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Sustainable Development

Can We Finance Sustainable Development?

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been the most comprehensive international poverty alleviation movement in history. Since 1990, extreme poverty has been cut by ...

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Environment

How To Talk To A 5-Year-Old About Climate Change

Climate change can be a scary thing to talk about with grown-ups, let alone children. It is also very complex, with long-term effects that reach into future decades and cen...

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Hollywood

Johnny Depp Visits Children's Hospital In Australia Dressed As Captain Jack Sparrow

Johnny Depp and Stephen Graham took time out from filming the new Pirates Of The Caribbean film to visit a children’s hospital in Brisbane this week. The pair arrived...

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Health

Open Defecation Affects Pregnancy Outcomes Too, New Study Finds.

Eradicating open defecation has become one of the biggest, and most daunting, challenges faced by the Narendra Modi government. Poor sanitation practices like open defecati...

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Health

Domestic Violence Affects Maternal And Child Health: Study

A recent research has established the link between domestic violence and pregnancy complications. The study, conducted in 225 villages across 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh,...

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Health

High Prices Of Food Lead To Malnutrition, Says Study

High food prices result in malnutrition in India, says a study done on children from Andhra Pradesh. The research published in the Journal of Nutrition says spikes in food ...

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Sustainable Development

UN Hails Cooperatives As Vehicle To Make Sustainable Development A Reality For All.

“Inequality is a fundamental obstacle to development, depriving people of basic services and opportunities to build better lives for themselves and their children,&rd...

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Health

Cuba Wipes Out Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission by Emphasizing Maternal Health and Universal Health Coverage, Says WHO

After a flurry of reports surfaced earlier this year that Cuba was the host of a particularly aggressive strain of HIV, the Caribbean island is now being lauded by the Worl...

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Hollywood

Tamsin Greig Interviews An Escapee Of Sex Trafficking.

When someone offers you your dream, those oppressed by poverty tend to seize the opportunity. Sex trafficking, however, is one of today’s fastest growing crimes, whic...

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Bollywood

Priyanka Chopra Joins UNICEF Campaign Against Anaemia

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra joined a UNICEF campaign to raise awareness against the prevalence of anaemia among adolescents in India. The actress, a goodwill ambassad...

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