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Some 7,000 children die each year in Zimbabwe due to lack of access to treatment

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Harare, 8 sep (EFE).-up to 7,000 children die every year in Zimbabwe because they have no access to ARVs, said today the State newspaper The Herald.

“Between 6,000 and 7,000 children die each year as a result of the virus of human immunodeficiency (HIV, cause AIDS) and, in most cases, because without access to paediatric antirretroviales”, said Peter Salama, representative in Zimbabwe of the United Nations Fund for children (UNICEF).

In statements obtained by the newspaper, Salama said, during a National Conference on AIDS held on Wednesday, part of the problem is that he is not practiced the HIV test to children when they are born.

“It is important to have an early diagnosis, since half of the children not analysed will not arrive in the two years,” said the head of UNICEF in Zimbabwe.

Salama said that the lack of technology, in particular from that used for the analysis of HIV, also influenced this high rate of deaths children.

Only 30 percent of the HIV-positive children have access to antiretrovirals, below the average for the region.

Zimbabwe is one of the countries with the highest rate of HIV-infected, with 14.3 per cent in its population aged 15 to 49, according to recent data from the United Nations agency on AIDS (UNAIDS), 2009. EFE

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Argentina expand its scientific participation at CERN

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(www.neomundo.com.ar) the Minister of science, technology and productive innovation, Dr. Lino Barañao, visited the facilities of the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) where it is located the large Hadron Collider in Switzerland installed

There agreed with the director general of the Centre, Prof. Rolf Heuer, broaden the Argentine participation in the experiment that seeks to reproduce the first moments of the universe.

In particular, Barañao and Heuer talked about increasing the amount of Argentine research groups working at CERN and the role that our country can have in the provision of new equipment of the Collider accelerator hardware.

TRAVELED

During his tour facilities at CERN, Barañao was accompanied by Argentine scientists DRA. María Teresa Dova and Dr. Ricardo Piegaia.

In addition, in the center of the computer Control the Minister spoke with Argentine PhD students who are to carry out monitoring of the functioning of the Hadron Collider. The Ministry of science, technology and productive innovation has contributed more than $1,500,000 since 2007 to finance projects and support the participation of Argentine researchers in this initiative

After his visit to Switzerland, the Minister Lino Barañao met in France with his pair of higher education and research, Laurent Wauquiez. There, both officials agreed the establishment an Argentine associated research laboratory in the area of the development of new methodologies for the production of drugs.

This lab will include the participation of CONICET and its French equivalent of the CNRS, among others.

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Some 7,000 children die each year in Zimbabwe due to lack of access to medicines

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Harare, 8 sep (EFE).-up to 7,000 children die every year in Zimbabwe because they have no access to ARVs, said today the State newspaper The Herald.

“Between 6,000 and 7,000 children die each year as a result of the virus of human immunodeficiency (HIV, cause AIDS) and, in most cases, because without access to paediatric antirretroviales”, said Peter Salama, representative in Zimbabwe of the United Nations Fund for children (UNICEF).

In statements obtained by the newspaper, Salama said, during a National Conference on AIDS held on Wednesday, part of the problem is that he is not practiced the HIV test to children when they are born.

“It is important to have an early diagnosis, since half of the children not analysed will not arrive in the two years,” said the head of UNICEF in Zimbabwe.

Salama said that the lack of technology, in particular from that used for the analysis of HIV, also influenced this high rate of deaths children.

Only 30 percent of the HIV-positive children have access to antiretrovirals, below the average for the region.

Zimbabwe is one of the countries with the highest rate of HIV-infected, with 14.3 per cent in its population aged 15 to 49, according to recent data from the United Nations agency on AIDS (UNAIDS), 2009.

A girl of 5 months is subject to a review before operating a lip leoprino at the children’s Hospital in Harare (Zimbabwe) on October 10, 2010. EFE/file

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The gold of the Earth could have come from heaven

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(www.neomundo.com.ar/SINC) approximately 0.5% of the Earth’s mantle is derived from the rains of meteorites, as demonstrated by a new study showing high precisely how precious metals, such as gold or silver, in the composition of the layers were added more external of the Earth.

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” The use of isotopic relations in research gives us much more accurate estimates, and is the main breakthrough of our work “, explains Matthias Willbold University of Bristol (United Kingdom) and one of the authors of the article”.

Is 4.5 billion years the Earth in its early stages of training, was an ocean of magma. Molten metals sank and created the core, leaving the mantle devoid of such materials. However, there are still noble metals near the surface. One theory explaining this phenomenon attributes this to a meteor shower 3.9 billion years – i.e., 650 million years ago after the formation of the system solar-, who also created many of the craters moles.

Test this hypothesis has been very difficult due to lack of accuracy on measurements of metals precious.

“We evaluate the tungsten isotope ratios.” It is an element that behaves similar to precious metals; “for example, disappears into the terrestrial core”, explains Willbold.

In addition, the isotopic composition of tungsten on Earth is very different that meteoric material, what allows to use these isotopes to mark the from field of asteroids.

Different ISOTOPES

Willbold team found that the abundance of this isotope in the current surface of the Earth was practically homogeneous. However, detected certain rocks isua greenstone belt (Greenland) cortical above belt with greater presence of the isotope. These formations are very ancient, and show how was the earth before the rain of meteorites (i.e. when the mantle was devoid of noble metals).

“Reflected a decline in the ratio of tungsten, and the current measure only can be explained if about 0.5% of the Earth’s mantle comes from meteoric, material that their design the value after the meteor shower,” says Willbold.

This estimate assumes the mantle of the planet contains 20 trillion tons of matter alien.

These findings support the possibility that meteorites were the source of these metals, including gold, silver, Platinum or rhodium, after the formation of the nucleus.

The authors suggest that even this meteor shower could cause the current dynamics of the mantle.

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The use of drugs in the United States.UU. stays stable below 9 %

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(Embargada to the 14: 30 GMT)

María Peña

Washington, 8 sep (EFE).-the 8.9 per cent of Americans of at least 12 years of age (22.6 million people) he used drugs in 2010, a figure similar to that of 2009, according to an annual report released today.

The Services Administration on substance abuse and Mental Health (SAMHSA) released a national survey that provides an x-ray of the use of illicit substances in people of at least 12 years of age in the United States.UU., there was no “significant” increase from 2009 through 2010 that.

In statements to Efe, the “drug czar” of the White House, Gil Kerlikowske, considered that these results represent “a step in the right direction” but noted that it is not cause for celebration because much remains to be done to combat the problem.

“Would have held it if he had seen a low”. “This tells us that there is much work ahead and that parents need to be more involved to prevent young people from falling into drugs”, said Kerlikowske, holder of the Office of national policy for the Control of drugs (ONDCP) of the House white.

Young people now want to have control, “and when they receive the message that lost it by drug abuse, that serves as a strong warning,” added.

In 2010, 22.6 million persons aged at least 12 consumed drug a month before the national survey, representing a 8.9%, compared to 8.7% in 2009 and 8% in 2008.

Also, 1,5 million people (0.6%) consumed cocaine, its lowest level since 2002 and 39 percent less than their maximum level of 2.4 million in 2006 (1%). In 2009, the figure was 1.9 million (0.7%).

Between 2008 and 2010, whites and Hispanics were “significant” increases in drug use. Among whites, it increased from 8.2% to 9.1% during that period, and among Hispanics, soared from 6.2% to 8.1%, respectively.

Among blacks, it increased from 10.1% in 2008 to 10.7 per cent last year, and among Asians, has dropped from 3.6% to 3.5% in these two years.

The report, which reflects data from 67.500 people, pointed out that, in general, drug use has fallen by nearly a third since 1979, although marijuana use increased significantly and was, in fact, the most common drug in United States.

Between 2007 and 2010, the consumption of cannabis rose from 5.8% to 6.9%, or 14.4 million to its current figure of 17.4 million

On the other hand, 1.2 million (0.5%) used hallucinogens in 2010, including 695.000 who used “Ecstasy”, similar to 2009 figures.

On abuse of psychotherapeutic drugs with prescription in 2010, seven million used without medical purposes, practically the same figure compared to 2009. In 2002, the figure totaled 6.3 million.

According to the document, 55 per cent of those who used pain relievers without medical reasons “free” got them from a friend or relative, while 17.3 per cent it was awarded a doctor, 4.4 per cent of a smuggler or a stranger, and 0.4% turned to internet.

Also, the number of consumers of methamphetamine use fell from 731.000 in 2006 to 353.000 in 2010.

According to the survey, among young people aged 12 to 17 drug intake was 10% in 2009 and 10.1 per cent last year. Between 2002 and 2008, consumption had declined from 11.6% to 9.3%, respectively.

Among those aged between 18 and 25 years, consumption rose from 19.6% in 2008, to 21.2% in 2009 and to 21.5 per cent last year, mainly due to the increase in the consumption of marijuana.

Between the 50 to 59 years of age drug use rose from 2.7% in 2002 to 5.8% in 2010, which, according to the report, partly reflects the aging of the “baby boom” generation, those born after World War II between 1946 and 1964.

This demographic group has had a higher consumption of drugs than the of elderly than them.

The document pointed out that in 2010 51.8% of the population group analyzed, or 131,3 million, swallowed alcoholic beverages while the 27.4 per cent, or 69.6 million consumed tobacco.

In FY 2011, the Government invested 10,400 millions of dollars on education and treatment programs, compared to the 9,200 billion dollars allocated to police measures within the country, according to the report. EFE

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips