Again and again it is proving that flu vaccine is not effective.
There is not enough evidence to support the effectiveness of immunising older people against flu, fresh research in the US has concluded. Researchers from George Washington University, Washington DC, say the benefits in reducing deaths among over 70s have been “greatly exaggerated”.
More from BBC Health.
I got this message which is posted below. .
Hi
Am writing from the Indian organisation for Autism. Am trying to contact organisations in the Maldives that work with and for individuals with autism. Also in case there are any organisation of people with autism.
The South Asia Regional Conference in Autism is taking place on 15 and 16 January 2008 in New Delhi. It will be followed by a two day training in structured teaching based on the TEACCH approach, on 17 and 18 January.
We would like to invite the presentation of a country paper fron the Maldives. Any help in making contacts would be much appreciated.
Thank you
Merry Barua
Any NGOs out there who want to contact them ? Hello Care Society.
Bloggers are going crazy and angry at the news of the missing girl found dead in Malaysia. Yes, she was found but not alive. She was sexually abused , tortured and dumped in a sport bag. Her name is Nurin Jazlin Jazimin. A blog dedicated in finding the missing girl reports that Nurin has been found and the burial will take place today. Also monsterblog reports on the same incident. More from here.
Again, another incident for us Maldivians to think about. Specially in the way how she went missing and how alert we all should be .
Now, this might be shocking news to many. A 6 year old boy has been accused of sexually abusing other same aged children in a school. It seems that he was running a ’sex club’ in school.
Now, think about that and the recent happenings in Maldives.
This is not about Maldives, but may be, just may be, Maldivians could gather inspiration from this post.
But the most dangerous manifestation of this retreat from democracy has been a growing sense of hopelessness of the people of Pakistan, and a total disillusionment with the political system’s ability to address their daily problems. The social sector has festered — underfinanced and relegated to the back burner of national policy. All the indicators of quality of life have spiraled down, from employment to education to housing to health care. And as people’s sense of disillusionment has grown, there has been a corresponding growth in the spread of religious and political extremism. The failure of the regime has made our citizens open to extra-governmental experimentation with fanaticism. This has clearly been manifest in the spread of politicized madrassas, schools in which the curriculum incorporates xenophobia, bigotry and often para-military terrorist training. But poor parents who cannot feed or clothe their children entrust them to these kinds of schools, so their children may be fed and housed.
Read the rest of the post from HUFF.
More on Benazir Bhuttos return and the way things are shaping up in Pakistan, drugs, etc…
