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NEW YORK, March 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The third edition of Mediaplanet's "Investing in the Developing World" series hit newsstands today in select markets of USA Today, setting the stage in Latin America and the Caribbean. The "Investing in Latin America & the Caribbean" publication will map the distribution of disadvantage, revealing the deeply entrenched inequalities that persist despite the economic growth that the region has witnessed over the past few decades. With the...
Griffith University researchers map out new approach An international study, involving researchers from Griffith University's Eskitis Institute, has discovered a molecule which could form the basis of powerful new anti-malaria drugs. Professor Vicky Avery from Griffith University's Eskitis Institute is co-author of the paper "Quinolone-3-Diarylethers: a new class of drugs for a new era of malaria eradication" which has been published in the journal Science Translational Medicine....
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online More people worldwide own a cellphone than have access to toilets or latrines, United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson revealed as part of what the global governing body has deemed “a call for urgent action to end the crisis of 2.5 billion people without basic sanitation.” According to statistics released by the UN on Thursday, six billion of the world’s seven billion people have mobile phones, but only 4.5...
Drug may be major advance as malaria has developed resistance to existing treatments Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland VA Medical Center have developed a drug that may represent one of the world's best hopes for treating and preventing malaria — a disease that kills more than one million people each year. The scientists have described the drug, and its effectiveness against mice infected with malaria, in the March 20 issue of Science Translational...
NEW YORK, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The NetsforLife® Inspiration Fund has successfully exceeded its $5 million goal due to the incredible generosity of supporters across the Episcopal Church and beyond. Over the 2010-12 triennium, thousands of individuals joined congregations, dioceses, schools and organizations in this church-wide, grassroots effort to unite Episcopalians in the fight against malaria. Since 2006, Episcopal Relief & Development's NetsforLife®...
Clean Water Systems & Stores Inc has developed a new line of advanced modular ground water treatment systems and expanded its services for its customers in Latin America resulting in wider access by consumers to safe clean drinking water. New low cost modular ground water treatment and ultra-filtration systems are available to treat a wide variety of water contamination problems. Santa Cruz, California (PRWEB) March 17, 2013 The supply of potable water in Latin America is often...
MDG takes home more awards than any other agency for fourth consecutive year. BOCA RATON, Fla., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MDG Advertising took the spotlight at the recent 2013 American Advertising Federation of Greater Fort Lauderdale ADDY(®) Awards. MDG won the prestigious Best of Show award and the Best of Advertising Self-Promotion award, along with 23 gold ADDYs and 52 silvers, earning more awards than any other agency for the fourth consecutive year. (Logo:...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Ground-level ozone may be falling even faster than popular prediction models have been reporting, according to new research conducted by environmental experts at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The study suggests that recent pollution controls designed to cut down on industrial and vehicular emissions may be doing a better job of lowering dangerous ozone levels than even the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model has...
Working Group formed by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development to enhance opportunities for women and girls around the world BOSTON, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonia Jorge, Research and Consulting Director at Pyramid Research, has been invited to join the recently formed Broadband Commission Working Group on Gender. Ms. Jorge will participate in the Working Group's upcoming meeting on March 16-17 in Mexico City, to be held alongside the Broadband Commission for Digital...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online AIDS research has come a long way since the disease was first clinically discovered in 1981 and officially named by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1982. And although many hurdles had been overcome in the prevention and treatment of the world’s deadliest sexually-transmitted infection (STI) over the past thirty years, no real cure had ever been found. That is until today. Unveiling their landmark...
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a lentivirus, causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) which is a condition in humans were the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. Infection is transferred through bodily fluids where HIV is present as both free virus particles and within infected immune cells. The four most common routes of infection are unsafe sex, contaminated needles, breast milk, and transmission from an infected mother to her...
