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Tag Archives: contraception
DON’T PANIC — The Facts About Population
Hans Rosling is a great communicator. Here’s his documentary about human population. Our world reached ‘peak child’ around 2000 because people are using more birth control. Now children aren’t dying so much as they used to. Therefore the world’s population … Continue reading
Posted in food, human health, statistics
Tagged child, contraception, data, human, population
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As well as cull, contraceptives lined up for badgers in battle against farm TB
Originally posted on LEARN FROM NATURE:
How many ways shall I ‘not’ kill thee…. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson pledged to eradicate disease from English cattle within 25 years. The Independent reports The government is working on a contraceptive for badgers…
Posted in agriculture, ecology
Tagged bacterium, badger, bait, bovine tuberculosis, breeding, cattle, contraception, disease, disease transmission, livestock, mammal, Mycobacterium bovis, native species, notifiable disease, research, ruminant, shooting, tuberculosis, vertebrate, wildlife, zoonosis
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New Mapping Tool Tracks Insecticide Resistance In Malaria Carrying Mosquitoes
argylesock says… When I blog about human populations growing, it’s too easy for us in the rich world to assume that birth control can fix that. But it’s not so easy when you know that your kids will face a … Continue reading
Posted in human health
Tagged academia, Anopheles, apicomplexan, arthropod, child, contraception, data, dipteran, disease, drug resistance, evolution, human, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, malaria, mosquito, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, population, technology, vector
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Geographic Technology Helps Put Ethiopia on Map of Global Health Success
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
By David J. Olson Global development communications expert Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-j-olson/ethiopia-family-planning_b_3139666.html In just six years, DKT Ethiopia has transformed its system for tracking contraceptive sales from pins and pencils to computers and satellites and,…
Posted in human health
Tagged contraception, development, disease, education, HIV, human, technology
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Taste the Waste of Food
argylesock says… I, and others, blogged about the IF campaign a few weeks ago. Anybody reading this who hasn’t already signed the petition, please consider signing – it’s supported by organisations that I respect, including Oxfam. I’d like to add … Continue reading
Posted in food, human health
Tagged child, contraception, education, food, food waste, human, population, poverty, sustainable, waste, woman
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How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?
I recommend this film about human populations. It’s nearly an hour long, but well worth that. I’m grateful to my fellow blogger Tony at naturestimeline for showing it to me.
Posted in agriculture, ecology, human health
Tagged child, city, contraception, development, ecosystem, education, food, history, human, population, poverty, prosperity, water, woman
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