Tobacco money sparks squabble at Californian universities

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A row is brewing between University of California (UC) administrators and faculty members at the UCs individual schools over whether to accept money given by tobacco manufacturers such as Lorillard Tobacco and Philip Morris, and the issue will be resolved by the UC academic on 14 March 2005. The UC administration states that bans against accepting tobacco money violate academic freedom

Financial management, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, California, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, Colleges and universities, Tobacco farms, Finance, Universities and colleges, Tobacco industry, University of California, Company financing

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The worm has turned

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Maria Yazdanbakhsh, a biologist at the University of Leiden in Netherlands treated the children of the Lambarene village in rural Africa who were infected with intestinal parasites with antihelminth drug to cure them. She believes that the disease outburst is due to the unhygienic conditions they live in and a way to cure the disease is to first live a healthy and clean life.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Management dynamics, Biologists, Care and treatment, Practice, Communicable diseases, Yazdanbakhsh, Maria

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Nurses disappearing from developing nations

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The burden of too many patients, unsafe working conditions, lack of respect and low pay are making the nurses disappear from developing nations. Some 17 African nations now have fewer than 50 nurses for every 100,000 people.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Developing Countries, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Nurses, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis

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