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Pledge to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission
Lima :: Peru | 32 minutes ago
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Health authorities, experts on sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and family health professionals have launched a commitment to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis in Latin America and the Caribbean by the year 2015.
Tags: Caribbean, Latin America, PAHO, health problems, pregnant women, public health, Peru, Lima, Health Medical Pharma, HIV/AIDS, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Congenital syphilis, Social Issues, AIDS, Immunodeficiency, Spirochaetes, Syphilis, Pan American Health Organization
Caribbean Coalition for Cultural Diversity formed
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 33 minutes ago
Credibility Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions...Worldwide, some 103 states have ratified, but in the English-speaking Caribbean so far only Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines have...
Tags: Caribbean Coalition, Caribbean States, cultural diversity, Diversity of Cultural Expressions, cultural sectors, UNESCO, International Federation of Coalitions, unesco convention, Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Cultural geography, Culture, International organizations, Caribbean, Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
CLIMATE CHANGE: Latin America's Perpetual Fever
Montevideo :: Uruguay | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Nobel Peace Prize, along with former U.S. vice-president Al Gore. Nobre's opinions appear, with those of another 22 noted experts, in the "First Regional Report on Climate Change: Latin America and the Irreversible Effects of a Warmer Planet", published...
Tags: climate change, Latin America, Caribbean, america andes, Tierram, gas emissions, greenhouse gas, climate andes, Carlos Nobre, Uruguay, Montevideo, Environment, Diplomatic conferences, Carbon finance, IPCC Third Assessment Report, Global warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Effects of global warming, Kyoto Protocol
UCC delivers first batch of Commonwealth master's students
Kingston :: Jamaica | about 8 hours ago
Credibility A number of them were undergraduate students, who enrolled in 20 different programmes, from certificate to bachelor's...COL is an intergovernmental organisation created by Common-wealth heads of government to help developing member countries expand learning...
Tags: UCC, Commonwealth of Learning, John Daniel, Caribbean, COL, sir john, Jamaica, Kingston, Kingston Jamaica, Education, University College of The Caribbean, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Association of Commonwealth Universities
Caribbean goes bananas over EU deal
London :: United Kingdom | about 8 hours ago
Credibility African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) banana-producing countries have criticised the new agreement reached between Europe and Latin American to end their long-running trade dispute, and have accused Europe of abandoning its promise to help them develop...
Tags: Europe, Sites Caribbean, ACP, Latin American, United Kingdom, London, International trade, Lomￃﾩ Convention, Caribbean, Banana, African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
Palestine and now Turks and Caicos - developments being bulldozed by UK and land laws being changed to favour UK
Crown land is now one of the obvious targets of UK's forceful take over in Turks and Caicos. And why wouldn't the UK want the benefit of the recently discovered tourism paradise, complete with white sand beaches and breathtaking views? The former Premier...
Tags: Turks, Caicos, islands, caribbean, palestine, palistinian, developments, developers, economy, nazi, terror, tourism, british, uk, land, politics, activist, government, crown land, wetherell, misick, laws, policies, bulldozers, foreign, investors, Gordon Wetherell, Caicos Crown Land Policies, British overseas territories, Michael Misick, Outline of the Turks and Caicos Islands, resorts developers, Chief Ministers of the Turks and Caicos Islands, public officials, Premiers of the Turks and Caicos Islands, purchases crown, Brad Lamb, real estate, Cem Kinay, allnews, Helen Garlick, Turks and Caicos Islands, Lamb, Cockburn Harbour, The Crown, Caicos Islands
Vincentians vote in historic Constitution referendum
Kingstown :: Saint Vincent and The Grenadines | about 19 hours ago
Credibility Vincentians are today casting ballots in a historic referendum on the adoption of a new Constitution. A total of 225 polling stations opened from 7 am and are scheduled to close at 5 pm. But the Constitutional Vote St Vincent and the Grenadines Electoral...
Tags: Grenadines Electoral Commission, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Kingstown, Politics, Outline of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Referendum, Saint Vincent, Dutch European Constitution referendum, Elections, Social Issues, Index of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-related articles, Caribbean, Burmese constitutional referendum, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Independence referendums, Direct democracy
Sand, Sun and Don't Forget Exercise
Ahhhh! Sun, sand, and surf, who could ask for anything more? There’s nothing like the Caribbean sun smiling down on you as you walk along the beach, but some may beg to differ. Why not show off “rock-hard” toned abs...
Tags: fitness, workout, health, exercise, caribbean, beach, fitness routine
'Blame the PNP'
Kingston :: Jamaica | 1 day ago
Credibility Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the country's finance minister, said it was time his predecessor removed himself from speaking on matters of economics. "Before you can pay one policeman or fix one pothole, 60 per cent of the money (Government budget)...
Tags: Salvation Army, Caribbean, Jamaica Labour Party, Jamaica, Kingston, Omar Davies, Audley Shaw, Politics, Elections in Jamaica, International Monetary Fund, International development, Shaw Clifton, Bramwell Booth, Haiti, Christianity in the United Kingdom, Protestantism, The Salvation Army, Social Issues, Religion Belief, Transparency International, Communist Party of India, Index of Jamaica-related articles, Caribbean Community
Climate change not welcome at Chogm
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Mr McCully will begin meetings tonight with his Commonwealth counterparts in the Caribbean state ahead of the arrival of Prime Minister John Key on Friday morning for the leaders' summit. With a membership of 53, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting...
Tags: Caribbean, climate change, Afghanistan, Kabul, Politics, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth of Nations, Environment, Outline of Trinidad and Tobago, Prime minister, Foreign minister, International Security Assistance Force, War Conflict, Trinidad and Tobago, Murray McCully, War in Afghanistan, NATO, Commonwealth Heads of Government
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