Contamination of UK Mobile Phones And Hands Revealed

One in six mobile phones in Britain is contaminated with faecal matter, according to new research released ahead of Global Handwashing Day. Experts say the most likely reason for the potentially harmful bacteria festering on so many gadgets is people...

Six Million Preventable Child Deaths…a Silent Emergency

World Vision has launched a five-year global campaign to end massive “child rights violation” of child and infant death Every 3.5 seconds a child under five dies: 24,000 deaths a day; almost nine million a year – India shares the highest...

Mozambique Child Mortality Rate Drops 15%

Mozambique’s child mortality rate has dropped by 15%, the official Noticias newspaper reported on Thursday. Quoting UNICEF, the paper said that the mortality rate among children under five years of age decreased by 15 percent over the past five years,...

UNICEF Pledges Additional Support for Nigeria’s Nutrition Programs

UNICEF’s Executive Director Ann Veneman has visited the Kebbi and Sokoto states in northern Nigeria where she pledged $1.85 million in additional support for Unicef’s nutrition programs. The newly allocated funds will be used to scale up integrated...

Iranian Government Detains Prominent AIDS Doctors

Two prominent Iranian physicians have been detained by the Iranian government for unknown reasons. Brothers Kamiar Alaei and Arash Alaei — internationally recognized for their revolutionary work in how drug addicts and HIV/AIDS-infected people are...