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A Cambodian man living with tuberculosis in Phnom Penh.
A Cambodian man living with tuberculosis in Phnom Penh. © Roger Job / Médecins sans frontières
In 2005 alone, the highly contagious respiratory disease, tuberculosis, claimed the lives of approximately 1.6 million people. Now, new findings show the incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is higher than ever before. According to the Director of the World Health Organization's Stop TB Department, the international community must immediately launch an aggressive "frontal assault" on the contagious respiratory disease or "we will lose this battle." Read more in today's news.

In other health updates, a sexual and reproductive health think tank is saying the provision of voluntary contraceptive services to women undergoing treatment for HIV/AIDS is essential to an effective global campaign against the disease. That's in analysis, and in features, a slide show, blog, and other resources look at the relationship between water scarcity and violence in Ethiopia and Kenya.
Rioters burning vehicles and tires in Douala.
Violence incited by a taxi strike against high fuel prices in Douala, a major city in Cameroon, is spreading to other parts of the country, including the capital, Yaoundé.
From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Image: Rioters burning vehicles and tires in Douala. © Elizabeth Dickinson / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Alarming local and international rights activists, several officials in the Thai government are speaking freely about the 'necessity' of using extra-judicial killings as part of a national clampdown on narcotics.
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) - a virtually untreatable form of the respiratory disease - has been recorded at the highest rates ever, according to a new report.
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An international media freedom group has voiced concern over the health of detained Chinese cyber-dissident and human rights lawyer Yang Maodong, who has been on hunger strike for 11 weeks.
+ CPJ Highlights China's Poor Press Record
From: Reporter Senza Frontiere
Azure Sapphire in Bhutan.
BROOKLIN, Canada, Feb 27 (IPS) - Free, authoritative and online: 1.8 million species.
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Image: Azure Sapphire in Bhutan. © Piet van der Poel
A large number of HIV+ women who get pregnant say they didn't want to, but U.S.-funded programs to prevent HIV, which got a boost in spending yesterday, do not provide contraceptions.
From: Guttmacher Institute
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The United States should follow the example set by other nations around the world and normalize relations with Cuba, "a country that continues to expand its influence as a leader in public health in developing nations," writes JoJo Farrell.
From: Global Exchange
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Bush fire in Australia, a country particularly vulnerable to climate change. Image by laurenz
The Garnaut Climate Change Review, commissioned by Australia's governments and dubbed Australia's version of the UK's Stern Review, has released its interim report (PDF).
From: Garnaut Climate Change Review
Image: Bush fire in Australia, a country particularly vulnerable to climate change. Image by laurenz
A woman carries water back to her village in the Rift Valley region of Ethiopia.
Global warming, swelling populations, and the increasing accessibility of arms are making water scarcity a growing source of conflict in Ethiopia and Kenya.
From: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Image: A woman carries water back to her village in the Rift Valley region of Ethiopia. © Gabrielle Watson / Oxfam America
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Tiki the Penguin makes compost
A new report shows that soils treated with organic compost materials can absorb and sequester carbon better than soils that are farmed with conventional fertilizers.
From: WBCSD/GreenBiz
Image: Tiki the Penguin makes compost


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