Tag: AIDS

Global Poverty Is on the Decline, But Almost No One Believes It

May 2, 2014

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Demography, Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Poverty, Public Policy, Trends: Economic

Barna: Global Poverty Is on the Decline, But Almost No One Believes It April 29, 2014—Did you know that, in the past 30 years, the percentage of people in the world who live in extreme poverty has decreased by more than half? If you said no—if you thought the number had gone up; that more…
Economic Development Links

Feb 4, 2014

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mwkruse

in Africa, Business, Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, Economics, Environment, Gender and Sex, Human Progress, Links – Economic Development, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. EconLog: On Sweatshops: They're Better Than the Alternative – Art Carden … Here's some of what I wrote them specifically: Sweatshops are an important exercise in appreciating the difference between what we see (people in sweatshops) and what we don't see (the jobs they would have if they didn't have sweatshop opportunities). Sweatshops employ…
Saturday Links

Dec 15, 2012

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in Africa, Business, Capitalism and Markets, China, Christian Life, Crime, Demography, Economic News, Environment, Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Links – Saturday, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Sociology, Sports and Entertainment, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Theology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

(Like the Kruse Kronicle on Facebook if you want links to daily posts to appear in your Facebook feed.) 1. Pray for Egypt Today! More than 50 million Egyptians are voting today on a constitution that would be a giant step backward for Egypt and much of the Middle East, marginalizing women and religious minorities.…
New test to improve HIV diagnosis in poor countries

Nov 1, 2012

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mwkruse

in Health and Medicine, Poverty, Science

Reuters: New test to improve HIV diagnosis in poor countries (Reuters) – Scientists have come up with a test for the virus that causes AIDS that is ten times more sensitive and a fraction of the cost of existing methods, offering the promise of better diagnosis and treatment in the developing world. The test uses…
The end of AIDS?

Jun 2, 2011

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mwkruse

in Health and Medicine

Economist: The end of AIDS? Thirty years on, it looks as though the plague can now be beaten, if the world has the will to do so. ON JUNE 5th 1981 America’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reported the outbreak of an unusual form of pneumonia in Los Angeles. When, a few weeks later,…
Family Formation and Sexuality (Part 2)

Feb 11, 2008

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mwkruse

in Health and Medicine, Series: Social Indicators 2007, Sociology, Trends: Social

SOCIAL INDICATORS 2007 Despite the decrease in teenage sexual behavior and less unprotected sexual behavior, there is a rapid increase in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases: The first graph shows that the rate of sexually transmitted diseases more than doubled between the early 1960s and early 1970s. After hitting a high in 1991, the…
Family Formation and Sexuality (Part 2)

Dec 11, 2006

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine, Public Policy, Series: Social Indicators, Sociology

SOCIAL INDICATORS 2006 Family Formation and Sexuality (Part 2) Despite the decrease in teenage sexual behavior and less unprotected sexual behavior, there is a rapid increase in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases: After declining somewhat erratically from 1975 to 1997, the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) rose by 28% between 1997 and 2004.…
1.3 by 5

Mar 30, 2006

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mwkruse

in Health and Medicine, International Affairs

1.3 by 5 is an article in the Economist about the World Health Organization's attempts to treat AIDS. They did not reach their service goal by the end of 2005 but have made significant progress. One of the main problems turned out to be that in most countries the infrastructure to achieve a large-scale roll-out…