The race to wire up the poor

Article Abstract:

Nicholas Negroponte's, head of the non-profit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation, OLPC scheme is facing serious problems and competition, with prices per laptop rising from $100 to $175. The OLPC will be irrelevant to poor countries without proper support, maintenance and management, as these countries have other public spending priorities.

SOCIAL SERVICES, Social Assistance, Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations, Nonprofit Institutions, Social Services & Nonprofit Institutns, Nonprofit organizations, Laptop computers, Laptop/portable computer, Notebook computers

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Diplomatic talks spur hope in HIV case

Article Abstract:

Diplomatic talks that might just be helpful for saving the lives of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor condemned to death in Libya for injecting children with HIV are presented.

Legal issues & crime, Public affairs, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Ethics, Nurses, Children, Crimes against, Practice, Diseases, Ethical aspects, Palestinian Territories

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Poor follow-up hampers malaria projects

Article Abstract:

A lack of global coordination on eradication project for malaria control has jeopardized the malaria-control programmes in the worst affected areas in African continent.

Africa, Care and treatment, Health promotion, Malaria, Public health movements

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