http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1961 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163954/1/1961 A Harvard-led team of experts is establishing a Global Task Force to address the global breast cancer epidemic. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85935 Poaching health staff from poor countries is not detrimental. A persuasive piece of counter-intuitive thinking but surely flawed, except possibly on the longest timescale. Foreign Policy http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163924/1/1961 The world's biggest mining company, Billiton, is accused of human rights abuses and environmental destruction in a report launched today. + Where is the Church of England’s heart invested? http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85782 Leaders of the medical profession pull no punches in calling for a decisive climate change agreement in Copenhagen. They use the language of "catastrophe" to describe the impact on global health. Guardian http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85766 A helpful discussion about the impact of climate change on health, with a WHO specialist. Not enough research and not enough action seem to be the messages. IRIN News http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85532 Are single issue donor initiatives the right answer for critical health problems such as maternal health? Global Health http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85529 Useful basic definitions of health systems and the issues in strengthening them. Global Health http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85481 It's no use piling money into specific illnesses such as HIV and malaria if there is no health system to deliver the programme. Rumours abound that the big agencies need to talk to each other. Center for Global Development http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85383 An experienced health worker gives five examples of daft supplies that arrive in global emergencies. Global Health http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85328 This would be a perfect article for April Fool's Day. But it's deadly serious and very original. Mara Gordon argues that Coca-Cola's distribution methods in Tanzania offer ideas for getting life-saving medicines to those who need them. Global Health http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85008 The UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, starting March 11, should address the lack of access to pain relief medicines in many countries, which leaves tens of millions of people worldwide suffering from severe but treatable pain, according to an international rights group. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161494/1/1961 A visit to my local hospital reminds me that we might be branded as hypocrites in the UK if we criticize countries like Nigeria for corruption. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160432/1/1961 Considered a taboo and anti-Islamic during Taliban regime, condom usage in Afghanistan is slowly increasing. The government however feels a need to boost its demand to achieve public health targets on STD prevention and reduction in maternal mortality. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160408/1/1961 Traditional midwives or dais have been overlooked by India’s National Rural Health Mission that focuses solely on institutional delivery. In a country having the highest maternal mortality rate and collapsing rural health care, there is a need to integrate these women in public health programmes. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160362/1/1961 Hot weather and lack of safe drinking water have led to a severe spate in diarrohea cases in Bangladesh. According to health experts, poverty, rising food prices and low levels of awareness on sanitation are driving people to eat cheap contaminated food.