People

Migrants: home not so sweet home

P. Sainath

Publication Date: 
10/07/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Migration, People, Agricultural Labourers, Gujarat, Surat (D), Orissa (Odisha), Ganjam
Health

Indigenous health part 2: the underlying causes of the health gap

In this Review we delve into the underlying causes of health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and provide an Indigenous perspective to understanding these inequalities. We are able to present only a snapshot of the many research publications about Indigenous health. Our aim is to provide clinicians with a framework to better understand such matters.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2009
Michael Gracey, Malcolm King, Alexandra Smith
Lancet
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Water Pollution, Canada, Health, Migration, Urbanisation, People, Tribals, Health Care, Aged, Mental Health, N C America, Australia, New Zealand
Climate Change

Plants moving from lower to higher altitudes

BHUBANESWAR: Europe has seen it. It

Publication Date: 
29/06/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Agriculture, Agri-Aqua System, Plantation Crops, Climate Change, Climate Science, Climate Impacts, Migration, Research Agencies, Orissa (Odisha)
Economy

Govts should back migration from rural to urban areas

Industrialists, academics, planners, economists, NGOs and students gathered at the Bangalore International Centre here on Tuesday, to discuss the 2009 World Development Report -

Publication Date: 
24/06/2009
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Migration, Economic Development
Health

AIDS: Discrimination in Visa Laws Poses Risk to Those With AIDS, Rights Group Says

International migrant workers, foreign students and political refugees are often endangered by laws that discriminate against people with AIDS, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch reported last week.

About a third of the world

Publication Date: 
23/06/2009
Donald G. McNeil Jr.
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Migration, Refugees, AIDS, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka
Health

Delhis infant mortality doubles in two years

In India

Publication Date: 
20/06/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Infant mortality, Health, Economy, Migration, Population, Children, Delhi, Statistics
Habitat And Urbanisation

Sanjeev Sanyal: Small-town India holds the key

Sanjeev Sanyal / June 11, 2009, 0:25 IST

India needs to urbanise more quickly and this can be done by making smaller urban centres a magnet for rural migration.

Publication Date: 
11/06/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Migration, Urbanisation, Slums, People
Climate Change

Melting glaciers to trigger migration

London, June 10: The melting of Himalayan glaciers due to global warming will lead to massive human migration in India which is dependent on river systems generated by these glaciers, said a report released on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
11/06/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himalaya, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Glacial Melt, Migration, Displacement, India, South Asia
Climate Change

A new (under) class of travellers

THE airstrip at Lokichoggio, in the scorched wastes of north Kenya, was once ground zero for food aid. During Sudan

Publication Date: 
09/06/2009
Economist (London)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Drought, Migration, Africa, Kenya, Denmark
Environment

Sindh facing major environmental disaster, say experts

Expressing grave concerns over the rampant environmental degradation in the country, environmental experts have said that Pakistan, especially Sindh, is facing an environmental disaster.

Publication Date: 
05/06/2009
Amar Guriro
Daily Times (Pakistan)
Tags:
Environment, Water Resources, Rivers, Mangroves, GDP, Climate Refugees, Migration, Industrial Waste, UNDP, World Bank, WWF, Pakistan, Sindh

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