Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) Fact sheet N°359 October 2011 ________________________________________ Key facts • Dracunculiasis is a crippling parasitic disease on verge of eradication, with fewer than 1 800 cases reported in 2010. • It is transmitted exclusively when people who have little or no access to safe-drinking water supply swallow water contaminated with parasite-infected fleas. • Of the 20 countries that were endemic in the mid 1980s, only 4 (all on the African continent)
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that I have on energy conservation. The things that might hinder my thinking when it comes to alternatives for energy efficient living is change of habits; tendencies to use a lot of energy for multiple of reasons such as: watching television, communications, and a phobia of the dark. It would be hard for me to make these changes, because I have relied on these things in excess for so long. But, I can overcome these habits by the force of love that flows within me (which is my spirit), for the people
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Decisions In Paradise Part I Nikki Henderson MGT/350 April 2, 2012 Instructor: Kenneth Pinaire The Island of Kava has numerous hurdles to surmount in order to better the calamitous circumstances of the populace. The distinct conditions of the cataclysmic events in losing family, through natural
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Running head: ANALYSIS OF AN ETHICAL DILEMMA Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma: Government Shutdown Anthony Bacon Grand Canyon University NRS 437V 7/12/2011 There are many ethical dilemmas present today that are affecting our world and communities. In this paper I will talk about the government shutdown affecting the state of Minnesota. I will describe how this government shutdown has created many ethical and non-ethical problems for the people of Minnesota, and how this shutdown has
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The Mormons Originally, I had intended to attend a Catholic mass and write about my experience with it but, after going to the meeting, I didn’t feel like I had enough to write about. There just didn’t seem to be a whole lot to really base an opinion on it for me because I didn’t really have any pre or misconceived ideas about the religion going into it. It has been around for much longer than many other Christian denominations and so it just wasn’t exciting enough for me. After I attended
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Global Financial Crisis Impact and Challenges Shaikh Faisal. Assistant Professor Dr. Rafiq Zakaria Campus Millennium Institute of Management Aurangabad Introduction: The global financial system has undergone a period of unprecedented turmoil. Market confidence dwindled and has remained fragile, leading to the collapse or near-collapse of large, and in some cases systemically important, financial institutions, and calling forth public intervention in the financial system on a scale not
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Saving our Aquifers Axia College of University of Phoenix Saving our Aquifers Aquifers are one of the earth’s most important resources. Aquifers provide drinking water to millions of people in the United States. Aquifers are also a source of water for industrial and agricultural uses. More must be done to protect this resource. Currently we are seeing the depletion and contamination of this precious resource. Chemicals we put on our lawns to chemical spills are leading to the contamination
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Fuel-and-energy Complex Ecologization Actions Among the FEC ecologization tasks, top priority is given to the following: • improvement of the quality of coal fired by TPP, gradual implementation of modern heat-and-power generation technologies, including the cogeneration ones, equipment of the FEC companies with efficient emission/ discharge control systems to trap (reduce) the contaminating agents released to atmosphere, etc.; • increase in efficiency in degassing of coal mines to minimize
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what you’ve been missing, and you start reflecting on your past experiences. You compare your life when you were young to the life you have today. Some people realize the big change, and it’s shocking to them, they break down and enter a mid-life crisis. When you worry too much, you have to replace it with something else, like a way to make yourself understand how you ended up here and that’s where the black dog shows up. Brenda Case is a 54 year old woman who lives with her husband John Case. She
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EVALUATION OF MARKETING AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS FOR THE MANUFACTURERS OF TARGETED ENERGY EFFICIENCT PRODUCTS INTRODUCTION This report addresses the barrier that manufacturers are often distrustful of standards and labels, and their objections can delay ES&L efforts or result in weakening of standards. It is a proven fact that this manufacturer-related barrier is generic across the region, but must be dealt with in the context of each national economic and cultural setting. Most Asian countries
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