Challenges in Reducing Pollution From Ships
With shipping volumes up about 50 percent in the past 20 years and now accounting for about 90 percent of global trade, there is a lot of carbon dioxide being emitted.
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What Is Actually Asthma Attack Symptoms and Why I Can't Breathe Normally
If you have asthma, you can learn to keep it under control. Most people with asthma can lead normal lives. However, if you have asthma attack symptoms, this can be terrifying. If not taken care of properly, it can be serious and even fatal. An asthma attack symptom can [...]
Sanitation And Water Must No Longer Play Second Fiddle To Other Priorities
Between 1997 and 2008, aid commitments for sanitation and water fell from 8% of total development aid to 5%, lower than commitments for health, education, transport, energy and agriculture, according to the latest UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report, launched today by UN-Water and the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Biogas Technology With Potential To Save Thousands Of Lives Featured At Texas Event
About 1.6 million people — mostly women and children — die each year from indoor air pollution caused by cooking and heating with wood, dung, coal or crop waste, according to the World Health Organization…
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Also In Global Health News: China's HIV Travel Ban; EU Aid; Water, Sanitation In Cambodia; Aid Transport; Maternal Mortality
China Could Soon Lift HIV Travel Ban, State Media Reports “China could lift a longstanding ban on HIV-positive foreigners entering the country as early as this month, state media reported Wednesday,” Agence France-Presse reports. The country first introduced the ban in late the [...]
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