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Polio News : Boost for polio vaccine campaign Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:26:07 GMT DAKAR, Senegal, 17 March 2010 – When two-year-old Mamadou fell ill, neither his mother nor his father knew what was ailing him. They took him to the nearest hospital, but the doctors there said that they needed to take Mamadou to Dakar – the capital of Senegal – more than two hours away.Polio News : Eradicating polio It is imperative that those taking refuge in Karachi are included in the anti-polio drive. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:03:06 GMT Match-fixing innuendo Must it be the case that every time Pakistan loses, this topic rears its ugly head?Mayor Roberts proclaims Rotary Polio Eradication Day Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:12:00 GMT Mayor Terence Roberts recently signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 23 as Rotary Polio Eradication Day.Rotary supports polio eradication Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:11:15 GMT GREENCASTLE -- Children growing up in Greencastle in the 1940s and 1950s feared going to swimming pools and playing with friends. They heard about classmates being paralyzed and living in iron lung...China Accused of Selling Bad Vaccines Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:13:30 GMT A newspaper article has reawakened a controversy over whether provincial authorities improperly stored vaccines, rendering them ineffective, and then let them be administered to children.March Of Dimes honored with Research!America advocacy award Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:26:30 GMT ( March of Dimes Foundation ) The March of Dimes received Research!America's 2010 Advocacy Award for its decades of advocacy for maternal and child health. It was honored for its work to create the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, initiate the PREEMIE and Newborn Screening Saves Lives acts. With its partners, it campaigned to reauthorize the Children's ...UN Continues To Help Ugandan Landslide Victims Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:24:40 GMT The United Nations is continuing to assist people in eastern Uganda affected by deadly landslides, which have killed at least 94 people since they occurred earlier this month.Health cradle in crisis Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:53:59 GMT BC Roy Memorial Hospital for Children has been stripped of a postgraduate diploma course that was producing junior doctors without accreditation for 32 years, leaving Bengal’s lone paediatric referral institution staring at a potential manpower crisis.Who Should Join Garfield At U.S. Capitol? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:07:39 GMT Ohioans are being asked to vote on who they believe should represent the state in the U.S. Capitol’s statuary hall.Community Notes Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:44:43 GMT Home-cooked food and agriculture products will be featured at the annual Ag Day celebration at the Greene County 4-H Fairgrounds on Friday evening.More shots for students required Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:14:40 GMT By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor Additional immunizations are required for two groups of students to start school in the fall.Fore!Kids Foundation seeks volunteers for Zurich Classic Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:01:08 GMT Help needed April 19-25East Africa Moves to Establish Joint Disease Surveillance Centre Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:32:46 GMT With infectious diseases widely regarded as the major constraint to agricultural and animal development as well as human health and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa, scientists have realized the need for common strategy towards managing diseases in Africa.Linda Glaser Finds Shared Values at EcoVillage Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:51:00 GMT Linda met her husband at a synagogue dinner. It turned out to be a momentous event in her life.Nigeria : Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:07:08 GMT Can They Not Even Sweep Their Streets?“Clinical Trials in Emerging Economies 2010” to be held on June 29 at Belgium Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:43:44 GMT Informa Life Sciences, market leader in providing quality, expert-led conferences ,will be organising the event “Clinical Trials in Emerging Economies 2010” on June 29 and 30, 2010 at Sheraton, Brussels City Centre, Belgium.Relevant Links Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:04:54 GMT She urged parents to report any one moving around in the environment offering immunization of children, who they suspect is fake, to the appropriate authority, adding that the vaccine that the state and partner agencies have paid people to go about giving children both at their homes and at the health facilities are not harmful.ALLEN PARK: Rotary Club members travel to India for humanitarian mission Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:32:46 GMT ALLEN PARK –– Rotary Club President Donna Schmidt still is on cloud nine from her service trip to India.Competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment: Myths and realities Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:46:38 GMT Medicare has been touting the merits of the competitive bidding program for durable, or home medical equipment and services (HME) to convince Congress that the program is good for seniors. Unfortunately, proponents have conveyed misleading information and cherry-picked facts that exaggerate the benefits and ignore the severe shortcomings of the program.Health calendar Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:10:38 GMT MEET MARK UNDERWOOD, co-founder of Quincy Bioscience and the inventor of Prevagen; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. March 20; Vim N Vigor, Waimalu; reservations, 484-4787.Around Canton Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:22:17 GMT “Around Canton” is designed to announce upcoming events taking place in the community. Items will run on a space-available basis. Send details to bkadrich@hometownlife.comRelevant Links Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:49:16 GMT The polio walk is a social mobilisation strategy that seeks to create and heighten awareness about polio, and enhance community acceptance and ownership of polio eradication activities and other health services.Around Plymouth Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:02:17 GMT “Around Plymouth” is designed to announce upcoming events taking place in the community. Items will run on a space-available basis. Send details to bkadrich@hometownlife.comPM Doha Time Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:53:15 GMT An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine to a child on the second day of a vaccination campaign in Kabul on Monday. A three-day nationwide polio eradication project has been launched.Day in pictures Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:04:30 GMT Striking images from around the world on 17 March.Day in pictures Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:09:10 GMT Striking images from around the worldAround the Region Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:20:12 GMT n Cressona: State Rep. Tim Seip, D-125, will sponsor a free workshop for homeowners beginning at noon March 27 at the Cressona Mall. The deadline to register is Friday. To register, call Seip's Pottsville office at 624-3145 or, toll-free, at 866-299-0277Relevant Links Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:03:16 GMT He recognized the contribution of UNICEF, NPHCDA, CIDA and others in the ongoing efforts to eradicate polio and improve primary Health Care Services, as the administration would pay attention to health caredelivery by ensuring health centres are functional and the current rehabilitation in the hospitals completed, saying that this will upgrade the Ugep General Hospital to one of the best ...Rotary honors Hammett with Spirit of Andalusia Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:53:39 GMT The Andalusia Rotary Club honored Seth Hammett with its Spirit of Andalusia award and distributed more than $16000 ...Polio care nominations Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:37:58 GMT BRITISH Polio Fellowship is calling for nominations from Bury for its annual awards.Todays to-do Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:58:10 GMT Todays to-do is a showing of The Final Inch, a documentary about the quest to eradicate polio from the worlds most vulnerable places. The film will be shown at 6 p.m. in the Pinery Room at the Charles M. White Public Library. Admission is free.MURRIETA: Rotary Club to hold Mardi Gras fundraiser Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:52:14 GMT Although ticket prices to the annual Rotary Club of Murrieta Spring Fling fundraiser are lower this year, expectations for the fun that will be had are not.MURRIETA: Rotary Club to hold Mardi Gras fundraiser Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:40:02 GMT Although ticket prices to the annual Rotary Club of MurrietaSpring Fling fundraiser are lower this year, expectations for thefun that will be had are not.Police, Rotary share vision Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:09:25 GMT Provincial police and Rotary Club members have more in common than you might think. OPP Deputy Commissioner Chris Lewis said as much during a speech to Rotary Club of Barrie-Huronia members at their weekly meeting, Tuesday.[...]Rotarians To Reveal Big Picture Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:24:38 GMT MORE than 350 Rotarians representing 42 clubs west and south of the Blue Mountains will be in Bathurst this weekend for the 2010 District 9700 Conference at the Bathurst Memorial Entertain-ment Centre. Rotary district governor Irene Jones, of Bathurst, will welcome to the men and women who work tirelessly for their communities, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for good causes.Exhibit on Canadian Engagement in Afghanistan to be on Display at the Mayflower Mall Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:27:38 GMT OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Afghanistan360, a multimedia exhibit on Canada's civilian and military engagement in Afghanistan will be on display at the Mayflower Mall from March 19 to April 5.Relevant Links Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:03:33 GMT However, he blamed the local government for pitfalls witnessed. Our problem is the local government. The fund that supposed to be coming from that quarter is not forthcoming and it is really affecting the immunisation programme in the Sstate, but I believe we can stamp polio out.Global Access To Safe Drinking Water Increased, Sanitation Lagging Behind, WHO-UNICEF Report Finds Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:10:44 GMT A report released Monday by the WHO and UNICEF documents mixed progress in improving drinking water and sanitation conditions worldwide, VOA News reports (Schlein, 3/15). The report - presenting the latest data on improved sources of sanitation and drinking water in 209 countries or territories - is aimed at assisting policy-makers, donors, government and non-governmental agencies decide what ...Stephen Colbert Author Interview: Rebecca Skloot On 'The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks' (VIDEO) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:12:48 GMT Rebecca Skloot, the author of the recently published Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, talked to Stephen Colbert last night about the first person to have her cells preserved after her death.Community Notes Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:01 GMT Shakamak Elementary School will conduct kindergarten round-up April 8 from 9 a.m. - noon, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., and 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Children who are 5 years old on or before Aug. 1 are eligible for enrollment. Kindergarten packets are available in the elementary office.Obituaries for March 17, 2010 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:01:01 GMT Eva Ruth Cook, 84, died March 14, 2010, in Baker City at the home of her daughter, Diana Woods. No funeral is planned. Eva was born on Sept. 13, 1925, at Mitchell, Scottsbluff County, Neb., to Lawson and Mae Rager Wallace.North Shore Book Notes: A woman’s cells live on without her Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:55:48 GMT Science writer Rebecca Skloot spent more than a decade following the myriad threads that together form the dramatic story of Henrietta Lacks’ robust and immortal cancer cells and the family left behind after her agonizing death at age 31.Economic hardship Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:47:53 GMT It's been a tough year. The World Bank noted in its February Programme Update that the existing political situation and the global financial crisis are exacting a heavy toll on Madagascar's economy, leading to a decline in economic growth and job losses.The Immortal Henrietta Lacks Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:00:08 GMT She Died in 1951, Yet Her Cells Continue to Grow and Multiply, Becoming a Cornerstone of Scientific ResearchFraternity members meet to clean trash from 1 mile of road Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:32:22 GMT By Andy Fillmore Correspondent The next time you see trash thrown from a car, consider that Louis Addison may be the one to pick it up.Marchers denounce shooting of student by university police Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:06:30 GMT By Nathan Crabbe and Cindy Swirko Staff writer Protesters on Tuesday marched throughout the University of Florida campus to make demands involving the shooting two weeks ago of a student by a university police officer. One protester disrupted a UF Board of Trustees meeting to show a video taken outside the campus apartment in which the shooting took place. Several dozen protesters remained...Physicians Practice and All Children's Hospital to Improve Patient Care in St. Petersburg, FL Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:54:00 GMT Physicians Practice and All Children's Hospital have joined forces to help provide area physicians and their staff more time to devote to patient care. This new partnership is a unique program designed to help doctors in the St.Rebecca Skloot speaks to the ethical and scientific fall-out to her new best-seller, 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:02:41 GMT Rebecca Skloot scrunched her shoulders and crossed her arms, imitating a sea of white coats at the Cleveland Clinic Monday, March 15, where the Department of Medicine invited her to speak about her new book.School News: Kindergarten roundup is Wednesday at Allamanda Elementary in Palm Beach Gardens. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:09:19 GMT School News: Kindergarten roundup is Wednesday at Allamanda Elementary in Palm Beach Gardens. |
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