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Insecticide-treated nets protect livestock and boost milk yields in UN pilot projects
Insecticide-treated mosquito and fly nets encircling livestock pens in small farms in western Kenya are proving to be an effective means of killing disease-carrying pests and boosting milk yields, the United Nations today reported, as well as contributing to fewer…
Call for a worldwide ban on Uranium Mining as the Grand Canyon comes under threat
In Edinburgh on the 17th and 18th of April at the annual meeting of Abolition 2000, a delegation from the Arizona based campaign group, Mama Bears Brigade, presented the plight of indigenous people around the Grand Canyon who are fighting…
Radiation exposure around Fukushima and as far as Tokyo higher than admitted by Japanese authorities
For readers interested in the Fukushima disaster, Pressenza recommends you watch this 30-minute video Symposium: The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident In this video filmed at the symposium, Arnie Gundersen presents his findings concerning the Fukushima…
BBC: major Iraq birth defect study expected to show increase linked to conflict
The BBC has reported that a much anticipated study by the WHO and Iraqi Ministry of Health will show that rates of birth defects in Iraq are higher in areas that were subject to heavy fighting in 2003. The report,…
Ban Ki-Moon announces independent probe into allegations of chemical attack in Syria
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon today said that the United Nations will launch an independent investigation into allegations of the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, after receiving a formal request from the country’s Government. “The investigation mission is to look…
Syria: UN Begins Delivery of Safe Water for 10 Million People, Half of Total Population
A large-scale operation is under way in Syria to secure safe water supplies for more than 10 million people – close to half the population, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today 4 February 2013, amid reports that the…
UNAIDS applauds Mongolia for removing HIV-related travel restrictions
The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has welcomed the recent law reforms in Mongolia that have removed all travel restrictions and other discriminatory provisions for people living with HIV. The reforms, which were passed in December and came…
Survey by UN health agency shows major gaps in cancer control and care
Ahead of World Cancer Day, the United Nations health agency today launched a survey showing that more than half of all countries are struggling to prevent cancer and to provide appropriate long-term treatment and care to avoid human suffering and…
Fukushima two years later: Global symposium March 11-12
Global symposium to address mounting medical & ecological consequences March 11-12 – New York Academy of Medicine Two years after the March 11, 2011 triple meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, new research and new information continues to come…
UK: Should the age of consent be reduced to 14?
The latest figures Pressenza could find date back to the last decade and showed that teenage pregnancy rates in the UK were the highest of all European Union countries. Peter Tatchell proposes changes to Britains antiquated, moralist views of sex…
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