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Hogan appoints TAC activist as AIDS adviser
Source: Business Day (South Africa)
Original Source by Tamar KahnScience and Health Editor CAPE TOWN — In a clear break with the traditions of her predecessor, Health Minister Barbara Hogan has employed prominent AIDS activist Fatima Hassan as an adviser. Unlike Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who had a frosty relationship with SA’s…
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Charity Lauded by Obama Lays Off 10% of Its Staff
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Original Source Harlem Children’s Zone, the New York charity that President-elect Barack Obama has held up as a model for fighting poverty, laid off 10 percent of its staff this month because of the deepening economic crisis. “We thought this was a fiscally prudent move…
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CMAG chooses HCAN ad for Ad of the Week
Source: TNS Media Intelligence/CMAG
View the ad video here Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG), a division of TNS Media Intelligence, has chosen the most recent HCAN ad as their "Ad of the Week" on their political ad blog for the week of 24 November, 2008. This ad is currently…
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Telling the Story About South Africa's Rural Poor
Source: Gara LaMarche
The transition from apartheid to the new South Africa is rightfully viewed as one of the major advances in human history toward equality and democracy. But as I have written here before, many problems still exist: the South African government became an object of ridicule,…
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Communities In Schools to Receive Major Grant From the Corporation for National and Community Service
Source: Communities In Schools (Release)
Investment Will be Used to Improve the Lives of Young People Nationwide ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Communities In Schools, the nation's largest dropout prevention organization, is proud to announce that it is one of only three national organizations to receive a competitive grant…
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Protecting research time for arthritis
Source: Irish Times
Arthritis Ireland is funding three new academic chairs in rheumatology in Irish universities, costing €7 million, in a drive to boost research, education and clinical services for patients. WHEN IT comes to providing services for people with arthritis, Ireland finds itself sorely lacking, according…
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Cone shell toxin offers new hope for chronic pain sufferers
Source: University of Queensland
Original Source Better chronic pain relief could be possible in the future, according to research announced today by scientists at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute. Neuropathic and chronic pain is typically caused by injury to the nerves, resulting in uncontrolled activation of pain pathways, and affects…
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U.S. Aid Urged for Education's Entrepreneurs
Source: Education Week
by Erik W. Robelen Washington With the presidential candidates both underscoring their support for entrepreneurial initiatives in education, policy experts are advancing ideas for helping such efforts flourish. In their Oct. 15 debate at Hofstra University, both Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Barack Obama…
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After-School Sessions Expanding the Reach of Summer Program
Source: Education Week
Study shows children who took part improved their reading skills by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo Following a day of classwork, about 40 students from neighboring schools gather in the media center at Fairview Elementary School for a celebration of a day well spent. After a reading…
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Trickle-down financial crisis hits neediest
Source: The Washington Post
by ROBIN SHULMAN For Citymeals-on-Wheels, a nonprofit group that delivers food to homebound New Yorkers, the Wall Street crisis already means 100,000 fewer meals will be delivered to people who need them. One day this spring, the group lost about $500,000 it expected from employees…
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