Full Coverage: Population
November 2007
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30.11.2007
More...Related topics/regions: [Aid] [Education] [Energy] [Fisheries] [Food] [Intermediate technology] [International cooperation] [Labour] [Land] [Poverty] [Social exclusion] [Tourism] [Transport] [Volunteering] [Youth] [Environment] [Animals] [Atmosphere] [Climate change] [Conservation] [Environmental activism] [Forests] [Oceans] [Pollution] [Renewable energy] [Rivers] [Soils] [Health] [Disease] [Infant mortality] [Malaria] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Human rights] [Civil rights] [Gender] [Indigenous rights] [Sexuality] [Culture] [ICT] [Media] [Globalisation] [Governance] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace] Image: Waves of Change
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23.11.2007
Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific, released by Oxfam and others, focuses on the threat from climate change to around four billion people in the region and its environment. More than half live along the coast, exposing them to the fury of rising seas. Bangladesh, featuring prominently in the report, is currently trying to recover from the Cyclone Sidr.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Environment] [Climate change] [Environmental activism] Image: Save the earth from burning
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22.11.2007
Released on November 20, a World Bank study on people with disabilities in India finds low levels of literacy and employment among approximately 90 million of its population. Majority of Indians see disability as a curse of God and turn a blind eye to their problems.
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08.11.2007
As it is, shining India does not shine for 412 million people. The latest World Energy Outlook brought out by International Energy Agency predicts that even by 2030, some 60 million Indians will remain engulfed in darkness.
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02.11.2007
The final report of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) 2005-06 offers the first-ever comprehensive picture of the health and well-being of Indias men, women and children. The report was released last month by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the capital, New Delhi.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Health] [AIDS] [Gender] [MDGs] Image: Nutrition plays a key role in both maternal and child health © Thatcher Cook / Refugees International
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