[RED DEMOCRATICA] Report: 15 million babies are born premature worldwide every year

 

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	May 3, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Report: 15 million babies are born premature worldwide every year About 15 million premature babies are born every year, according to a report from the March of Dimes, World Health Organization and a coalition of international health experts. "Being born too soon is an unrecognized killer," says Dr. Joy Lawn of Save the Children, who co-authored the report. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/2)      Sudan, S. Sudan threatened by UN with sanctions  GAVI's Berkley resolved to vaccinate all kids against preventable diseases  Clean cookstoves: On the ground in Kenya  Tsunami debris growing Pacific garbage patch  Chen wants to leave China, seeking U.S. asylum  Poll: Majority of U.S. voters want a strong UN relationship  Photographer helping to give kids Shot@Life  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security | UN Foundation & Better World Campaign | Spotlight: UN Foundation Partners When it comes to the health of #newborns, any progress is good progress: http://gates.ly/IGUBav #BornTooSoon" @gatesfoundation "The Hazara people, who originate from Afghanistan and historically formed an ethnic underclass in that country, have lived peacefully in neighboring Pakistan for centuries. But over the past decade, at least 500 of Hazara civilians have been killed and hundreds more have been injured in targeted ethno-sectarian attacks the city of Quetta. The violence has trapped one of South Asia's most vulnerable populations between the conflict and uncertainty in Afghanistan and the growing anti-Shia movement in Pakistan, a country many Hazaras previously considered a safe haven." UN Dispatch Sudan, S. Sudan threatened by UN with sanctions Sudan and South Sudan were warned Wednesday by the UN Security Council that they could face sanctions if they don't stop by Friday the cross-border attacks that have caused thousands to abandon their villages in the Nuba Mountains and brought the countries to the brink of full-scale war. The Security Council is backing an African Union blueprint for peace. ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (5/2), BBC (5/3)      UN monitors are building calm in Syria despite clashes Syria experienced the deadliest day of the three-week-old cease-fire even as UN monitors claimed to be having a calming effect on the ground. Human Rights Watch called on the UN Security Council to refer to the International Criminal Court reported war crimes carried out by security forces in five opposition-held towns in Idlib. Los Angeles Times/World Now blog (tiered subscription model) (5/2), Mail & Guardian Online (South Africa) (5/2)        Other News UN blacklists trio of N. Korean businesses after rocket launch The Wall Street Journal (5/2)      IAEA talks with Iran are slated to resume in mid-May Reuters (4/30)      GAVI's Berkley resolved to vaccinate all kids against preventable diseases Seth Berkley recalls the work that preceded his appointment as head of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, and his goal of vaccinating every child in need against every preventable disease. "It's only a matter of political will, a little bit of money and some systems to do it," says Berkley, who adds that while he is pragmatic, his determination is "almost like a religious belief." Chicago Tribune/Reuters (5/2)      Export factories benefit businesses. But workers? Colossal manufacturing centers such as the Chittagong export processing zone in Bangladesh, said to have the cheapest labor in the world, are being heralded as magnets for foreign currency and jobs. But are these factories the new sweatshops? The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (4/30)        Other News FAO's Food Price Index charts small drop-off Reuters (5/3)      Clean cookstoves: On the ground in Kenya Roseline Amondi, a restaurant owner in Nairobi, Kenya, recounts how her new cookstove -- powered by biogas harnessed from the community bathroom -- has reduced costs to one-tenth of previous levels, when she burned wood. A coordinator for the Kenya Cookstove Program of the German aid agency GIZ says a program that has distributed 1.3 million clean cookstoves since 2006 saves about 1.4 million tons of firewood annually, or 78,000 hectares of forest. Voice of America (5/2)        Tsunami debris growing Pacific garbage patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, estimated at twice the size of Texas, is being grown still further by debris from last year's tsunami in Japan. The Guardian (London)/Shortcuts blog (5/2)        Sorghum is gaining adherents in Kenya Small farmers in Kenya are switching away from climate-vulnerable barley in favor of hardier sorghum, both ingredients in high demand by the country's largest brewers of beer. Erratic weather patterns linked to chronic shortages of rainfall have meant that there is not enough moisture to grow barley. AlertNet (4/29)      Other News China's urban greenhouse gas emissions outstrip targets Reuters (5/2)      Study: Average polar bear swims 96 miles The Guardian (London)/Reuters (5/2)      Chen wants to leave China, seeking U.S. asylum Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has apparently had "a change of heart" about plans to remain in China and would now like to seek asylum in the U.S. after reported threats to his family. The blind legal activist spent seven years in prison, or under house arrest, before escaping police last week and seeking refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. BBC (5/3), The Washington Post (5/3)      Other News Press freer in Middle East, less free in Americas The Christian Science Monitor (5/2)      Sanctions tightened by U.S. against Syria, Iran Mail Guardian Online (South Africa) (5/1)      Egypt presidential candidates suspend campaigns after protest deaths The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/2)      Poll: Majority of U.S. voters want a strong UN relationship Polling data released today by the United Nations Foundation and its sister organization, the Better World Campaign, shows the majority of American voters support a strong relationship between the United States and the United Nations. More than 8 in 10 American voters say it is important for the U.S. to maintain an active role in the UN, and 64 percent of those polled favor the U.S. paying its dues to the UN on time and in full, including majorities of Republicans, Independents, and Democrats. Read more.      Photographer helping to give kids Shot@Life Photographer Anne Geddes, whose work has focused on newborns for the past three decades, writes about her role as global advocate for the United Nations Foundation's Shot@Life campaign, which aims to save the lives of children under five from preventable diseases. "The underlying message through my work is the absolute promise of every newborn to reach their full potential," she says. "[E]ach baby contains a new and unbroken spirit." The Huffington Post/Global Motherhood blog (5/2)        Position Title Company Name Location Program Officer Open Society Foundations New York, NY Senior Partnership Advisor International Rescue Committee New York, NY Program Officer Open Society Foundations New York , NY Click here to view more job listings.   Get more involved: Follow the UN Foundation on Twitter Key Sites United Nations Secretary-General UN News Centre Key UN Bodies, Agencies, Funds and Programs UN Foundation UN Dispatch The Interdependent UN Radio News Service 15 million babies born too soon: WHO UN Radio   This SmartBrief was created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com   Subscriber Tools       Update account information | Change e-mail address | Unsubscribe | Print friendly format | Web version | Search past news | Archive | Privacy policy Grab our News Widget Advertise With Us Amy DiElsi Director for UN Foundation Communications United Nations Foundation 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 (D) 202-419-3230 (C) 202-492-3078 (F) 202-887-9021 www.unfoundation.org   About UN WIRE UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation which is dedicated to supporting the United Nations' efforts to address the most pressing humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the world today. 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