health, justice, money... link parking
A quiet weekend has afforded me time for the latest interesting news article round-up.
"justice" delayed?
African Union Panel on Darfur Will Meet ICC: Mbeki
Interesting, in terms of how little has been reported on the impact an actual pandemic of flu would have on the developing world. [As if the current pandemic weren't evidence enough.]
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Not enough drugs to handle a pandemic
A new report tells us that, strangely, giving people mosquito (bed)nets is effective at preventing malaria while giving whole populations behavior change education is not very effective at preventing HIV. I wonder how effective malaria prevention would be if we gave 30% of prevention funding to educate people how to avoid mosquito bites?
World Bank HIV/AIDS Programs Less Effective Than Its Other Health Programs, Report Finds
Ahh, and in the US we are still working on offering healthcare to everyone... Flash-forward to the UK:
Should the NHS offer us incentives to improve our health?
"justice" delayed?
African Union Panel on Darfur Will Meet ICC: Mbeki
Interesting, in terms of how little has been reported on the impact an actual pandemic of flu would have on the developing world. [As if the current pandemic weren't evidence enough.]
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Not enough drugs to handle a pandemic
A new report tells us that, strangely, giving people mosquito (bed)nets is effective at preventing malaria while giving whole populations behavior change education is not very effective at preventing HIV. I wonder how effective malaria prevention would be if we gave 30% of prevention funding to educate people how to avoid mosquito bites?
World Bank HIV/AIDS Programs Less Effective Than Its Other Health Programs, Report Finds
Ahh, and in the US we are still working on offering healthcare to everyone... Flash-forward to the UK:
Should the NHS offer us incentives to improve our health?