Stillbirth:A silent tragedy haunts the world's poor

Julie Steenhuyse

CHICAGO, April 13 (Reuters) - More than 2.6 million pregnancies a year end in stillbirth, a tragedy which mostly hits women in poor countries and accounts for more deaths than AIDS and malaria combined, researchers said on Wednesday.

India's population hits 1.21 billion

The Associated Press

 

India's new national census puts the population at about 1.21 billion people, or 17 per cent of the world population, the census commissioner says.

Gap widening between poorest countries and others

Patrick Worsnip

UNITED NATIONS, March 29 (Reuters) - The wealth gap between the least developed and other countries has widened in recent decades and will go on doing so unless their basic weaknesses are tackled, a report for the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Mass Extinction On Earth

Sidney Draggan

Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction: Is It Almost Here?

A burst of gamma rays reaching Earth may have caused
an extinction 440 million years ago. Credit: NASA

World On The Edge: Quick Facts

January 25, 2011

We are facing issues of near-overwhelming complexity and unprecedented urgency. Can we think systemically and fashion policies accordingly? Can we change direction before we go over the edge? Here are a few of the many facts from the book to consider:

Better Sanitation Could Save 2 Million Lives A Year - Study

  • Bad sanitation, water account for 7 percent of global disease
  • Billions of people have no access to hygienic toilets
By Kate KellandLONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Nearly 20 percent of the world's population still defecates in the open, and action to improve hygiene, sanitation an
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