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UNICEF News, Dec 01, 2011


UN hacked, details of over 1000 accounts released include UNDP、OECD、UNICEF ...
eTaiwan News
... in internet is obviously mainly from the United Nations Development Department's (UNDP), but also include other units such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Children's Fund (UNICEF) andWorld Health Organization. ...
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Meeting the challenges of AIDS with fewer financial resources
UNICEF (press release)
Watch in RealPlayer In a live online discussion on the eve of WorldAIDS Day at UNICEF headquarters in New York, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Geeta Rao Gupta explained that the long downturn represents not just a challenge, but an opportunity. ...
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UNICEF (press release)
South African youth question national response to climate change
UNICEF (press release)
... Africa and the rest of the world, to see that we face similar challenges," says Stuart Mbanyele from Mpumalanga province. "I've learnt that we need to engage more with our governments but at the same time do more at grassroots level." UNICEF Image.
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UNICEF (press release)
World AIDS Day: Unparalleled global progress reported in HIV response
Afrique en Ligue
The latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and UNAIDS, obtained by PANA here, indicates 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 ...
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Actor Aamir Khan to promote better nutrition for children as UNICEFAmbassador
NetIndian
“I cannot stress enough how fortunate we are to welcome him into theUNICEF family in India. His voice and unwavering commitment will help to reach every child, irrespective of their background, caste or religion. India is a rising power on the world ...
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NetIndian
Benfleet gran's Africa mission to help children
Echo
By Emma Palmer » A GRAN is set to follow in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie by visiting one of the world's poorest countries with Unicef. Jacky Newman, 65, will fly to the African country of Benin this week to tour around orphanages, ...
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World AIDS Day observed in Lahore
Business Recorder (blog)
While addressing an awareness seminar regarding AIDS, organised by the Punjab AIDS Control Programme with the collaboration of UNICEF, UNFP and UNAID at a local hotel, parliamentary Secretary for Health Punjab Dr Saeed Elahi asked the health experts, ...
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A day care centre in Uzbekistan helps children living with HIV break their ...
UNICEF (press release)
... her daughter was HIV positive – probably from an infected needle during a hospital visit a couple of years earlier – her world was shattered. “When the hospital gave me the news, I was devastated,” she said. “I couldn't take it in." UNICEF Image.
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UNICEF (press release)
HIV claims 25 million lives in three decades
Business Recorder (blog)
HIV has claimed more than 25 million lives over the past three decades while about 7 million HIV infected people all over the world are still waiting for access to the treatment of the disease. According to the latest report by the WHO, UNICEF and...
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Beyond Bond and happy
Khaleej Times
“Acting gave me enough celebrity to be of some use to organisations like Unicef,” he says. “People are curious as to why an old ex-James Bond is running around the world talking about children and breast-feeding. We just came up from Geneva, ...
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Khaleej Times
More Hospitals Are Finally Encouraging Breastfeeding
The Stir
... from Baby Friendly USA, 121 hospitals and birth centers in the US have implemented certain policies to promote and support healthy starts to breastfeeding relationships, based on the recommendations from UNICEF and the World Health Organization. ...
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The Stir
Woody Allen's son, Orthodox woman receive Rhodes scholarships
Cleveland Jewish News
He previously worked for UNICEF and former Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke. A graduate of Yale Law School and of Bard College, at the age of 15, he will be studying international development at Oxford. ...
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Analysis: Côte d'Ivoire one year on
IRINnews.org
A report published by UNICEF and Save the Children on 23 November cited over 1000 violations, including 415 sexual assaults, committed in Abidjan and the west since November 2010, most of them against women and girls. UNICEFrepresentative Hervé ...
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Crocodile tears for the children
Deccan Herald
The same Unicef established its world renowned Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) nearly 30 years ago. If only the Central and the state governments had taken pains to ensure that this wonderful childrens programme was well conducted, ...
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World AIDS Day: Fighting the Spread of HIV in Somaliland
Reuters AlertNet
"This is not at crisis levels, but we have seen all over the world that when there is a high pattern of migration, HIV increases." At present Somaliland is ill-equipped to deal with the threat of HIV. Anti-retroviral drugs are in short supply. ...
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It's World Aids Day, but Where are the Ribbons?
Huffington Post UK (blog)
A Unicef report showed that knowledge of HIV and Aids amongst young people in particular has declined and that many people have difficulty accessing sexual health services, experiencing difficulty making appointments and long waiting times. ...
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Didier Drogba Honoured with Beyond Sport's Humanitarian in Sport Award
World Football Insider
Its global partners are Barclays Spaces for Sports, TIME Inc and UNICEF. For the full programme of the Beyond Sport Summit and Awards 2011, or for more information on Beyond Sport, visit www.beyondsport.org. As a service to our readers, World Football ...
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BMGF announces new grants to eradicate polio in Pakistan
News Tribe
Today's grants will augment support to WHO, UNICEF and theWorld Bank for vaccine procurement, immunization campaigns and communication efforts for polio. The foundation will continue to work with the government and other partners, including WHO, ...
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News Tribe
Why the internet is making porn stars lose their shirts
Belfast Telegraph
A study carried out by Unicef Ireland revealed that 58% of Irish teenagers "consume" pornography. More than one-third of them claimed it was educational. The use of internet porn is not, of course, confined to teenagers. According to Alexa Research in ...
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Whodunit on the Lebanon-Israel border
Asia Times Online
They remember too clearly that the 2006 war led to the killing of more than 1200 citizens, mostly civilians, 30% of whom were children below the age of 13 (according to UNICEF). It also resulted in the displacement of over 1 million people,...
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Mozambique: A Sweet Potato a Day
AllAfrica.com
A 2010 analysis by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said about one in every six children dies before she or he reaches their fifth birthday. In 2004 it was estimated that the total number of deaths among children under the age of five was 117000 - about ...
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The Daily Fix: Thursday
thejournal.ie
Bobby Kennedy, 5, Dustin and Donncha O'Callaghan help launch UNICEF's 'Say No to Naff' Christmas appeal. EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the day's biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed. ...
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2012 Women of Concern Awards Luncheon Honors Two Extraordinary Women
Broadway World
She has served as a consultant to UNICEF in Africa and Asia and is the recipient of many awards for her contributions to children's law, including the American Bar Association Livingston Hall Award, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court ...
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To Women's Rights, Financial Institutions Pay Lip Service Only
Inter Press Service
UNICEF reported back in 2008 that women in Papua New Guinea were some of the most vulnerable in the world to sexual violence, yet the ADB's "Lae Port Development Project" was ominously silent on the issue. Gender-based violence was also glaringly ...
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Center Aims to Empower Young Women in Remote Region of Ghana
TrustLaw
"I know of other organizations, such as United Nations Populations Fund, Green Earth, World Health Organization, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana andUNICEF, who are helping and assisting communities and individuals in the areas of health, ...
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Afghanistan Improves Maternal and Child Mortality Rates
SOS Children's Villages Canada
The Ministry was funded by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), WorldHealth Organization (WHO), as well as US and British ais agencies. All but 13 per cent of the country was included in the survey, which covered 98 per cent of the urban ...
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Increased Transmission and Outbreaks of Measles — European Region, 2011
Food Consumer
Clinically diagnosed measles cases are reported annually from member states to the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe), using the WHO and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Joint Reporting Form.† Countries also are requested to report ...
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Pharmaceuticals Make Some Charities Look Way Too Good
The Nonprofit Quarterly (blog)
The United States Fund for Unicef values deworming meds at only 2.6 cents, and Direct Relief International of Santa Barbara, Calif. values them at 3.2 cents. Children International of Kansas City does not take the pills as donations, buying deworming ...
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Climate change must stay on the agenda
The Guardian
If we are to take the first steps towards building a climate-resilient world for children, Durban is our chance. Mark Makepeace Chief executive, FTSE Group, David Bull Executive director, Unicef UK • Allegra Stratton highlights the contrast between the ...
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China prepares for injection into vaccine market
Shanghaiist
Reports from UNICEF indicate that Western drugmakers frequently charged the United Nations-affiliated agency double the price asked by companies in India and Indonesia. This past March, Chinese vaccines received the World Health Organization's approval ...
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Gay groups boycott Salvation Army red kettle drive
msnbc.com
How about your local food bank, homeless shelter, independent or not-for-profit clinics & schools, United Way, Oxfam, Unicef, etc etc? Better yet, write to Browning's blog and ask him for suggestions! @BestDestiny, et al: Excellent. ...
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Tackling maternal health "crisis"
Gant Daily
Even when a woman can access trained medical care, there is still little understanding of when to seek care during childbirth, said Grace Kariwiga from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in the capital, Port Moresby. “The woman, the family or the ...
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PH corruption index ranking improves
ABS CBN News
Most worrying, he said, was that high levels of corruption fundamentally undermine food distribution, painting a grim picture for North Korea, where the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned of a coming "nutrition crisis". ...
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Global corruption index reflects Arab Spring unrest
Reuters India
Most worrying, he said, was that high levels of corruption fundamentally undermine food distribution, painting a grim picture for North Korea, where the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned of a coming "nutrition crisis". ...
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CSR research released for Beyond Sport Summit
Bizcommunity.com
Beyond Sport is a global initiative that seeks to celebrate and support any organisation or individual with the goal to drive positive social change through sport. It is partnered with Barclays Spaces for Sports, TIME Inc and UNICEF. ...
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Karama Human Rights Film Festival 2011 Commences Next Week
Ammon News
Karama's second evening will witness a UNICEF supported musical performance by renowned human rights band Massar Egbari who feature in the film Microphone. Karama Human Rights Film Festival 2011 Commences Next Week.
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Ammon News
PAIRSonnalités | ARAB WORLD: UNICEF Mauritania Religious ...
By PAIRSonnalités|news
NEWSBLOG - العالم العربي | Canadian WORLD NEWS broadcaster about social exclusion ... UNICEF Mauritania Religious leaders reinforce their commitment to ... - الخميس, ديسمبر 01, 2011 · UNICEF Mauritania Religious leaders reinforce ...
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SCVNews.com | Henry Mayo Declared 'Baby Friendly' by World ...
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Get Our Free Daily Morning News Digest In Your E-Mail ... Following a rigorous application and a two-day onsite survey in September 2011 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representatives, Henry Mayo became only one of nine Baby-Friendly hospitals in Los Angeles County in November 2011. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global program sponsored by the WHO and UNICEF. The initiative encourages and ...
SCVNews.com
Somalia's al-Shabab militants close UN aid offices
Unicef spokesman Jaya Murthy told the BBC a group of men, suspected to belong to ... agency] Unicef," Baidoa resident Adulahi Idle told the AFP news agency. ...Bowden told the BBC: "Somalia still remains the world's most critical situation."...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15916940
Banned Aid Agencies Warn of Disaster in Somalia
Al-Shabab on Monday ordered UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the Danish Refugee Council, among others, to leave. "Without their help, our children...
www.foxnews.com/.../banned-aid-agencies-warn-disaster-in-so...
Press Release: UNICEF - World Day of Prayer and Action for Children
21 November 2011 | News and Press - World Day News ... 22nd anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF today joined with World Day ...
dayofprayerandaction.org/news/.../160-press-release-unicef
undpi.org : UNICEF Lauds Cuba""s Work to Protect Children | World ...
21 de noviembre de 2011, 18:51 Havana, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba""s political will to protect children is an example for the world, said Jose Juan Ortiz, ...
www.undpi.org/.../UNICEF-Lauds-Cuba-s-Work-to-Protect-C...
Letter: UNICEF strengthens a child's view of the world - NorthJersey ...
Collecting money for "children on the other side of the world"
www.northjersey.com/.../134410828_Letter__UNICEF_streng...
Children's well-being has improved: UNICEF [newKerala.com News ...
Children's well-being has improved: UNICEF - New York, Nov 24 : Children's well -being has improved dramatically thanks to ... Read other world-news stories ...
www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-113199.html
Ghana Health Service, UNICEF launch new nutrition surveillance ...
The Ghana Health Service in collaboration with UNICEF, has launched a new ...Ghana Business News - Ghana's premier and leading business news and ...
www.spyghana.com/.../ghana-health-service-unicef-launch-ne...
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