Kenya Environmental & Political News Weblog
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UN-backed Forum Examines Role of ICT in Achieving the MDGs
Posted: August 25, 2008, 3:38 pm by Phil
23 August 2007 – Over 1,000 participants from 66 countries have gathered at the United Nations Centre in Addis Ababa to explore how the latest information and communication technology (ICT) can help countries overcome poverty and advance development. “ICT for Development and Prosperity” is the theme for the three-day World Information Technology Forum which kicked off [...] -
WHO & UNEP Join to Combat Environment-Related Disease in Africa
Posted: August 25, 2008, 3:37 pm by Phil
First African Inter-Ministerial Conference on Health and Environment Brazzaville/Nairobi, 22 August 2008 - Diseases caused by environmental change are responsible for too many deaths in Africa. In 2002 alone, unsafe water, pollution, poor sanitation, inadequate waste disposal, insufficient disease vector control and exposure to chemicals claimed about 2.4 million lives. In a bid to address this challenge, [...]
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