US EPA joins alliance to curb global e-waste
United Nations University – Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) 1 May 2011 The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up […]
Health in Developing Countries
Canada’s role grows amid looming world water shortages in some places, more flooding in others
Canadian Water NetworkWaterloo, Ontario27-Feb-2011 $1 trillion global water market forecast for 2020; Global freshwater demand expected to exceed supply by
Pollutants in aquifers may threaten future of Mexico’s fast-growing ‘Riviera Maya’
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 6 Feb 2011 Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, shampoo, toothpaste, pesticides,
Studies detail triumphs, troubles of African innovators creating products for local health needs
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 12 December 2010 Africans strengthen ability to meet health needs in sub-Sahara with homegrown science
Agriculture, Climate, Environment, food, Global Health, Harvard University, Health in Developing Countries, soil
Africa Can Feed Itself in a Generation
Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge,MA,USA 2-Dec-2010 Africa can feed itself. And it can make the transition from hungry importer to self-sufficiency
Global health vs. global wealth: Looming choice for health firms in developing countries
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical
Cheaper drugs, vaccines forecast as collaborations grow between developing countries’ biotech firms
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 10 May 2010 ‘South-South’ biotech collaborations boost health, economies: Study The availability of more affordable
Finishing the job of polio eradication worldwide is an ethical obligation: Experts
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Apr 20, 2010 55th anniversary of first polio vaccine Failure to pursue eradication of polio
Urgent need to prepare developing countries for surge in e-wastes: UN
22-Feb-2010 United Nations University, Tokyo / United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Rocketing sales of cell phones, gadgets, appliances forecast in China,
Powerful new world alliance of global health researchers announce landmark pact on priorities
16-Nov-2009 Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Agencies managing 80 percent of global public health research funding set first priorities for