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A Decline in Uninsured Is Reported for 2007
by IAN URBINA WASHINGTON – After climbing steadily for six years, the number of Americans without health insurance dropped by more than a million in 2007, to 45.7 million, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The drop was the result of growth in government-sponsored health insurance…
Author: The New York Times
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Ageing Ireland
by Stephen Rogers THE Government has been urged to start planning for an ageing population as the number of over-65s is projected to increase 245% by 2060. There are 492,700 people in the country over 65 years – 11.16% of the population. By 2060, Eurostat…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Dublin mayor's strategy aims to tap into Vast experience' of older people
by KITTY HOLLAND A STRATEGY to get older people more involved in volunteering and to tap into their “vast experience” is being drawn up and will be published in coming months, the Lord Mayor of Dublin said yesterday. Cllr Eibhlin Byrne, who was speaking at…
Author: Irish Times
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Miami-Dade Voters Give a Great Gift to Children, Say Yes to The Children's Trust
Original Source Miami, FL Aug. 27, 2008 Miami-Dade County voters gave a huge thumbs up to children and families by voting Tuesday to reauthorize The Children’s Trust. More than 85 percent of voters approved the referendum to permanently establish The Children’s Trust as the children’s…
Author: The Children's Trust
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Hundreds of Workers Held in Immigration Raid
by ADAM NOSSITER LAUREL, Miss. – In another large-scale workplace immigration crackdown, federal officials raided a factory here on Monday, detaining at least 350 workers they said were in the country illegally. Numerous agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on a factory belonging to…
Author: The New York Times
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Northern Ireland: Sinn Fein warns it may abandon power sharing in policing row
by Henry McDonald Power sharing in Northern Ireland was under threat yesterday after warnings from Sinn Fein that it may pull out of the Stormont government over the failure to devolve policing and justice powers. Unionists warned last night that the republican party’s increasingly bellicose…
Author: The Guardian (London)
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Advocacy group dismisses claim by health minister
by Xolani Mbanjwa A mere one-percent reduction in the HIV prevalence of pregnant mothers means nothing in a country where treatment of the disease is still not adequate and universal, the Treatment Action Campaign has warned. This comes after health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang told reporters…
Author: The Mercury (South Africa)
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Black Caucus highlights disparages and suggests philanthropic solutions
Original Source By Robyn Skinner The community’s health can be gauged by how black men and boys are doing and philanthropic organisations need to understand why there are still barriers to helping them. That’s why last week a group of leaders in their fields met…
Author: The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
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Vietnam to See Private and Foreign-Invested Hospitals Mushrooming
According to the Ministry of Health, number of private clinics and foreign-invested hospitals will sharply soar in the near future when a series of investment incentives are put into reality. First of all, many barriers in private medical activities in Vietnam will be removed when…
Author: Thai Press Reports
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Minister to put HIV data online
by Tamar Kahn CAPE TOWN – Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang yesterday promised to crack the whip and get her officials to post the latest antenatal HIV survey online. The annual survey is one of the government’s most important gauges of how effective its HIV prevention…
Author: Business Day (South Africa)
