Less than a fifth of the biofuel used on UK roads meets environmental standards the Renewable Fuels Association reports today....
MEXICO CITY, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - The female condom currently the only female-controlled method of preventing HIV - is rarely available to women who need it. Blaming poor marketing and insufficient investment, activists at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City said failure to promote the female condom had hurt global HIV prevention...
CHITUNGWIZA, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - When the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) announced its decision to revive old coinage, Samuel Mapuranga, 29, of Chitungwiza, a dormitory city 30km south of Harare, the capital, had something to smile...
Tragically, nonprofits are not very good at customer service and that is an understatement. All fundraisers should perhaps reflect that customer service is like personal hygiene – without it, your relationships won’t even get started.
As almost every mystery shopping test confirms, fundraisers are almost invariably rotten at customer service. In the past most donors haven’t expected anything better, but as customer expectations rise generally, that will change for nonprofits for sure.
Woody Allen … foresaw swarms of invading aliens who would not be eons ahead of us at all. Instead they would be 15 minutes ahead in everything … By being consistently just 15 minutes ahead … these infuriating aliens could always be sure to have just enough advantage over us to...
Revised Pediatric Treatment Guidelines
Food and Drug Administration - August 7, 2008Richard Klein & Kimberly Strublehttp://www.aegis.org/news/fda/2008/FD080801.html
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Many of us in the base of the pyramid community, myself included, often wonder, "is this business really making a social impact?" Sure, there are real indicators of success, but what action drove that particular outcome? As I ponder the social impact of business, I'm reminded of an old marketing adage: We know at least 50 percent of our efforts are working – we just don't know which half. (Hat tip to Brian Trelstad for bringing this up in a meeting.) In order to build truly inclusive businesses, our sector must start tracking impact over time. This we can probably all agree on. But the challenge is not so much in creating buy-in around the idea of measurement, but in finding a way to integrate an effective and user-friendly system for doing so in an already...
kitties, originally uploaded by c_p_lew. I decided it's been a whole week without kitty pictures. Their eyes are open now and it's funny to see them trying to process a new set of sensations - like they fall over in surprise when they come face to face with litter...
HARARE, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - Negotiations for a power sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe's government and Zimbabwe's main opposition parties have nearly been concluded, people involved in the talks told IRIN....
BISSAU, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - Rising food and fuel costs could trigger social conflict in Guinea-Bissau according to the latest report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), published last...
MEXICO CITY, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - Maura Elaripe is at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City this week, closely following sessions on the sexual and reproductive rights of HIV-positive women. As the first woman to publicly disclose her HIV status in Papua New Guinea, the AIDS activist has made it her mission to educate herself and other women about their rights. She talked to IRIN/PlusNews about her own forced......
BAFATA, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - Boubacar Seidi is a rice-farmer in Contuboel, Bafata Region, 80km east of Bissau. He is participating in the World Food Programme's (WFP's) food-for-work scheme through which villagers are encouraged to diversify their crops in exchange for food given during the growing season. The programme covers 29 villages in the Contuboel and Sonaco...
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ICTs are changing the way the government does business for people
Authors: ; United Nations
Publisher: UN, 2008
Full text of document: http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN028607.pdf
The United Nations e-Government Survey 2008 presents an assessment of governments in enhancing public service delivery while improving the efficiency and productivity of government processes and systems. It also assesses the e-government readiness of the 192 member states of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure and human resource endowment.
The document has two parts. Part I presents the findings of the e-government survey 2008 while Part II focuses on how to approach connected...
Many of us in the base of the pyramid community, myself included, often wonder, “is this business really making a social impact?” Sure, there are real indicators of success, but what action drove that particular outcome? As I ponder the social impact of business, I’m reminded of an old marketing adage: We know at least 50 percent of our efforts are working – we just don’t know which half. (Hat tip to Brian Trelstad for bringing this up in a meeting.)
In order to build truly inclusive businesses, our sector must start tracking impact over time. This we can probably all agree on. But the challenge is not so much in creating buy-in around the idea of measurement, but in finding a way to integrate an effective and user-friendly system for doing so in an already resource-constrained...
MEXICO CITY, Aug 7 (IPS) - "In my community, living with HIV is
synonymous with death," Fernando Solís, a 34-year-old member
of the Cuna ethnic group in Panama, told IPS.
Solís, who was
diagnosed four years ago, is now working in prevention efforts
among other young indigenous people, which he described as
"the key to eradicating the epidemic in our...
from the York Daily Record This is cute. Raising money for the child warriors in Uganda. Kale Link to full article. May expire in future....
MEXICO CITY, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - Huge strides have been made in the provision of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, and HIV prevention is receiving more attention than ever before, but the global AIDS response has neglected children, experts said at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City this...
NAIROBI, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - Efforts to control Black fever (visceral leishmaniasis), also known as Kala-azar, have been stepped up in northern Kenya's Wajir and Isiolo Districts, where 130 cases have been reported, health officials said....
NAIROBI, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - Mauritanian's recent coup prompts us to highlight some quotations from civilians, leaders, military personnel and aid workers caught up in recent coups or attempted coups - from IRIN's recent...
IFPRI Discussion Paper by Ruth Vargas...
IFPRI Discussion Paper by Clemens Breisinger, Xinshen Diao, James Thurlow, and Ramatu M....
Introducing Catch21 - the UK’s first internet television channel based at Westminster. "Whenever you have a question, comment or view that you want heard we'll make sure it happens, right here, in the heart of power. Catch21 is here for you and is here to stay."Catch21 is a production company which produces shows with the purpose of encouraging and invigorating an informed and politically active young electorate. They offer clear democratic forums for debate and establish two-way communication channels between young people, political representatives and representatives of other relevant organisations. Catch21 combines innovative vision and entrepreneurial spirit and seeks to impart the value and importance of full electoral engagement in every form of political activity utilising a...
Last spring, a US body closed California’s Sacramento River Chinook fishery after predicting an unprecedented drop in the salmon population. Why did it happen, and what impact could it have on overseas markets? Erica Gies reports.Last May, the United States National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) – the federal agency responsible for the nation’s marine resources – declared a fishery failure for California’s Sacramento River fall (autumn) Chinook run and closed all commercial and most recreational salmon fishing in the state of California and most of Oregon. It is the country’s most stringent restriction on salmon fishing ever, according to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, one of eight regional organisations that oversee fisheries in the United...
The Open Society Institute has initiated a new campaign to prevent the spread of HIV. Here's the website, and here's what they have to say:In many developed countries like the United States, medication-assisted treatment is a standard option for people who are dependent on heroin and other opiates. However, in most developing and transitional countries where injection drug use drives the HIV epidemic, these medicines are largely inaccessible—or even banned outright. The Open Society Institute’s International Harm Reduction Development Program has developed a campaign, Where's the Methadone?, to raise awareness about the glaring lack of access to these lifesaving drugs.The text seems fine to me as far as it goes. I'm just curious about the two 'superheros' that OSI has decided to use...
from AFP via Google An update from the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Leading experts say the goal of access to anti-HIV drugs is unlikely to be reached around the world. - KaleLooking to the mounting bill for the drugs that keep millions of poor people alive, they also said China and other fast-advancing economies could shoulder more of their own burdens in the future, freeing up resources for countries mired in poverty.Speaking on the sidelines of the International AIDS Conference on Wednesday, Global Fund chief Michel Kazatchkine and UNAIDS head Peter Piot said they believed countries still stood by the fast-approaching 2010 target, although they doubted the goal would be reached by all."When we look at global targets, none of us believes that it will be 100 percent...
from Yahoo News New Zealand A new report issued by New Zealand government finds that 230,000 are effected by poverty. This story profiles the reaction. Dr Kiro said poverty had lifelong consequences for children, impacting on their health, education and future productivity."It also affects their self-esteem and view of society," she said.Initiatives such as improved primary health funding, educational initiatives, Working for Families and income-related housing had helped, but more firm commitments and targets for further reduction were needed," Dr Kiro said.The report, A Fair Go For Children -- Actions to Address Child Poverty in New Zealand , proposed remedies including extra support for benefit dependent and low-income families, reform to the benefit system, and expansion of health,...
from the Daily News of Tanzania The premier of Tanzania has invited academics to help poor countries to meet the Millennium Development Goals. - Kaleby GODFREY OBONYOPremier Mizengo Pinda yesterday urged academicians and researchers to recommend the best macroeconomic policies that could assist least developed countries (LDCs) attain Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.“Poor policies are detrimental to financial development, economic growth and poverty reduction in the LDCs”, he said. The premier made the comments when addressing participants to a two-day international conference organised by the Institute of Finance Management (IFM) in Dar es Salaam to share development policy experiences.He said that there were some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia that were likely...
PHNOM PENH, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - Tuberculosis, which has been on the rise globally, has generally remained steady in Cambodia since 2003, even declining slightly, but detection rates are low....
MEXICO CITY, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - The recent controversial statement by Swiss researchers that HIV-positive people on treatment with an undetectable viral load could not infect their sexual partners was a hotly debated issue at the International AIDS Conference this...
SANAA, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - A recently formed government committee has faced problems assessing damage to buildings and property in conflict-hit <a href="http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79410">Saada Governorate</a>, northern...