Thucydides, an Athenian historian, blamed his countrymen for the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, famously claiming it was inevitable. He was working with incomplete data when he made this claim; looking back with a more comprehensive account of the war’s causes, it becomes clear that it cou...
We were doing surgeries inside a tent in the middle of nowhere, without oxygen, monitors or high-tech equipment, and yet, despite the ___ resources, we still managed to save lives.I find it very hard to see children dying from totally preventable diseases and people without access to ...
I created my fund with UNICEF because I want a world where children grow up safe: safe from violence, war, poverty, hunger and preventable disease, a world in which every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential. Together we need to imagine a better future for every child ...
A baby boy born in Bosnia-Herzegovina overnight has officially been named the world’s six billionth inhabitant. Although several other babies are likely to have been born at the same time elsewhere in the world, the United Nations had declared that the first child to be delivered at the Kos...
Actually, many kinds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so,...
Scientists have identified iodine deficiency as the most common cause of preventable mental retardation and brain damage in the world. Questions: 6. According to the news, what is the US response to the military strikes of Israel against Palestine? 7.On what account were Ibrahim and Mohammed ...
During World War I, Halifax was again an important naval base: this time the Royal Canadian Navy, in its infancy, patrolled the coast, and the port wasa strategic trans-shipment point for troops mobilized for 'Overseas Active Service' in war-ravaged Europe. ...
but it is also 100% preventable. The gay community,for more than a decade,has shown us an incredible example of what unconditional love and honest,AIDS prevention education can accomplish. What about the rest of us? Where are the mainstream churches? I have been disppointed by stories of ...
She adds that water-borne illness is the second-highest cause of preventable childhood death in the world.“Each and every day approximately 4,100 children die just because they don’t have that access - 4,100 every single day.”The public service campaign encourages people to help change ...
the pathogen as a new coronavirus on January 7. For about a week, no new confirmed cases were announced. Health authorities maintained there was “no obvious evidence for human to human transmission,” no infection of healthcare workers, and that the outbreak was “preventable and controllable....