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Foreign Aid Donors Should Prioritize Maternal Mortality In Developing Countries, NYT Opinion Piece Says
One of the "most lethal forms of sex discrimination" is the "systematic inattention to reproductive health care, from family planning to childbirth" in developing countries, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes. According to Kristof, a woman dies every minute somewhere in the world from pregnancy or childbirth complications, and 20 times that number suffer childbirth injuries. Providers of foreign aid, including the U.S., "have never shown much interest in maternal mortality, and impoverished women are typically the most voiceless, neglected people in their own countries -- so they die at astonishing rates," Kristof writes.Kristof highlights the childbirth experience of a 19-year-old Pakistani woman named Shazia Allahdita whose infant died in childbirth after her relatives refused to take her to the hospital because they did not want to pay for the taxi fare. Kristof writes that "[i]f men had uteruses, "paternity wards" would get res, ambulances would transport pregnant men to hospitals free of charge, deliveries would be free, and the Group of Eight industrialized nations would make paternal mortality a top priority." Kristof notes that there is "the dawn of a global movement against maternal mortality," with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon working with the U.S. and other countries to plan a "landmark global health session" on Sept. 23. The session will focus, in part, on maternal health, which Kristof terms a "milestone." He concludes, "My dream is that Barack and Michelle Obama will leap forward and adopt this cause -- and transform the prospects for so many young women like Shazia" (Kristof, New York Times, 7/29).
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Afinitor And Sandostatin LAR Phase II Data Show Advanced Pancreatic NET Patients Remain Progression-Free For Nearly 17 Months
New data demonstrate that treatment with Afinitor® (everolimus) in combination with Sandostatin® LAR® (octreotide acetate suspension for injection) and Afinitor monotherapy may have the potential to stabilise tumour growth in patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (NET). These results were presented at the 11th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer in Barcelona, Spain.
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Landlords Reminded To Check Gas Appliances Regularly Following HSE Prosecution, UK

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging landlords and property agents to ensure that their gas appliances are serviced and maintained and that landlords" gas safety checks are completed. It follows the prosecution of a Tamworth man, after four people were taken to hospital suffering suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a rented property. Paul Bird was fined ÷£2,000 and ordered to pay ÷£2,220 in costs at Burton on Trent Magistrates Court on 8 June, after pleading guilty to four charges under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998. The incident occurred in a property on Prospect Street, Tamworth on 11 December last year. The four people who were taken to hospital with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, were released the same day. Mr Bird was the managing agent of the property. The court heard that following the incident, British Gas and HSE visited the house, to inspect the appliances. They identified that the back boiler, gas flue and gas fire were immediately dangerous. It also emerged that a landlord"s gas safety check had not been completed at the property and there was no evidence that the gas appliances, which were almost 30 years old, had been serviced in recent years. Speaking after the case, HSE investigating inspector Andrew Bowker said: "Approximately 20 people are killed every year by carbon monoxide poisoning due to unsafe gas appliances and flues. Landlords and managing agents must ensure that their gas appliances are checked for safety on an annual basis and are suitably serviced and maintained. Mr Bird fell well below the required standard and it was fortunate those affected recovered quickly. "HSE would also urge any private tenant in a property with a gas appliance installed, to ensure that their landlord has provided them with a current gas safety certificate." Notes 1. Section 36 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 states: "Where the commission by any person of an offence under any of the relevant statutory provisions is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person shall be guilty of the offence, and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of this subsection whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person." 2. Regulation 36 of The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) regulations 1998 states: Every landlord shall ensure that there is maintained in a safe condition - (a) any relevant gas fitting; and (b) any flue which serves any relevant gas fitting, so as to prevent the risk of injury to any person in lawful occupation or relevant premises. 3. Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph above, a landlord shall - (a) ensure that each appliance and flue to which that duty extends is checked for safety within 12 months of being installed and at intervals of not more than 12 months since it was last checked for safety (whether such check was made pursuant to these Regulations or not); (c) ensure that a record in respect of any appliance or flue so checked is made and retained for a period of 2 years from the date of that check HSE


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