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Disabled: They Are One Billion & Face Serious Barriers Each Day
The first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO & World Bank, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability. It provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, and support services, and to create the environments which will enable people with disabilities to flourish. But how sensitive we are to the disabled? Achha, tell me… are they visible in our statistics & aid budgets? Continue reading
Better baby care key to reducing deaths
40 per cent of deaths of children under the age of five occur in the first month of life, most in the first week. Continue reading
Online Guide on children’s medicines; could save 9 mn lives annually
75 per cent of the formulations included are available for purchase. Continue reading
1 mn safe schools & hospitals campaign
“One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign”: The campaign was launched during recent opening of the ASEAN Forum on Safe Hospitals in Manila, which was attended by governments throughout the South-East Asia region, UN agencies and NGOs. Continue reading
