Living Goods, a social enterprise based in San Francisco, has built a network of door-to-door salespeople in Uganda A dose of competition is sometimes what's required to get life-saving medicines and other needed products to urban slum dwellers and the rural poor. Drugs to treat malaria, for example...
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An inspiring enterprise which employs and empowers people with autism has already expanded to eight countries The term welfare is questioned in Denmark. MondayMorning , Scandinavia's leading independent thinktank, published the results of a six-month project Ways to Resource Denmark which involved...
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Delhi denial follows claims a third of anti-malarial drugs in Uganda and Tanzania could be counterfeit or substandard India has denied claims that it has exported large quantities of counterfeit medication to Africa, after the Guardian published a front page exposé on the phenomenon. "No fake medicines...
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Vincent Nichols calls time on fortnightly service at Our Lady of the Assumption church in central London amid anti-gay protests Special fortnightly "Soho masses" held for gay and *** Catholics at a central London church for the past six years are to end, the archbishop of Westminster has announced...
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Contrary to the belief that mephedrone is less harmful than drugs like cocaine, many users showed signs of dependence Three in 10 clubbers who take the drug mephedrone exhibit symptoms associated with addiction, a study has found. Many users of the banned substance, sometimes called "meow meow"...
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Porridge, brown rice and cereals reduce danger but 'no significant evidence' that fruit and vegetables do the same A diet high in fibre-rich foods such as porridge, brown rice and cereal cuts the risk of bowel cancer, according to an analysis of 25 studies. Experts said cereal fibre and whole...
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