Tag: thomson-reuters
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Faced with strict laws, Brazilian women keep abortions secret
By Sophie Davies RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Years after giving into family pressure and having an illegal abortion, one Brazilian woman says she is haunted by the secret procedure so taboo that hardly anyone will talk about it. The woman, who only wants to be identified as F.D., went to a clinic…
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Killings, kidnappings and burnout: the occupational hazards of aid work
By Katie Nguyen LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – You're an aid worker speeding back to base after a long, cold day questioning people who have fled fighting about what they need to survive. It's perhaps the toughest dilemma aid workers face during their brief stint in war-torn “Badistan” – in reality, a training camp in…
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Killings, kidnappings and burnout: the occupational hazards of aid work
By Katie Nguyen LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – You're an aid worker speeding back to base after a long, cold day questioning people who have fled fighting about what they need to survive. It's perhaps the toughest dilemma aid workers face during their brief stint in war-torn “Badistan” – in reality, a training camp in…
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EDF says Hinkley Point equity cost could rise to 21 billion pounds
French utility EDF said on Thursday that contingency margins on its project to build two nuclear reactors in Hinkley Point, Britain could increase the cost by about three billion pounds to nearly 21 billion pounds. In a statement ahead of its annual shareholders' meeting, EDF also said that it anticipates a 115 month construction period…
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Fight against AIDS threatened by lack of money, leadership, U.N. head says
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global progress fighting AIDS could be lost because prevention programs are suffering from a lack of leadership, accountability and funding, the head of the United Nations warned on Friday. Headway in tackling the epidemic has been “inspiring,” with a 42 percent decline in AIDS-related deaths since…
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Romania: Drug company, hospitals probed in disinfectant row
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities have conducted searches at hospitals and the offices of a drug company which authorities say has supplied dozens of hospitals with a sub-standard disinfectant.
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Countries on verge of beating malaria face new threat, study says
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nations on the verge of eliminating malaria risk falling short of their goal, just as it lies within reach, due to funding being shifted elsewhere, researchers said on Thursday. Global aid has moved to areas where malaria remains widespread, while internal domestic funding gets diverted to…
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AstraZeneca taps gene pioneer Venter for huge drug-hunting sweep
By Ben Hirschler CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) – AstraZeneca, working with genome pioneer Craig Venter, is launching a massive gene hunt in the most comprehensive bet yet by a pharmaceutical firm on the potential of genetic variations to unlock routes to new medicines. The initiative, announced on Friday, involves sequencing up to 2 million human genomes…