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Malnutrition is the Focus – CHWs are the Key Kids going hungry = death by disease. Kids without proper nutrition are easy targets for disease. Malaria, TB, diarrhea, or pneumonia may be the biggest killers among kids in developing countries but malnourishment allows these diseases to take hold. In fact, the World Bank ... |
under 5 are attributed to malnutrition. In Kilifi alone, according to statistics, 3,400 children under five will die from lack of nutrition this year. An estimated 51% of children in Kilifi are considered medically “underweight.” They just don’t get the nutrition needed to thrive and it becomes impossible for these kid... |
the underlying causes of poor health, our focus then must be on malnutrition and improving care of at-risk children. How can this be done? Kilifi does have a mighty underutilized asset—2,000 community health workers, trained personnel in the towns and villages of the district. However, being miles away from the nearest... |
skills. By providing these health workers with cell phones, training, and an automated text-message based system, we can improve their ability to provide healthcare through improved communications and workflow. Not only can clinicians provide the volunteer CHWs with feedback and advise in real time, but we can implemen... |
Coke's Crimes in Guatemala International Rights Advocates, a non-profit human rights organization, and the Conrad and Scherer law firm filed a new civil lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company. The case was first filed in the State Supreme Court in New |
York on February 25, 2010, and in April it was moved to the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York (Case # 10-CIV-03120). The case involves a campaign of violence that includes rape, attempted murder and murder |
against two Guatemalan trade unionists and their families. The two trade unionists are Jose Armando Palacios, who was forced to flee to the U.S. in early 2006, and Jose Alberto Vicente Chavez, whose son and nephew were murdered and whose |
daughter was gang raped on March 1, 2008. (Watch the interview.) Some find it unbelievable that human rights abuses--the systematic intimidation, kidnapping, torture and murder--are occurring at Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia and Guatemala. But it's not the first time |
Coke has committed such atrocities. The back cover of a 1987 booklet, "Soft Drink, Hard Labour," published by the Latin America Bureau in London, England stated: "For nine years the 450 workers at the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Guatemala City |
fought a battle for their jobs, their trade union and their lives. Three times they occupied the plant — on the last occasion for 13 months. Three General Secretaries of their union were murdered and five other workers killed. Four |
more were kidnapped and have disappeared. Against all the odds they survived, thanks to their own extraordinary courage and help from fellow trade unionists in Guatemala and around the world." The kinds of atrocities that happened at the Coke bottling |
plant in Guatemala City in the '70s and '80s continue to be an issue at Coke bottling plants in Colombia and in Guatemala A memorial to murdered Guatemalan Coca-Cola union leaders. Photo excerpted from the film, "The Coca-Cola Case." NACLA |
(North American Congress on Latin America), "Coca-Cola Sued for 'Campaign of Violence' in Guatemala," By Lisa Skeen, April 7, 2010 "While Coke's commitment to human rights may be nothing more than a self-serving publicity ploy (the company's corporate responsibility office |
is managed through its Public Policy and Corporate Reputation Council), it may have unwittingly backed itself into a legal corner. If a court does find Coca-Cola guilty, the case could bring the company to task for the anti-labor violence and |
further establish a legal precedent for international corporate responsibility. Palacios and Chavez are not the first to sue Coca-Cola, and they are unlikely to be the last." Bob Perillo and the Lawsuit against Coca-Cola in Guatemala Letter from Bob Perillo, |
former Latin America liaison for U.S. Labor Education in the Americas Project (USLEAP) regarding the lawsuit against Coca-Cola for human rights abuses in Guatemala. Mr. Perillo highlights the involvement of USLEAP, Ron Oswald, General Secretary of the IUF and Stan |
Gacek, presently with the AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, among others, in running interference for Coca-Cola in efforts to suppress this lawsuit. Read Letter in English "On Thursday, February 25, 2010, International Rights Advocates, a non-profit human rights organization, and the |
Conrad and Scherer law firm filed a new civil lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company. The case involves a campaign of violence against two Guatemalan trade unionists and their families — including rape, murder, and attempted murder --at the behest of |
Armando Palacios, who was forced to flee to the U.S. in early 2006, and Jose Alberto Vicente Chavez, whose son and nephew were murdered and whose daughter was gang raped on March 1, 2008." "El viernes 25 de febrero de |
2010, International Rights Advocates (Abogados de Derechos Internacionales), una organizacion de derechos humanos sin fines de lucro, asi como la firma juridica Conrad and Scherer, entablaron otra demanda civil contra Coca Cola S.A. por un caso que implica una campana |
de violencia - que incluye estupro, asesinato e intento de homicidio-- contra dos sindicalistas guatemaltecos y sus familias. Dichos crimenes se cometieron a instancias de la administracion de INCASA, propietaria de dos embotelladoras de Coca Cola y de una planta |
quien fue obligado a huir a los EEUU a principios de 2006, y Jose Alberto Vicente Chavez, cuyos hijo y sobrino fueron asesinados y cuya hija fue violada en grupo el 1 de marzo de 2008." VEE2.net, "Coke Hit with |
New Charges of Murder, Rape, Torture at their processing and bottling plants in Guatemala," By Maryanne Euthalia, March 4, 2010 "A lawsuit (Case No. 10102514; Palacios et al. v. The Coca-Cola Co. and Does 1 through 10 inclusive) was filed |
on behalf of eight plaintiffs in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against The Coca-Cola Co. and Coke processing and bottling plants in Guatemala. This case involves charges of murder, rape and torture. The plaintiffs include union |
leaders and family members. This case has been brought in New York State because plaintiffs and other victims of human rights abuses lack access to an independent and functioning legal system within Guatemala, a country with a corrupt judiciary which |
has been undermined by the intimidation and murder of witnesses, prosecutors, lawyers and judges...'This case also presents evidence of Coca-Cola's direct involvement in trying to suppress the facts. Coca-Cola used the leverage of security for the family of Plaintiff Jose |
Palacios to try to get him to waive his employment rights and resign from his union. With this case, we finally have the evidence to get to a jury and let them decide if Coca-Cola is produced with the blood |
of union leaders and their family members. This case will expose the fraud of Coca-Cola's public relations campaign once and for all.' " Bob Perillo responds to USLEAP's rebuttal to the letter below Read the Perillo Response The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, |
"Coca-Cola faces new violence claims in Guatemala," By Jeremiah McWilliams, March 2, 2010 "Guatemalan union leaders and their families are pursuing a lawsuit in a New York court against Coca-Cola Co., accusing the world's biggest beverage company of negligence and |
complicity in violence aimed at union activists, as well as deception. The case draws together a coalition of lawyers and activists who participated in previous legal battles against Coca-Cola centering on its labor practices in Colombia. The lead attorney is |
Terry Collingsworth, who has pushed lawsuits against Coca-Cola for a decade. The unofficial public relations wing is the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, one of the company's most aggressive and vociferous foes." Press Release of March 1, 2010 regarding the |
lawsuit against Coca-Cola for human rights abuses in Guatemala. Business Week (Bloomberg), "Coca-Cola Sued in U.S. by Guatemalans Over Anti-Union Violence," By Patricia Hurtado, February 27, 2010 "Coca-Cola Co. was sued by Guatemalan workers who say they endured a 'campaign |
of violence' by people working on behalf of bottling and processing plants Coke owns or owned there after they engaged in union activities. Jose Armando Palacios of Guatemala and eight other plaintiffs filed the complaint Feb. 25 in New York |
State Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleging negligence, deceptive practices and other claims against Coca-Cola, the world's biggest soda maker." Read article in Gulf News, Malasia Free Speech Radio News,"Labor unions in Guatemala charge Coca-Cola with murder, torture," By Ari Paul, |
February 26, 2010 Listen to Segment A lawsuit that involves labor unions, a multinational corporation and murder is spanning borders. Today, lawyers for labor activists subjected to torture and killings at Coca-Cola bottling plants in Guatemala filed a lawsuit against |
the company in a New York City court. The attorneys are highlighting a spike in violence against trade unionists in the Central American country. FSRN's Ari Paul reports. Campaign to Stop Killer Coke Director Ray Rogers is interviewed. |
Healthy Living is brought to you by: What's potentially more dangerous than a global pandemic? One thing may be a universal disregard for the truth. As the number of occurrences of H1N1 (Swine) Flu goes down, we continue to face risks to public health in the form of misinformation, half-truths, |
and outright scams that take advantage of our fears about the disease. During the last weeks of 2009, influenza activity continued to decrease in the United States, as reported in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's FluView. Influenza is hard to predict, but the flu is expected to continue |
for months, caused by either 2009 H1N1 viruses or regular seasonal flu viruses. Holiday travelling and get-togethers may cause an increase in the spread of infection, so people should continue to practice safe habits when it comes to preventing the flu. But myths and misinformation seem to be viral too, |
and there are many quick-spreading misconceptions that you should guard against. Myth: The H1N1 vaccine is unsafe and untested. One of the most dangerous myths being spread is that the vaccine is unsafe, leading many to believe that it's more dangerous than the flu itself. However, according to the CDC, |
clinical trials conducted by the National Institutes of Health and the vaccine manufacturers have shown that the new H1N1 vaccine is both safe and effective. The FDA has licensed it, and there have been no safety shortcuts. In fact, this vaccine is produced exactly the same way the seasonal flu |
vaccine is produced. Had H1N1 struck this country earlier than spring of 2009, the H1N1 strain probably would have been included as part of this year's seasonal flu shot. The CDC has kept close tabs on the H1N1 vaccine to see if there are any possible adverse reactions, and they |
say they don't expect any serious side effects, since it's so closely related to the seasonal flu vaccine. Their top doctors and scientists believe that the risks of the flu are higher than any risk that might come from the vaccine--especially when it comes to pregnant women, children, and people |
with underlying health conditions. Myth: The H1N1 vaccine is expensive, hard to find, and you need two doses of it. The federal government has purchased the H1N1 vaccine and is providing it free of charge to all 50 states. If you visit a clinic that charges a fee, we (Regence) |
will provide coverage for the costs associated with the administration of the H1N1 vaccine, and waive co-pays and deductibles for all members covered by our insured plans. Note: You must go to a participating provider or a pharmacy that is contracted with us to provide the vaccine in order to |
assure you have no out-of-pocket expense. Learn more about your flu vaccine coverage and where to find a participating provider or pharmacy here. The vaccine is now being created in large quantities, so it shouldn't be a problem to find a clinic near you. And here's some more good news: |
According to the National Institutes of Health and manufacturers of the flu vaccine, the H1N1 vaccine is a good match with the H1N1 virus currently circulating across the country, and healthy adults and children 10 years and older will need only one dose of vaccine. Plus, you can get the |
seasonal flu shot and the H1N1 shot at the same time. (However, if you get the nasal spray form of the vaccine, you need to wait three to four weeks before getting another nasal spray vaccine.) Myth: People are catching H1N1 from pets. Although it is very uncommon for flu |
viruses to jump between species, there have been a few cases of cats, ferrets and dogs catching H1N1 from humans. So far, there have been no instances of people contracting the disease from animals. While it may be possible, you are much more likely to catch the flu (any type |
of flu, including the H1N1 flu) from a person than an animal. To date, all of the pets infected with the virus became infected from being around their ill owners. Anytime you're feeling ill and have flulike symptoms, you should probably limit your contact with your pets until you're feeling |
better. And of course, if your pet is showing signs of illness, you should take it to see a veterinarian as soon as possible. Myth: Certain "miracle products" can prevent - or cure - the flu. Unfortunately, unscrupulous opportunists are attempting to cash in on flu fears. There are several |
websites--and quite a few emails being forwarded around--about the amazing powers of products like shampoos, inhalers, herbs, and gels that are illegally marketed as preventing the H1N1 flu virus. The FDA lists about 150 products that are not approved to fight H1N1 yet are being touted for that purpose. As |
the old saying goes, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Always exercise caution before buying any product that claims to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure the virus. And report any suspicious or fraudulent activities to the FDA. Get more information about H1N1 myths and realities |
from Flu.gov, and get the facts to keep well--and well-informed. About the Author Lisa Cannon has been a writer and editor for nearly 20 years. She writes about everything from the health benefits of journal writing to the best ways to recycle computer hardware. She lives in beautiful Portland, Ore. |
Baton Rouge, LA (July 18, 2012) - An increase in Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile Virus (WNV) cases in horses has prompted Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., to warn owners to vaccinate their horses. "The rain we've been having creates breeding groun... |
for mosquitoes. If a mosquito bites an infected bird, Eastern Equine Encephalitis or West Nile can be spread to horses, dogs, cats even alligators and, of course, humans," said Strain. The mosquito-transmitted diseases can cause inflammation or swelling of the brain and spinal cord. So far this year, the LDAF |
Office of Veterinary Health is reporting eight WNV and 10 EEE cases in horses. "Horses are infected the same way humans become infected, by being bitten by infected mosquitoes," said Strain. "We want people to also be mindful of mosquitoes and to take preventative measures to stay safe." Infected horses |
may show lethargy, weakness, paralysis or even death. Prevention includes avoiding mosquitoes, using mosquito repellants that are safe for horses and humans, and vaccination for horses. So far, there is no vaccination approved for people. Ten cases of WNV have been reported in humans so far this year. "We need |
to follow the One Health concept in which we battle these deadly diseases together in an effort to keep humans and animals safe," added Strain. Horse owners should contact their local veterinarian regarding proper vaccination protocols during this time of increased risk. |
Last August, in response to the massive 2007 recall of toys manufactured overseas that contained dangerous levels of lead and phthalates, Congress passed the sweeping CPSIA legislation (aka Consumer Product |
Safety Improvement Act of 2008) to regulate all products intended for children 12 years and under. While no one doubts the importance of product safety, this law has some far |
reaching consequences. With the February 10th deadline of initial compliance looming, small businesses, crafters of hand-made goods, and even the American Library Association are scrambling to understand the law and |
it's implications - with many facing extinction due to cost-prohibiitve testing, certification, and batch labeling requirements. Consumers, who are largely in the dark over the law, will also undoubtably feel |
the impact when those coveted handmade bibs and blankies are no long available at local boutiques, that unique toy store down the street is forced out of business, or children |
are no longer allowed in public libraries because untested existing collections will be considered "hazardous materials" Is this safety at any cost? How does this affect you? What impact do |
you think this will have on the already struggling economy? What dangers in children's products are you most concerned about? Do you feel hand-made or Made in USA products pose |
New research examines why Alaska students drop out of school Good teaching, academic challenges and school atmosphere are keys to staying in school for at-risk students, according to research by |
the Association of Alaska School Boards. The association has been collecting data for several years from students and staff across Alaska and found that positive school climate helped reduce risk |
behaviors and increase academic achievement. Now a focus group study expands that research. The association looked at differences between Alaska Native and non-native students in middle and high schools who |
were either engaged or disengaged. Nearly 300 students and recent drop-outs from 26 rural and urban schools weighed in on what makes students want to stay and succeed in school. |
Sally Rue, an association director, says the association found more similarities than differences between the student groups, and personal problems tend to pull students out of school. Rue says students |
can form meaningful connections with adults in their schools: Ruse says the results are not surprising. Juneau School District Assistant Superintendent Laury Scandling says the findings are in line with |
what she sees in the district, especially similarities between groups: Scandling says the Juneau School District just created a group to review ways to support students socially and emotionally. The |
group of principals, teachers, counselors and a parent started meeting this month. Several programs in Juneau and across the state already aim at countering the personal and academic barriers that |
keep students from graduating. Sally Rue says Alaska schools already use the information they collect from students to find out whether or not local programs are helping. The association will |
Neuroscience: the mind reader June 14, 2012 | Source: Nature News Adrian Owen has found a way to use brain scans to communicate with people previously written off as unreachable in a so-called “vegetative state.” Now he’s fighting to take his methods to the clinic. Patients in these states are |
usually written off as lost. Owen took fMRI scans of a 23-year-old woman in a vegetative state while he asked her to imagine playing tennis and walking through the rooms of her house. When healthy, conscious adults imagine playing tennis, they consistently show activation in a region of the motor |
cortex called the supplementary motor area, and when they think about navigating through a house, they generate activity in the parahippocampal gyrus, right in the centre of the brain. The woman, who had been unresponsive for five months after a traffic accident, had strikingly similar brain activation patterns to heal... |
volunteers who were imagining these activities, proving, in Owen’s mind, that she was conscious. Other researchers contended that the response was not a sign of consciousness, but something involuntary, like a knee-jerk reflex. Daniel Greenberg, a psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, suggested in ... |
that “the brain activity was unconsciously triggered by the last word of the instructions, which always referred to the item to be imagined”. But Owen went on to bolster his case. Working with neurologist and neuroscientist Steven Laureys from the University of Liège, Owen showed that of 54 patients in |
a vegetative or minimally conscious state, five responded in the same way as the first woman. Four of them were in a vegetative state. After refining their methods, the researchers asked patient 23 to use that capability to answer yes-or-no questions: imagine playing tennis for yes, navigating the house for |
no. They then asked about things that the technicians scoring the brain scans couldn’t possibly know. But Parashkev Nachev, a clinical neuroscientist at Imperial College London, criticizes the work for “assuming that consciousness is a binary phenomenon”. Many patients, such as those having certain types of epileptic s... |
responsiveness without being conscious. Nachev says that more data are needed to indicate where in the continuum of cognitive abilities people in vegetative states fall. Currently, there are tens of thousands of people in a vegetative state in the United States alone. Owen reckons that up to 20% of them |
are capable of communicating; they just don’t have a way to do so. “What we’re seeing here is a population of totally locked-in patients,” Owen says. Owen now wants to put his technique into the hands of clinicians and family members. An early goal of the program was to repeat |
the fMRI findings using an electroencephalogram (EEG). An EEG lacks fMRI’s precision. But other tasks — imagining wiggling a finger or toe — produce signals that, through repetition, become clear. An EEG is also cheap, relatively portable and fast (with milliseconds of lag compared with 8 seconds for fMRI), meaning |
that the research team can ask up to 200 questions in 30 minutes. Now, using an EEG, Owen is planning to study 25 people in a vegetative state every year. One goal is to identify other brain systems, such as smell or taste, that might be intact and usable for |
die” category, says Owens. Even more ethically fraught is whether the question should be put to the patients themselves. Owen hopes one day to ask patients that most difficult of questions, but says that new ethical and legal frameworks will be needed. And it will be many years, he says, |
Bears are attracted to the garbage, pet food, compost piles, fruit trees and birdfeeders around houses. DO make birdfeeders and bird food inaccessible by discontinuing the feeding of birds from late March through November or by hanging feeders at least ten feet above the ground and six feet away from tree trunks. DO pl... |
possible, do not leave your garbage cans out on the night before garbage pickup. Try to put the cans out on the morning of the pickup. DO eliminate food attractants by placing garbage cans inside a garage or shed. Add ammonia to trash to make it unpalatable. DO clean and store grills away after use. DO ecourage your ne... |
take similar precautions. DON'T intentionally feed bears. Bears that become accustomed to finding food near your home may become "problem" bears. Bears that associate food with people may become aggrerssive and dangerous. This may lead to personal injury and property damage. DON'T leave pet food outside overnight. DON'... |
on the compost pile to reduce the smell and discourage bears. Black bears are impressive animals. Even a long-distance glimpse of one foraging in a woodland is an unforgettable experience for most outdoor enthusiasts. However, glimpsing a bear in New Jersey was once unlikely because bears were extirpated from the state... |
comeback. Their return is due, in part, to the regrowth of forestland throughout the region following the abandonment of farms during the late 1800s. Beginning in the 1980s, the DEP Wildlife Division had evidence of a resident population. Since then, annual sighting reports have increased dramatically, indicating a rap... |
in the state, it is important for residents to learn the facts about black bears and how to coexist with them. The black bear is a stocky animal with short, thick legs. It is the smallest North American bear. In New Jersey, adult males, or boars, normally weigh from 150 to 400 pounds, while females, or sows, weigh from... |
to 200 pounds. Yearlings weigh 45 to 100 pounds. Adults are five to six feet long. The black bear's coat is typically glossy black or brownish black, except for the muzzle, which is tan. There is sometimes a small, white patch on the chest. In western North America some black bears are brown or cinnamon. Black bears ha... |
with large claws on all feet. Bear tracks resemble human tracks, but the front feet are shorter than the rear. A bear’s tail is short, from three to five inches long. The sexes are similar in appearance, although males are usually larger. BLACK BEARS ARE EXCELLENT TREE CLIMBERS Habitat and Diet Black bear habitat is fo... |
coniferous trees, as well as streams, swamps, and rock ledges. Bears prefer areas with thick understory vegetation and abundant food resources. Mature forests provide soft and hard mast in late summer and fall. Wetlands are particularly important in spring when emerging plants are one of the few available foods. Bears ... |
They also will seek insects (particularly ants and bees), scavenge carrion, and raid bird feeders and garbage cans. Bears occasionally will prey on small mammals, deer, and livestock. Breeding occurs during summer, usually in late June or early July. During this time, males travel extensively in search of females. The ... |
available food supply, but most begin to reproduce at age three or four and continue to have young every two years. Bears do not form long-lasting bonds, so the males may mate with more than one female during the breeding season. Fighting may occur between rival males as well as between males and unreceptive females. Y... |
den during January or February and are blind, toothless, and covered with fine hair. Cubs weigh six to 12 ounces at birth. Litter sizes range from one to four cubs, with litters of two or three being most common. After giving birth, the sow usually continues her winter rest while the cubs are awake and nursing. Only fe... |
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