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	December 30, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Global health accomplishments of 2011 Karl Hofmann, head of the global health organization PSI, lists his picks for the 10 top achievements in global health during 2011. Notable among the milestones are the spread of "treatment as prevention" as a means to reduce transmission of the HIV virus, and gains seen from investment in the prevention of pneumonia and malaria. The Huffington Post (12/29)      UN raises alarm over bird flu developments  Asia pays a heavy price for natural disasters  Sex-selective abortions still common in India  2011 smashes extreme weather, disaster records  Syria violence continues despite observer mission  Career Center  UN Wire will not publish Monday  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security | Editor's Note We had a remarkable year. Watch this video highlighting some of the milestones from this year bit.ly/uVcc10 @unfoundation "The human rights community in Afghanistan came under attack last Thursday when President Hamid Karzai refused to renew the contracts of three members of the country's human rights commission -- effectively firing them. One of the three commissioners removed from the panel was Nader Nadery, arguably Afghanistan's most respected and well-known human rights advocate, a tireless and often provocative voice for transitional justice." UN Dispatch UN raises alarm over bird flu developments The World Health Organization is expressing grave concern over the efforts of scientists in the U.S. and The Netherlands to engineer a highly contagious version of H5N1 virus. The bird flu has a current mortality rate of over 50%. Reuters (12/30)      Other News UN concerned by assaults on Iranian dissident camp Chicago Tribune/Reuters (12/29)      UN mobilizes peacekeepers in South Sudan to thwart attack BBC (12/30)      UN resolutions trigger regime change, Russia's ambassador says The Telegraph (London)/Rossiyskaya Gazeta (12/30)      Asia pays a heavy price for natural disasters Asian countries paid the heaviest economic price for natural disasters in 2011, with 90% of the world's $270 billion in related losses occurring in the region, development experts say. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan and flooding across Southeast Asia contributed heavily to regional losses. IRINNews.org (12/30)      Family sizes changing across Latin America Fertility rates are dropping across Latin America as modern financial realities, improved health care and mass migrations to urban centers have resulted in women exerting more control over family planning. The average fertility rate across the region has dropped from 6 in 1960 to 2.3 in 2010. The Washington Post (12/29)      Notorious slum emblematic of India's informal economy In the sprawling Dharavi slum in the Indian city of Mumbai, some 1 million people live in an area barely two-thirds the size of New York's Central Park, a "mini India" where the extremes of human misery are matched only, perhaps, by an annual economic output estimated at $600 million to more than $1 billion. The slum is emblematic of the huge portions of India's economy that operate in the shadows. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (12/28)      Ghana reaping benefits, drawbacks of economic growth Economic growth in Ghana -- second in the world only to Qatar -- has carried many of the country's 24 million people into the middle class. The growth is both enriching and suffocating Ghana's capital, Accra. The Wall Street Journal (12/30)      Other News Photos serve up 2011 timeline in global development The Guardian (London) (12/30)      Tiny Samoa jumps westward in time The Guardian (London)/The Associated Press (12/30)      Haitians turn to social businesses to rebuild The Christian Science Monitor/The Chronicle of Philanthrophy (12/29)      Sex-selective abortions still common in India A mechanical device that allows authorities to track sonograms and monitor doctors' abortion decisions is drawing fire from Indian activists as failing to be a solution to gender-selective abortions. Research shows that India has lost 12 million females to selective abortions in the last three decades. TrustLaw (12/29)      2011 smashes extreme weather, disaster records The world continued to get hotter, Arctic sea ice measured record lows, and North America experienced a rise in extreme weather patterns, notes John Vidal, environment editor for The Guardian, in a far-reaching wrap-up of global climate news for 2011. The Guardian (London) (12/22)      U.S. fighting EU leadership on air travel gas emissions Elizabeth Kolbert, a staff writer at The New Yorker, writes on U.S. efforts to stop the European Union from requiring airlines to live within an emissions allotment, or to purchase credits on Europe's carbon market. Citing the observation by Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation, that climate leadership doesn't exist in the administration of President Barack Obama, she concludes that the U.S. "is behaving in a manner that seems best described as unforgivable." The New Yorker/Daily Comment blog (12/30)        Other News China announces 5-year space exploration plan The Globe and Mail (Toronto)/The New York Times (12/29)      Syria violence continues despite observer mission Activists across Syria are reporting deaths in cities an Arab League observer mission was scheduled to visit and expressing concern the mission's presence may be accelerating violence. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians took to the streets today, according to activist reports, to express support for the pro-reform movement. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (12/29), AlertNet/Reuters (12/30)      Other News Egyptian authorities crack down on human rights defenders The Globe and Mail (Toronto)/Reuters (12/29)      Position Title Company Name Location Director of New Country Operations Room to Read San Francisco, CA Grants Manager, Women and Population United Nations Foundation Washington DC, DC Senior Director, Global Market Development and Program Quality, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves United Nations Foundation Washington DC, DC Director, International Reproductive Health and Family Planning (IRH/FP) United Nations Foundation Washington DC, DC Senior Development Associate, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves United Nations Foundation Washington DC, DC Program Associate, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves United Nations Foundation Washington DC, DC Click here to view more job listings. 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