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		<title>Research links circumcision and HIV/AIDS reduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 4 million new HIV/AIDS infections could be prevented and $20.2 billion in HIV-related costs in eastern and southern Africa saved by 2025 if male circumcision rates increase to 80%, the aid group Population Services International says. Researchers say circumcision cuts a man&#8217;s infection risk by as much as 60%. 
Expanding circumcision services to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hans Rosling on global population growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years &#8212; and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology.
As a doctor and researcher, Hans Rosling identified a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://environment.mkfc.se/2010/07/21/hans-rosling-on-global-population-growth/</link>
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		<title>Funding is a major focus for HIV/AIDS conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Government cuts to funding for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and health infrastructure programs have limited the number of people receiving lifesaving drugs, falling short of world leaders&#8217; goal of universal treatment by 2010, said officials at an international HIV/AIDS conference. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Michel Kazatchkine, head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://environment.mkfc.se/2010/07/20/funding-is-a-major-focus-for-hivaids-conference/</link>
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		<title>Can cell phones help manage chronic conditions?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers are looking for ways to leverage the communications power of Internet-connected cellular telephones to help individuals more effectively monitor chronic health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Beyond reminder alarms for medicine, researchers are looking at ways to allow individuals to contribute regularly to a live mobile health record that can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://environment.mkfc.se/2010/07/16/can-cell-phones-help-manage-chronic-conditions/</link>
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		<title>Antibiotics may help build malaria immunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A cocktail of antibiotics taken as a preventative measure may help healthy individuals develop immunity against malaria infection, according to a study on mice published in the Science Translational Medicine journal. This measure could only be implemented in high risk areas with short malaria seasons, and be part of a broader preventative strategy, the researchers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://environment.mkfc.se/2010/07/16/antibiotics-may-help-build-malaria-immunity/</link>
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		<title>African youths lead fight against HIV/AIDS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An increase in safer sex practices by African youths is helping to drive down infection rates in 16 out of 25 countries, UNAIDS says in a new report. Many African countries &#8212; including Kenya, Botswana, Ethiopia and Malawi &#8212; are on track to reduce infection levels among 15- to 24-year-olds by 25% or more as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://environment.mkfc.se/2010/07/15/african-youths-lead-fight-against-hivaids/</link>
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		<title>UN: DR Congo civilians flee new violence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has prompted about 70,000 people to flee their homes in recent weeks, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says. Civilian populations and aid organizations have been under attack as Congolese armed forces battle rebels from Uganda and Rwanda. Read more on: Agence France-Presse [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://environment.mkfc.se/2010/07/13/un-dr-congo-civilians-flee-new-violence/</link>
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		<title>Russia says Iran is nearing nuclear weapons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Iran is nearing the technological potential to create nuclear weapons &#8212; a sign not only of Iran&#8217;s progress in illicit nuclear development but in the changing international stance on Iran. Medvedev&#8217;s comments represent one of the first times that Russia, a prominent ally of Iran, has recognized publicly that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://environment.mkfc.se/2010/07/12/russia-says-iran-is-nearing-nuclear-weapons/</link>
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		<title>A global effort To Plant One Million Trees, during 2010</title>
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As I have mentioned before, ENO Tree Planting Day is an open event for schools and groups interested in environment and peace. It is arranged twice in a year, in May and in September. Tree planting is one of the most popular activities in the ENO Programme. Environment Online &#8211; ENO is a global virtual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://environment.mkfc.se/2010/07/06/plant-one-million-trees/</link>
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		<title>ICT and maternal health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A consortium of international groups including the mHealth Alliance announced today (24/6) a call for collaboration to accelerate the use of modern information and communications technologies (ICTs), especially wireless, to improve maternal and newborn health in the developing world. They called for financial and organizational support to leverage the growing use of wireless technology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://environment.mkfc.se/2010/06/28/ict-and-maternal-health/</link>
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