IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=HE Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:41:39 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=HE 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-24%2015:41:39&key2=1 By Asha-Rose Migiro* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint NEW YORK (IDN) - The news of a pregnancy should ideally be met with joy -- but all too often there is justifiable fear. The African Union Summit, set to focus on the health of mothers and children, has a chance to transform this fear into hope. (The Summit concludes on July 27, 2010.) Ten years into the Millennium Development Goals, we know what African leaders have always appreciated: when you invest in mothers, whole societies benefit, and when you care for children, you raise a new generation of leaders. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-24%2015:41:39&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-19%2001:33:44&key2=1 By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a 'global code of practice' to stem the 'brain drain' of health-care workers from developing to high-income countries, which weakens health systems in the countries they quit. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-19%2001:33:44&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-25%2012:53:17&key2=1 By IDN Environment Desk IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - Clean, fresh water supply, which is fundamental to life and health -- regardless of nationality, age, gender, profession or status -- is at "extreme risk" in four African countries: Somalia, Mauritania, Sudan and Niger. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-25%2012:53:17&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-12%2017:16:23&key2=1 By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) - At least one woman dies every 90 seconds from pregnancy-related causes and another 20 suffer infection or disability, while four million newborns die every year. These grim numbers actually represent improvements over the last 20 years, during which many international gatherings have pledged investments in women that failed to materialize. The gatherings included the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, the 1995 Beijing International Conference on Women, the Monterey Consensus 2003, the 2004 Paris Declaration . . . http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-12%2017:16:23&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-03%2021:38:04&key2=1 By Erna Wolf IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BONN (IDN) - The critical importance of water for human development and international peace has been underlined by the announcement of two prestigious awards and launch of a 'coalition' to coincide with the climate change talks under way in Bonn, Germany. The eminent Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) announced on June 2 the Cambodian Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) as the winner of . . . http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-03%2021:38:04&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-01%2020:01:49&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) - The 27-nation European Union and its member states contribute a lion's share of official development assistance (ODA) the rich nations give to the poor. For such programmes between 2007 and 2013, it has allocated 51 billion Euros. But a new report says that a bulk of the money is not being spent on achieving the goals the international community has set itself. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-01%2020:01:49&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-16%2013:00:30&key2=1 By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) - More than 350,000 women die each year because of pregnancy and childbirth complications. 99 percent of these deaths occur in developing countries. Because many poor women turn to abortion as a last-resort means of birth control, some 68,000 of them die each year as a result of unsafe abortion. Another 5.3 million suffer temporary or permanent disability. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-16%2013:00:30&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-24%2003:46:31&key2=1 By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) - Maternal and child health in the world's poorest regions is an important development priority for Canada at the upcoming G8 June summit in Huntsville, Ontario. But it will not be an easy ride for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The G8 (Group of 8) is 18 billion U.S. dollar short on its commitments to alleviate poverty in developing countries, according to the OECD. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-24%2003:46:31&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-18%2023:52:08&key2=1 By Babukar Kashka IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NAIROBI (IDN) - They give life almost in every way - they deliver generation after generation; they plant seeds and grow crops, feed their families and sell food in rural markets; they bring water and heat and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their people be them newborns, adults or elderly. They save biodiversity - the key source of the future of every living thing. In brief, they develop and maintain the life cycle. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-18%2023:52:08&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-11%2001:32:10&key2=1 By Bob Narmer IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GEVENA (IDN) - The message is loud and clear: while governments spend billions of dollars in funding banks that caused the current, far-reaching global financial crisis, the UN agency spearheading the global war against trans-national criminal networks as part of an integrated strategy to combat drugs, crime and terrorism is "woefully short of the resources needed". http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-11%2001:32:10&key2=1