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Also in the news: new meningitis vaccine?; ethics of clinical trials
on Jun 14, 2007 in Developing world Meningococcus Research Two other odds-and-ends appearing in our inbox this week:-- An AP story from late last week proclaims, "New meningitis shot could end fatal epidemics." Not surprisingly, "could" is very much the key word in that headline. As the story points out, the...
Going Carbon-Neutral: Pros and Cons of Carbon Offsets
on Oct 31, 2007 in Climate Change carbon offsets evaluating choices Al Gore carbon emissions carbon neutral developing world environmental issues inconvenient truth reforestation renewable energy terrapass treehugger The New Oxford American Dictionary’s word of the year for 2006 was “carbon-neutral,” which gives you some sense of the fad that is carbon offsets. With the success of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, there is a rising wave of guilt about the...
Chinese companies on board
on Oct 25, 2008 in China Developing World Emissions Reductions Three major Chinese companies — China Mobile (the world’s largest mobile phone operator, with 420 million customers), Suntech (the world’s third largest solar energy supplier), and Broad Air Conditioning (a manufacturer of air condi...
Global health inequality gets personal
on Jan 29, 2009 in health inequality ethics developing world There are many ways global health inequalities can be expressed. The usual one is statistics, expressed in graphs, comparing countries using some health indicator or other. Haiti and Canada on child mortality. Sweden versus Senegal on life expectancy...
Kathmandu lunch
on Feb 18, 2009 in Developing world Poverty Posted in Developing world, Poverty...