate in an interdisciplinary conference in mid-September, 2012.
Si ... Thirteenth Annual TISS New Faces Conference - An opportunity for military historians to participate in an interdisciplinary conference in mid-September, 2011.
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An Interdisciplinary Graduate Co ... Commemoration and Celebration of the West Panel at the Western Association of Women Historians Annual Conference - CFP: Commemoration and Celebration of the West Panel at the Western Association of Women Historians Annual Conference
... 2012 Visual Culture Graduate Student Conference at Saint Louis University: Oct. 5-6, 2012 - 2012 Visual Culture Conference for Graduate Students
The Politics of the Eye: Imagery of the American Political Landsca ... Héctor M. Leyva,Fulbright Fellow at the Kluge Center, the Library of Congress to Lecture On: Marvelous Country, Precious and Horrible: Honduras through Travel Writing from the Nineteenth Century - Travel books from the past have the appeal of communicating vivid experiences of places and people, especially exotic or ... Seattle Problem Student Problem-Solver Workshop - Got Problem Kids? Here's your Problem Student Problem-Solver Conference. You name the problems and this workshop deliver ... CFP: Diplomatic Dilemmas of the Early National U.S. - Panelists, chair, and/or commentator needed for a 2013 OAH panel entitled Diplomatic Dilemmas of the Early National Peri ... II International Comics Conference: Viñetas Serias 2012 26-29 September, 2012. Bunos Aires, Argentina - II International Comics Conference: Viñetas Serias 2012
Biblioteca Nacional Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos A ... REMINDER. Shared Visions:
Art, Theatre and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century
- This one-day conference, held in conjunction with Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, will explore the connections betw ... Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung - Ständiger CfP - Call for Papers - Aufruf zur Mitarbeit
ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR FANTASTIKFORSCHUNG
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Die Zeitschrift für Fantastik ... Media and the Arab Spring - From their early days in 2005 to their unfolding in 2011, the uprisings in the Arab Middle East and North Africa have in ... Copyright © 2012, TopLooker.com. All Rights Reserved. |
