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Zeroing on Rio+20

January 26, 2012 - 8:16am — webteam

AROUND twenty years ago, the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), popularly known as the “Earth Summit,” took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It gathered over a hundred heads of states. The conference produced several important outcomes: the Rio Declaration which contains a declaration of principles on the environment and development, the Agenda 21 which is a 40-chapter document that outlines a blue print on implementing sustainable development, the Forest Principles, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Author: 
Dr. Giovanni Tapang, PhD

Science in 2011

January 5, 2012 - 2:05am — webteam

The leading scientific journals usually have a yearend issue that summarizes the year that was in science.
ITALSScienceEND ITALS magazine has hailed the AIDS treatment therapy study HPTN 052 of Myron Cohen and collaborators as its “Breakthrough of the Year.” This clinical study showed lowered infection rates of HIV-1 (by a factor of 20) between partners using a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs. This treatment, described in a paper in the ITALSNew England Journal of MedicineEND ITALS, combined with other promising clinical trials, may be “The Beginning of the End of AIDS,” as the World AIDS Day (December 1) event last year in George Washington University heralded.

Author: 
Dr. Giovanni Tapang, PhD

Top 7 ways to reduce disaster risk

January 4, 2012 - 12:47am — webteam

At the end of each year, we usually take stock of what transpired and assess our strengths and weaknesses in order to do better next year. Usually in the form of “New Year’s Resolutions,” we list down what we have to do for the next 365 days. In the light of the recent disasters in Mindanao, we list here the top 7 things we can do to address climate vulnerability in our country.

Author: 
Dr. Giovanni Tapang, PhD
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