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Hear The Poor Cry

A Very significant document has come out. It is a letter from Pope Francis addressed to everyone on this planet.

Pope Francis is head of the world’s largest r...

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Environment

Nearly 20 Million People Were Displaced Last Year Because Of Extreme Weather

Extreme natural disasters like floods, storms and earthquakes displaced nearly 20 million people in 2014, a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has found. Sin...

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Health

On AIDS: Three Lessons From Africa.

An AIDS fable: Once upon a time, in the years after AIDS went from being a death sentence to a manageable disease, at least for people rich enough to take antiretroviral th...

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Health

The World’s Poorest Countries Could Finally Wipe Out Polio, As Long As The Rich One’s Don’t Bring It Back

On July 24, 2015, it will be exactly one year since the last case of poliomyelitis was detected in Nigeria. Once that’s officially confirmed, the country will get off...

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Sustainable Development

Mcity, The Town For Driverless Cars, Is Officially Open

The first city built entirely for driverless cars has officially opened its streets at the University of Michigan. Called MCity, the $10 million test facility is designed t...

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Health

Developed Nations Should Invest In Healthcare Of Poorer Countries: WHO

In the run-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to gradually move t...

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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

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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Health

MDG Report: India On Track In Reducing Poverty

‘But it still remains home to one quarter of global underfed population’ India has halved its incidence of extreme poverty, from 49.4 per cent in 1994 to 24.7 p...

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Gender

EU Commends Uganda On Gender Equality

THE EU head of delegation H.E Ambassador Kristian Schmidt has hailed Uganda government for the effort it has put in place to enhance gender equality and the empowerment of ...

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