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...survivor of the massive 1932 cholera epidemic in Bangladesh's southern port city of Chittagong, had visited Mahalanabis' camp. He was converted and pushed oral rehydration through all the U.N. health agencies. who rolled out its diarrheal-diseases control program in 1978. "The simplicity and power of this tool gave it its own momentum," Mahalanabis says. Power indeed: the initiative cut total worldwide diarrhea deaths from about 5 million in 1980 to 3 million today. In Bangladesh alone, child mortality fell from 35% to 6% over the following 20 years. But far too many people are still dying from preventable...
...Ethical Tool A burglar's Leatherman in a surgeon's pocket raises many complicated questions
...down at my table, my first cup of coffee in one hand, and the most important tool of my job in the other, The Wall Street Journal. Referred to at work as the Bible, the Journal is the key to any aspiring i-banker’s success. I flip through the pages, relying on my well-trained eyes to spot the important stories, figures, and reports. I scan through the entire paper, hoping to retain as much information as possible, and by 5:40 a.m. I’m out the door...
...they had positions available that might work for these individuals,” wrote Harvard’s senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity, Evelynn M. Hammonds, in an e-mail. “This is a very time consuming process. We believe that the HERC tool will help make that process easier since faculty and professional positions will be posted on the site,” she added. The dual-career issue has become an increasingly relevant topic in the past decade or so, according to the director of the NE-HERC, Jacqueline S. Hogan...
...voters may not share Bush's confidence - especially given how often investigations in recent years have become a tool by which politicians kick their problems into the next election cycle. Nor will the announcement that the House Ethics Committee is looking into the matter reduce the pressure. The panel has, for all intents and purposes, been nonfunctional since it imploded over the investigation of then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay...