More Poverty and Tuberculosis (TB) in Indigenous People
'Where we have indigenous people, we have more poverty and more TB incidence' said Mirtha del Granado, Regional Adviser on TB, WHO (in Americas) at the 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health, Berlin, Germany.
Where Did The Name Black Friday Come From?
While it has been one of the busiest days in terms of pedestrian traffic at shopping centers, in terms of actual sales volume, from 1993 through 2001 Black Friday was the fifth to tenth busiest day.
UN Appeals for $164 M to Respond to Haiti’s Rising Cholera Epidemic
After a devastating earthquake that killed thousands in Haiti, Haitians are again facing another problem - cholera.
191 Countries Adopt FAO’s Global Plan to Stop Livestock Extinction
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said that there is much to be done to catalogue, conserve, and better manage the genetic diversity of livestock.
Rockefeller Foundation Aims for The Transformation of Health Systems
'Universal Health Coverage would mean better health outcomes, greater equity and lower poverty, and we can make this happen. Achieving universal health coverage is not so much about mobilizing more capital (although it is necessary ), but it is
