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Polio outbreak in Tajikistan is cause for alarm
The rapidly growing polio outbreak in Tajikistan raises serious concerns that the disease could spread to other regions in the world, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). It is imperative th ...
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Jun 23, 2010 |
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Academic asks 'where is the international outcry?' as new index reveals poorest regions in PNG
Papua New Guinea's "poorest" region - the resource rich Western Province - would rank just above Zimbabwe but below the Democratic Republic of Congo in terms of human development according to new data unveiled by Deakin University's ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2012 |
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'Serious' pesticide threat in former Soviet Union: UN agency
The European Union and the UN's food agency announced an agreement on Thursday to manage vast stocks of obsolete pesticides in the former Soviet Union, warning they had become a "serious threat".
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Tajikistan allows access to Facebook
Authorities in Tajikistan on Sunday allowed access to Facebook following an outcry from international organisations over the recent blocking of independent media sites.
Mar 11, 2012 |
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Tajikistan blocks Facebook and several news sites
The Tajikistan government ordered Internet providers on Saturday to block Facebook, along with several independent media sites, a spokeswoman for the country's web-provider association told AFP.
Mar 03, 2012 |
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Millennium Development Goals progress reports overestimate access to safe water
The researchers show that the current methods oversimplify the measure by not accounting for water quality; the key measure of safety. In four of the five developing countries studied, the reduction in reported progress would ...
Mar 01, 2012 |
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WCS documents pneumonia outbreak in endangered markhor
If they didn't have enough to worry about from dodging poachers, snow leopards, and landslides in Central Asia's rugged mountains, a population of endangered markhor—a majestic wild goat species—has ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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USAID, CU-Boulder partner to study water resources in Asia mountains
A University of Colorado Boulder team is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development to assess snow and glacier contributions to water resources originating in the high mountains ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 06, 2011 |
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World's largest sheep an international traveler
A genetic study of the world's largest sheep species has revealed that the big-horned animals travel extensively across the moutainous borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China according to Wildlife Conservation ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Economic benefits of the global polio eradication initiative estimated at $40-50 billion
A new study released today estimates that the global initiative to eradicate polio could provide net benefits of at least US$40-50 billion if transmission of wild polioviruses is interrupted within the next five years. The ...
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Nov 22, 2010 |
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The time to prepare for climate change is now
Though the massive glaciers of the greater Himalayan region are retreating slowly, development agencies can take steps now to help the region's communities prepare for the many ways glacier melt is expected ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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