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READER SUBMITTED: MidState Medical Center Receives Prestigious International Recognition As Baby-Friendly Birth Facility
MeridenMidState Medical Center is pleased to announce that it has been named a Baby-Friendly birth facility. For the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative ("BFHI"), a global program sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Organizations, Politics, International Organizations
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North Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian aid - group
Reuters* Sanctions imposed over nuclear programme * Agencies to seek help from EU By Emma Batha LONDON, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aid agencies helping millions of people in North Korea could be forced to pull out after a Chinese bank cut ties with...Tags: Natural Disasters, Pyongyang (North Korea), Thomson Corporation, North Korea, Robin Williams
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Joel Brinkley: India's neglected generation
American VoicesTalk about India always begins with recognition that it's one of Asia's rising powers, a state with a fast-growing economy and burgeoning political influence on the world stage. But a closer look shows a dark underbelly that portends a sad time ahead....Tags: Government, India, Career and Workplace, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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End of smallpox
Although polio has been reduced to its lowest level in history, three countries still have polio transmission — Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Last year 223 polio cases were reported. So far in 2013 there have been 19 cases, according to the...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Government, Preventative Medicine, Polio, Diseases and Illnesses
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Niger villagers take mass public vow to end female genital mutilation
Reuters* Niger outlawed female genital mutilation in 2003 * Rate at about 2 percent from about 5 percent in late 1990s * Ceremony sponsored by government, NGOs and UNICEF By Abdoulaye Massalatchi MAKALONDI, Niger, May 16 (Reuters) - About 14,000 villagers...Tags: Health Organizations, Social Issues, Niger, United Nations General Assembly, Africa
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Man celebrates birthday with fundraiser
An Aberdeen man wants to use his birthday to raise money for an immunization project. Glenn Jakober, who will turn 70 on May 23, is raising funds to support Kiwanis International's efforts to eliminate maternal neonatal tetanus in developing countries....Tags: Preventative Medicine, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, Tetanus, Drugs and Medicines
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Diab calls for strict implementation of sanitation guidelines
The Lebanon Daily StarThe Education Ministry called Monday for the strict implementation of sanitation and hygiene guidelines in Lebanon's public schools after recent cases of poisoning among students. Caretaker Education Minister Hassan Diab chaired a meeting Monday to...Tags: Public Schools, Health and Safety at School, Beirut (Lebanon), Schools, Water Supply
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The Oakland Tribune Chris Treadway column
The Oakland TribuneA distinguished group of recipients make up the class of 2013 who will be honored at Richmond's annual Historic Preservation Awards ceremony at 5:30 p.m. May 17 in the City Council Chambers 440 Civic Center Plaza. Front and center are Orton...Tags: High School Sports, Technology, Biotechnology Industry, University of California, Berkeley, Travel
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EDITORIAL: Support strategies that help victims of sex trafficking
Seattle TimesON two separate continents, in two different cultures, efforts to end the sex trafficking of minors are under way with remarkable parallels. Washington state has passed 33 laws since 2002 clamping down on sex traffickers and improving funding for victim...Tags: Kolkata (India), Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Prostitution, Sex Crimes
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African superstar headlines Nightfall
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.If there were a royal court of African music, Zimbabwean vocalist Oliver Mtukudzi would undoubtedly occupy a place close to the throne. Since the release of his debut single, "Stop After Orange," in 1975, Mtukudzi -- or Tuku, as his fans...Tags: Robert Mugabe, Music, Feminism, Entertainment
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USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders
WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...
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Concert to benefit Kiwanis charities
WILLIAMSBURG - The DOG Street Rhythm Kings will give a two-hour “History of Jazz” concert on Saturday, May 11, at 7 p.m. at the James-York Playhouse on Hubbard Lane. The six-piece band will play jazz styles from the 1920s to the 1960s. All...
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