women and pregnancy-related mortality

Even when controlling for age, socioeconomic status and education, maternal deaths among African-American women remain four times the rate of white women, 46 percent of which, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are potentially preventable, compared with 33 percent of such..

us: cervical cancer deaths up for black women

The Federal and many state and local governments are not doing enough to prevent cancer deaths. The 103-page report,   'It Should Not Happen Alabama's Failure to Prevent Cervical Cancer Death in Black Belt,  documents how state and federal policies contribute to treacherous Alabama,..

police briefs 11-29-2018

The department is taking number of steps to prevent package thefts during the holiday season uniformed and plain clothes officers have received training in the method of operation of package thieves. ..

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afghanistan: significant increase in school attacks threatens children

With twice as many UN-verified attacks on education in Afghanistan in the first half of 2018 than during the whole of 2017—and, the number of out-of-school children on the rise for the first time since 2002, according to an inter-agency study—urgent action is needed to prevent more Afghan..

government news 28/11

The PM pointed out a list of tasks for ministries, agencies and localities, such as natural disaster prevention and control, adaptation to climate change, clean agricultural production, improving mechanisms, policies and laws and removing difficulties facing investors and businesses.  . ..

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13 ways states can protect and advance women’s health and rights

In order to tackle these staggering numbers, there are number of steps states can take to protect students namely, strengthening Clery Act mandating prevention and education issuing guidance to address new and dangerous changes proposed to Title IX at the federal level and improving anonymous..

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