Imagine a world without malaria. Now get to work. That
was the message of Bill and Melinda Gates yesterday at a forum of
leading malaria scientists and policy makers from around the world.
There now exists "a historic opportunity not just to treat malaria or
to control it — but to chart a long-term course to eradicate
it," said
Melinda Gates. It would be a major step towards achieving the sixth
Millennium Development Goal. Read all about that, and an important move
towards meeting Goal 5 (women's health), in today's news
section. Plus, today's top feature highlights one
of thousands
of rallies in support of the Millennium Development Goals that took
place over the past two days.
And in analysis, find out how gender violence is
fueling
the spread of AIDS in Zimbabwe, and how U.S. taxpayers are subsiding
the nuclear industry.
The World Trade
Organization ruled Monday that
the United States is not
doing enough to reform its illegal cotton subsidies. Trade justice
campaigners said U.S. officials must bring the upcoming Farm Bill in
line with the ruling or lose credibility as an international trading
partner.
Britain today pledged £200 million to the UN Population Fund
and called
on leaders of the world's poorest countries, especially in Africa, to
make women's health a priority.
From: UN
Population Fund
The World Food
Programme suspended food
distribution in Mogadishu after Somali government forces invaded the UN
compound yesterday and abducted the local head of the agency in a move
immediately condemned by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. And in Darfur, three WFP truck drivers were shot dead in
the past week.
Independent
economists and
environmentalists are warning of dire consequences for the U.S. economy
if policy makers fail to take urgent action on climate change.
The nuclear
industry is too financially risky
to survive on the open
market, so the business is trying -- and succeeding in part -- to place
these financial burdens on American taxpayers, writes Andrew Korfhage.
Gender
inequalities and a widespread
acceptance of sexual violence
among couples in Zimbabwe are contributing to the exacerbation of the
HIV/AIDS crisis, writes Masimba Biriwasha.
Dozens of
residents of the United States
capital came together as a
community Tuesday night to call for a fairer global community that
considers people far away "as extended family members." OneWorld's Ida
Wahlstrom reports from the rally.
Financial
grants from an organization that
works to alleviate global
poverty is allowing Zimbabwean schools to waive mandatory tuition fees
for vulnerable children such as orphans, who comprise one third of the
country's youth population and are least likely to attend school.
A global
analysis of the potential effect of
climate change on river
basins indicates that many rivers impacted by dams or extensive
development will require significant management interventions to
protect ecosystems and people.
From: Science
Daily
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