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17.11.2008 Un nuovo rapporto di Medici Senza Frontiere (MSF) mostra come la Commissione Europea stia fallendo nel contribuire alla ricerca per trovare vaccini, nuovi sistemi diagnostici e cure contro la tubercolosi. MSF chiede alla Commissione Europea di quintuplicare i finanziamenti per la ricerca di strumenti per combattere la tubercolosi di fronte a un’epidemia globale che uccide, ogni anno, 1,7 milioni di persone. "Poiché i test diagnostici e i farmaci che usiamo attualmente sono lungi dall’essere efficaci, le equipe di MSF impegnate a combattere l’epidemia di TBC in Africa e in Asia si trovano ad affrontare una missione praticamente impossibile" - dichiara MSF. Un recente rapporto dell'OMS evidenzia che la Tbc è mutata in nuove e pericolose forme per le quali non esiste alcuna cura.

25.03.2008 Are icesheets at the edge of Antartica melting faster? Is the Southern Ocean soaking up less climate-warming carbon dioxide? Scientists hope to answer these questions on a data-gathering voyage.
From: Reuters India

23.03.2008 The 25 new and most pressing issues likely to affect biodiversity in the UK between now and 2050.

18.03.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (OneWorld) - Alarmed by new scientific data showing a continued increase in the melting of the world's glaciers due to global warming, top UN environmental officials are making fresh calls for a new international agreement to cap greenhouse gas emissions.

17.03.2008 A new family exhibition at the Science Museum in London explores how our lives could be affected by changing climate and resources, and gives a glimpse of how we might live in 2050.

17.03.2008 Europe's Alps could lose three-quarters of their glaciers to climate change during the coming century, says the World Glacier Monitoring Service.
From: The BBC

05.03.2008 The newly-opened Global Seed Vault (GSV) at Svalbard in Norway is being criticised by Indian and other NGOs for excluding farmers from its institutional framework. Farmers being the first link in the food chain, should be involved in conserving genetic biodiversity, they argue.

04.03.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 4 (OneWorld) - The vast majority of scientists and other specialists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have withdrawn from a key labor-management partnership, citing rising distrust of the agency's chief Stephen Johnson.

04.03.2008 A new report highlights the need to eliminate carbon emissions, or find a way of actively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Simply stabilising concentrations is insufficient to stabilise temperatures.
From: New Scientist Environment

28.02.2008 BROOKLIN, Canada, Feb 27 (IPS) - Free, authoritative and online: 1.8 million species.

27.02.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 26 (OneWorld) - Most of California's furniture contains toxic chemicals that have been linked to cancer, birth defects, hormone disruption, and neurological and reproductive dysfunction, according to a report released today.

22.02.2008 Joukko Yhdysvaltain johtavia tieteentekijöitä on vedonnut maan kongressiin varmistaakseen, ettei maan seuraava presidentti sensuroi ja vääristä ympäristö- ja terveysalan tutkimusta. Tutkijoiden mukaan "poliittisesti arkaluontoisia asioita" sisältäviä tutkimuksia on George W. Bushin kaudella jätetty julkaisematta.

20.02.2008 New knowledge about the mechanics of HIV transmission is already shaping new approaches to stopping the virus, says an anti-AIDS advocate reflecting on the news that a cream that was hoped to revolutionize how women protect themselves from AIDS had failed in clinical trials.
From: Global Campaign for Microbicides

08.02.2008 NEW YORK, Feb 8 (OneWorld) - A much-delayed U.S. government report has been obtained by journalists, raising allegations that officials may be suppressing politically inconvenient data that, if released, could help protect the health of millions living in the Great Lakes region of the country.

07.02.2008 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a US$ 19 million grant to develop rice varieties that can withstand the effects of climate change. The money will benefit nearly half a million farmers in Africa and Asia who depend on rain fed agriculture for their livelihoods.

05.02.2008 Teknologi Informasi (TI) yang kini berkembang amat pesat tak bisa dipungkiri memberikan kontribusi yang signifikan terhadap seluruh proses globalisasi ini. Mulai dari wahana TI yang paling sederhana (radio dan televisi), hingga internet dan ponsel, informasi mengalir dengan sangat cepat dan menyeruak ruang kesadaran banyak orang.

19.01.2008 Dura critica di Medici Senza Frontiere (Msf) agli articoli sulla malnutrizione pubblicati sull'ultimo numero della rivista 'The Lancet' che "minano il sostegno all'utilizzo degli alimenti terapeutici pronti all'uso per combattere la malnutrizione infantile". L'associazione sottolinea che il "nuovo approccio", recentemente promosso dalle maggiori agenzie dell'Onu attive nel settore, alla cura della malnutrizione è basato su cure domiciliari e a livello di comunità con gli alimenti terapeutici pronti all’uso spesso disponibili a livello locale, mentre gli articoli del Lancet sono centrati su un "approccio obsoleto" basato sul ricovero ospedaliero dei pazienti malnutriti. Secondo la ricerca del 'The Lancet' sono circa 3,5 milioni l'anno i bambini che muoiono per fame nel mondo mentre soffrono di malnutrizione 178 milioni di piccoli sotto i 5 anni, cioè il 32% dei bambini di questa età.

15.01.2008 The Sono filter, a local innovation, offers hope to millions in Bangladesh who lack access to safe drinking water. Arsenic contaminated groundwater exists in all but one of the country’s 64 districts, and adversely impacts the health of those who ingest it over long periods.

31.12.2007 The Nepal government will spend US$ 1.1 million to set up a national science laboratory to carry out advanced research on biotechnology, biofuels and renewable energy. The laboratory, due to open in the beginning of 2010, will be managed by the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST).

06.12.2007 An Indian scientist based in Pune, a city in the state of Maharashtra, has found a novel way to manage kitchen waste that would not only reduce burden on city administration but also produce methane gas that can be used for cooking. Sustainable rural development through the application of scientific and technological knowledge is the mission of this renowned scientist.