New Brazilian Research Centre Focuses on Health Risks of Smoking

As the African Union (AU) prepares to celebrate its 50th Anniversary at a time when consultations on what will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are gathering pace, African leaders and experts were united in calling for children to be ...

NAIROBI (AlertNet) Four-year-old Geoffrey is the height of an 18-month-old toddler. Severely stunted, he suffers from chronic malnutrition and tuberculosis. Just a few kilometres away from Nairobi's cosmopolitan bars and cybercafés, where people ...

Hunger, UN Report New York, May 21 2013 - Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years, according to a joint reports released today by the United Nations food agency and partners. An estimated 13.7 million ...

The Carnegie Moscow Center was the first public policy research institution of its size and kind in the region. The center brings together senior researchers from across the Russian political spectrum and Carnegie's global centers to provide an open ...

Affiliation: Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental Health/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America X Thomas R. Insel, Affiliation: Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental Health/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United ...

Statement by Leader of the Labour Party, T¡naiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade Welcome Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to Dublin Castle. You are here for a ground-breaking dialogue on the linked challenges of Hunger, ...

Nasir Ahmad El Rufai. May 6 th 2013 marked threeyears since Goodluck Ebele Jonathan became president of Nigeria.It therefore is the right time to look at how well it has fared. Two years is sufficient time to examine what promises have been kept, ...

Conditions are auspicious for Africa's two biggest economies to work together for mutual profit. Presidents Jacob Zuma and Goodluck Jonathan renewed ties in Cape Town this month. ­(AFP) Special Focus Our Coverage More Coverage The 160-million ...

THE current site which sits the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola is a time bomb with the explosive potential to detonate anytime. Research shows that the airport noise and pollution were intimately allied to augmented health ...