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Organizations RSS FeedsWHO urges countries to take measures to combat antimicrobial resistance - 20 August 2010 -- WHO suggests that countries should be prepared to implement hospital infection control measures to limit the spread of multi-drug resistant strains and to reinforce national policy on prudent use of antibiotics, reducing the generation of antibiotic resistant bacteria....Feed Source: www.who.int H1N1 in post-pandemic period - 10 August 2010 -- The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course and the world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert, but in the post-pandemic period. ... WHO responds to health needs in Pakistan floods - 3 August 2010 -- The worst floods on record in Pakistan are placing the health of hundreds of thousands of people at risk, with a high threat of water-borne disease outbreaks and immense damage to health facilities. WHO is coordinating the response of health partners and supporting Pakistani authorities by sending medicines and related health supplies capable of treating more than 200 000 people.
... Breastfeeding key to saving children?s lives - 30 July 2010 -- Malnutrition is responsible for one-third of the 8.8 million deaths annually among children under five. Breastfeeding is a key to improve infant and young child nutrition. The "Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding" ensure right start for every infant and the necessary support for mothers to breastfeed.
... WHO and the International Olympic Committee sign agreement to improve healthy lifestyles - 21 July 2010 -- In addition to promoting healthy lifestyle choices the agreement aims to support physical activity, sports for all, Tobacco Free Olympic Games, and the prevention of childhood obesity.... WHO announces new approaches to HIV prevention and treatment among children - 20 July 2010 -- WHO has made new recommendations with the objective of reducing and eventually eliminating new HIV infections in children. To reduce the number of infants that are infected with HIV each year, WHO recommends that all women with HIV receive antiretroviral drugs to protect against transmission during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding.... More than five million people receiving HIV treatment - 19 July 2010 -- WHO estimates that 1.2 million more people received HIV treatment in 2009 than in 2008. In addition HIV-related mortality can be reduced by 20% in the next five years if guidelines for early treatment are put into action.
... International experts limit melamine levels in food - 6 July 2010 -- The maximum amount of melamine allowed in powdered infant formula is 1 mg/kg according to new rulings from the UN's food standards body, Codex Alimentarius Commission. The Commission also issued new guidance for hygienic measures for safer fresh salads and seafood.
... WHO launches Global Network of Age-friendly Cities - 29 June 2010 -- A WHO network helps cities design urban settings that enables older people to remain active and continue to be healthy participants in society. ... New WHO guidance to improve use of medicines for children - 18 June 2010 -- Accurate dosing of medicines for children is crucial, especially between the ages of 0 to12 months. Dosing errors in children this young can have devastating results. The newly released WHO Model Formulary for Children can help alleviate this problem with information on using over 240 essential medicines for children aged under 12.... CFPs: City as the Literature of Transformation - International conference on Cities, Cultures, Knowledge Societies (CCKS)
Virtual INST World Conference to take place ... Affective Tendencies. Bodies, Pleasures, Sexualities - AFFECTIVE TENDENCIES. BODIES, PLEASURES, SEXUALITIES.
Womens and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
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OCTO ... Third Scholarly International Ramayana Conference - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb (NIU), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and International Ramayana ... CFP: Poetics of Metadata, panel at Society for Textual Scholarship Conference - This panel at the Sixteenth Biennial Conference of the Society for Textual Scholarship seeks to expand recent directions ... CFP: Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice (SW/TX PCA/ACA) - Call for Papers: Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area
SW/TX PCA/ACA & PCA/ACA Joint Conference <br&g ... CFP: Kalamazoo; NEH Sponsored Session: "Medieval Studies/Medieval Texts: Responding to Diversity Initiatives" - CFP: The National Endowment for the Humanities is sponsoring this session at the 46th International Congress on Medieval ... CFP: Qualitative Software - I'm looking to put together a roundtable for the 2011 Eastern Sociology Society meeting, held in Philadelphia, PA. I wa ... Reforming Reformation - Augustana College will host the conference Reforming Reformation on October 1719, 2010. The object is to undertake a fu ... CALL FOR PAPERS: "HORROR"
Joint Conference of the PCA/ACA & Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, April 20-23, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas
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"HORROR"
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Joint Conference of the PCA/ACA & Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American ... 3rd Annual Midwest Philosophy and Theology Conference, "Philosophy & Race" - How do we know the things we claim to know? What is ultimately real? What is justice? Is there a God? These and other bi ... 3RD PARIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY - The Conference will be a forum, discussion and networking place for academics, researchers, professionals, administr ... Education in Tough Times: Tough Times in Education. 16th Biennial Conference, Canadian History of Education Association - With some 100 presentations, this conference, sponsored by the Canadian History of Education Association, explores a wid ... International conference of Europe - Jurisprudence and Practice - We would like to invite you to international conference Law as a Unifying Factor of Europe - Jurisprudence and Practice ... Popular/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)
National Conference
CFP Subcultural Style and Identity - Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)
41th Annual Meeting
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April 20- April 2 ... Panelists Seeking Panelists for the upcoming 2011 SHAFR Conference at Alexandria, Virginia. - The conference title is "Waging War, Making Peace, Crossing Borders," so the panel will revolve around American history ... Inaugural Chicago-Kent Supreme Court IP Review
- Chicago-Kent College of Law launches its annual review of intellectual property cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. Leading ... Biennial Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History and Music
October 1417, 2010
- Moravian College, the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, and the Moravian Music Foundation, will host a biennial internatio ... "Divided by Faith: A Decade Retrospective" - To commemorate the tenth anniversary of Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smiths seminal work, Divided by Faith: Evangeli ... Substitution - Sens and practice in premodernity - How can a word, an object or a person replace others and play the same role that they do in a sentence, in a given space ... Theodore Roosevelt: The President in the Arena - This year marks the fifth annual Theodore Roosevelt Symposium at Dickinson State University. Our focus is Roosevelts pre ... Copyright © 2010, MyLadyWeb. All Rights Reserved. |