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ASIA: Asbestos - deadly but not yet banned
21 March 2012
(IRIN
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Even though public health experts recognize how deadly asbestos can be, its use is on the rise in the construction industry throughout Asia, according to the US Geological Survey.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95121/ASIA-Asbestos-deadly-but-not-yet-banned
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ASIA: Isolation, poverty loom for an aging population
14 February 2012
(IRIN
),
With 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia has one of the largest concentrations globally of aging persons, creating a host of potential challenges, experts warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94856/ASIA-Isolation-poverty-loom-for-an-aging-population
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HEALTH: How "totally drug-resistant" is a misnomer - for now
17 January 2012
(IRIN
),
The "totally drug-resistant" tuberculosis (TDR-TB) reportedly emerging in India is actually an advanced stage of drug-resistant TB, which researchers called totally drug-resistant for lack of a better term.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94656/HEALTH-How-totally-drug-resistant-is-a-misnomer-for-now
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ASIA: Boosting cities' food resilience
18 November 2011
(IRIN
),
From rooftops to railroad tracks, Asia's largest cities will need to maximize every bit of space to feed one of the world's fastest-growing populations, said experts at a UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) workshop in Bangkok on resilient food systems in Asia.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94233/ASIA-Boosting-cities-food-resilience
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DISASTERS: A bigger role for Asia in humanitarian response
12 October 2011
(IRIN
),
A top UN official says Asia can, and should, play a more prominent role in the humanitarian response to major natural and man-made disasters.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93939/DISASTERS-A-bigger-role-for-Asia-in-humanitarian-response
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GLOBAL: Stillbirths could be halved
27 April 2011
(IRIN
),
Preventing stillbirths can cost just US$2.32 per mother if governments, the private sector and international institutions adopt a package of 10 health interventions, rather than allowing stillbirths to be an almost invisible problem.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92590/GLOBAL-Stillbirths-could-be-halved
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HIV/AIDS: MSM groups hail pill to prevent HIV
24 November 2010
(IRIN
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Gay rights groups have hailed the results of the first study to show that an antiretroviral (ARV) drug can prevent HIV as an important step in the fight against HIV, but say that in countries that criminalize homosexuality, the breakthrough is unlikely to have a significant impact.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91180/HIV-AIDS-MSM-groups-hail-pill-to-prevent-HIV
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ASIA: Taking the taboo out of the loo
19 November 2010
(IRIN
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Entrepreneur turned toilet crusader Jack Sim from Singapore wants to turn the toilet into the new gold standard of status in Asia, which would signify “making it” - as mobile phones have for years and as 24-karat gold did before that.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91130/ASIA-Taking-the-taboo-out-of-the-loo
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ASIA: Why snakebites matter
17 November 2010
(IRIN
),
Despite an age-old widespread fear and distrust of snakes, their bites have only recently been added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of “neglected tropical diseases”. Snakes bite an estimated five million people each year worldwide, seriously injuring or disabling up to three million and killing an estimated 125,000, according to WHO and the Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91107/ASIA-Why-snakebites-matter
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GLOBAL: Corruption hampers MDGs - Transparency International
27 October 2010
(IRIN
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Corruption siphons off 20-30 percent of funding for basic services, estimates non-profit Transparency International (TI), and tackling it should be higher on the international development agenda.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90898/GLOBAL-Corruption-hampers-MDGs-Transparency-International
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ASIA: How Typhoon Megi got its name
18 October 2010
(IRIN
),
As one of the strongest typhoons in five years rips through the Philippines, some might be wondering why it is called Megi - the Korean word for catfish.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90804/ASIA-How-Typhoon-Megi-got-its-name
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HIV/AIDS: Global Fund looks to private sector to fill funding gap
14 October 2010
(IRIN
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With its coffers running at least US$1 billion short, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is looking to the private sector to fill the funding gap.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90765/HIV-AIDS-Global-Fund-looks-to-private-sector-to-fill-funding-gap
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HEALTH: New global plan aims to wipe out TB
14 October 2010
(IRIN
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A new roadmap for curbing the global epidemic of tuberculosis aims to save five million lives between 2011 and 2015 and eliminate TB as a public health problem by 2050 but comes with a price tag of US$47 billion, nearly half of which must still be found.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90767/HEALTH-New-global-plan-aims-to-wipe-out-TB
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ASIA: Cities key to disaster risk reduction
12 October 2010
(IRIN
),
Improving the resiliency of cities is critical to disaster mitigation in Asia, according to specialists.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90748/ASIA-Cities-key-to-disaster-risk-reduction
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ASIA: Unquantifiable damage caused by wildfires
11 October 2010
(IRIN
),
Wildfires may not get the attention of earthquakes and cyclones but their destructive potential is considerable and warrants further attention, experts warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90729/ASIA-Unquantifiable-damage-caused-by-wildfires
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ASIA: Boosting community resilience in disasters
30 September 2010
(IRIN
),
A bed sheet to stop bleeding, broken furniture as splints for fractures, Buddhist temples turned into evacuation centres and bottled water to decontaminate wounds: People are often forced to innovate when disaster hits.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90630/ASIA-Boosting-community-resilience-in-disasters
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In Brief: Manila forum to mull farmland purchases in developing countries
7 July 2010
(IRIN
),
A two-day “Investment Forum for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific” opened in Manila on 7 July, and will look at escalating food prices, concerns about food production and overseas leases or purchases of farmland in developing countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89758/In-Brief-Manila-forum-to-mull-farmland-purchases-in-developing-countries
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In Brief: Fish nets join mosquito nets against malaria
2 July 2010
(IRIN
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New drugs to fight malaria may well lie at the bottom of the ocean, according to researchers studying over 2,500 samples from marine organisms collected at depths of over 900 metres. They have already found 300 that contain substances that can kill the parasite.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89701/In-Brief-Fish-nets-join-mosquito-nets-against-malaria
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In Brief: UN urges Asia to focus on gender in HIV policies
28 June 2010
(IRIN
),
The UN is urging Asia Pacific governments to step up their efforts to address gender inequalities in HIV response as rates of infection among women in the region continue to rise.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89649/In-Brief-UN-urges-Asia-to-focus-on-gender-in-HIV-policies
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ASIA: Governments called to account on human trafficking
17 June 2010
(IRIN
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Southeast Asian governments added to the US State Department’s human trafficking watch list must bolster efforts to prosecute and convict traffickers, activists say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89515/ASIA-Governments-called-to-account-on-human-trafficking
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