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- UN launches midyear humanitarian aid appeal
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs issued a midyear appeal for $5 billion in funding to provide help to 53 million people in 34 countries affected by conflict or disasters through the end of 2010. Haiti, Afghanistan, Somalia, Kenya and Sudan are among the countries currently receiving the most aid. Google/The Associated Press (7/14)       - UN questions Vatican over child-rights reporting
The Vatican has failed to remit any report on its efforts to protect child rights nearly 13 years after a deadline despite repeated reminders from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, committee chairwoman Yanghee Lee says. All signatories to the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child are required to submit regular reports. The Vatican provided an initial report in 1995, but has filed no updates since. Google/The Associated Press (7/15)  - Antibiotics may help build malaria immunity
 A cocktail of antibiotics taken as a preventative measure may help healthy individuals develop immunity against malaria infection, according to a study on mice published in the Science Translational Medicine journal. This measure could only be implemented in high risk areas with short malaria seasons, and be part of a broader preventative strategy, the researchers said. AlertNet.org/Reuters (7/14) - India offers cash incentives to decrease maternal mortality rate
Indian authorities are offering pregnant women a $30 incentive to abandon traditional birthing methods for safer hospital environments in a bid to curb the country's maternal mortality rates. India has worked to halve its maternal mortality numbers over the past two decades, but still has one of the highest rates in the world. The Washington Post (7/15) - North Korea faces extreme health care crisis
Amnesty International says that North Korea is unable to provide basic health care to its people as a result of systematic neglect on behalf of the North Korean regime. According to the report, which is based in part on the testimony of North Korean defectors, hospital patients are forced to treat themselves with supplies purchased from illegal markets because North Korean hospitals lack basic, necessary supplies. North Korea spends about 50 cents on health care per citizen annually -- one tenth as much as Myanmar. The Guardian (London) (7/15) - Australia aims to curb livestock emissions
Australian researchers are looking at ways to manage cow diets to decrease the amount of methane gas released by burping and lessen Australia's contribution to greenhouse-gas emissions. The livestock industry and Australian government have provided $24 million in funding to examine possible strategies including diet adjustment and manipulation of stomach organisms. The New York Times (free registration) (7/13) - U.S. could probe BP-Lockerbie connection
Beleaguered energy giant BP, already bearing the brunt of U.S. anger over the Deepwater Horizon oil well disaster, may face additional scrutiny. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged to consider an investigation into whether BP lobbied for the release of the Libyan convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Speculation has emerged that BP lobbied for the release of Abdelbasset al-Megrahi in a deal between London and Tripoli involved oil concessions. The Guardian (London) (7/15) - Can cell phones help manage chronic conditions?
Researchers are looking for ways to leverage the communications power of Internet-connected cellular telephones to help individuals more effectively monitor chronic health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Beyond reminder alarms for medicine, researchers are looking at ways to allow individuals to contribute regularly to a live mobile health record that can be used to track their physicians' disease-management efforts. Google/The Associated Press (7/13)  | - HRW: Philip Morris suppliers use child labor
Kazakh suppliers for tobacco giant Philip Morris International have regularly employed forced and child labor on their farms, Human Rights Watch charges in a report being released today. Tobacco farming is particularly hazardous for children who are exposed to high levels of nicotine for long periods of time, HRW said. Philip Morris has already agreed to review its purchasing policies in response to the findings. Bloomberg Businessweek (7/14) , The New York Times (free registration) (7/13) - A hero's welcome for Amiri in Tehran
Shahram Amiri received a hero's welcome upon his return to Tehran after a sojourn in the U.S. that has attracted international attention. Amiri claims he was abducted by the U.S., who imagined he was privy to Iran's nuclear secrets. Authorities in Iran deny Amiri has any nuclear expertise, and said that he was abducted as part of a program of "psychological warfare" against Iran. U.S. authorities insist that Amiri arrived in the U.S. and left on his own power. Los Angeles Times (7/15) , The New York Times (free registration) (7/15) - Authorities call for calm after 3 days of Belfast protests
After three days of riots in Belfast in which children as young as 9 years old have attacked riot police, religious and political leaders have called for calm among the mostly young people who have taken to the streets. One authority says that the demonstrators are largely disaffected youths from disadvantaged areas looking to relieve their own boredom -- by engaging in clashes with authorities that have led to 83 police injuries. Google/The Associated Press (7/14)  | |  | | | | | | |  |  MSH SEEKS STAFF FOR HEALTH PROJECT IN MALAWI | Management Sciences for Health | Lilongwe, Malawi | | Director of Corporate Relations | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Researcher, U.S. Immigration Policy/Criminal Justice | Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | | Web Producer/Project Manager | United Nations Foundation (UNF)/Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | COUNTRY AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS | ARD, Inc. | Multiple Locations Worldwide, Guatemala | | Director, Corporate Relations | United Nations Foundation (UNF)/Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington , DC | | Communications Director, Global Health | United Nations Foundation (UNF) / Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | Deputy Executive Director, Communications and Public Affairs | United Nations Foundation (UNF) / Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | Executive Director | Cultural Survival | Cambridge, MA | | Executive Assistant, Energy Climate | United Nations Foundation (UNF) / Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | | |  | |  | |
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