Health critical to reducing population growth & poverty

Better Health For All: Critical To Reduce Population Growth & Poverty : TreeHugger

Thematic Mapping

Thematic Mapping Engine (TME) enables you to visualise global statistics on Google Earth. The primary data source is UNdata.

The engine returns a KMZ file that you can open in Google Earth or download to your computer.

Thematic Mapping Engine - thematicmapping.org

Sudan declares Darfur ceasefire

BBC NEWS | Africa | Sudan declares Darfur ceasefire

UN appeals for DR Congo back-up

BBC NEWS | Africa | UN appeals for DR Congo back-up

DR Congo refugee crisis

More than 250,000 civilians have been forced to flee their homes by fierce fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The British and French foreign ministers have arrived in the country to see for themselves the humanitarian crisis there.

UK calls for urgent aid for Congo

BBC NEWS | Africa | Fears grow over Congo refugees

'Human catastrophe' grips Congo

UK doctor on working in Congo

Rwanda ghosts stalk DRC

In pictures: Congo crisis

BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Congo crisis

Crisis bites for Goma refugees

BBC NEWS | Africa | Crisis bites for Goma refugees

Trapped in Goma

Eyewitness: 'City in chaos'

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | UK troops 'may be sent to Congo'

Refugees and the DRC

• UN warns over Congo conflict
• Displaced Congolese leave Goma
• DR Congo aid worker
• 'Human catastrophe' grips Congo
• DR Congo refugee camps 'burned'
  

'City of chaos'

In pictures: Goma crisis
How Congo's heaven became hell
Exodus as terror spreads
Q&A: DR Congo conflict
Harvest of death

The rogue general
DR Congo: Key facts

Cambodia...Family Planning

Declining Populations in Europe

Where have All the Children Gone? on BooServer

Europe’s population is shrinking. Millions of apartments across Germany are being torn down because the next generation of tenants is missing. Small towns are disappearing as the few remaining residents move to the city. Can anything be done to reverse the trend? This thought provoking documentary contrasts the family policies of four countries. It examines the extent to which politics influences birth rates.

Population Density - Britain

Map of the week: Crowded Britain?

Refugees - Somalia

'They risk everything to escape' | World news | The Guardian

Technorati Tags: migration, refugees

China considers ending one-child policy

China could scrap its one-child policy, a senior family planning official said today, acknowledging concerns about its effects in creating an ageing society and gender gap...read it here.

Days of the one-child rule could be numbered as Beijing considers change...read it here

Refugees - Chad

Refugees flee from Darfur to Chad

Japan's population

Japan eyes demographic time bomb
In the first of a series on Japan's population crisis, the BBC's Philippa Fogarty looks at what the demographic changes mean for Asia's economic giant...read it here.

Gender issues key to low birth rate

In the second of a series on Japan's population crisis, the BBC's Philippa Fogarty looks at the reasons behind the country's low birth rate...read it here.

AIDS/HIV and TB

Click on the image to read about how AIDS/HIV and TB are spreading through sub-saharan africa.

Fertility and Superstition

Look at the impact of superstition on the fertility rate of Japan in 1966...the year of the fire horse (Hinoeuma)

'The Hinoeuma year in Chinese astrology comes once every 60 years. In Japan, women born in the Hinoeuma year are believed to be headstrong and deadly to men. This superstition was spread widely among the population and people avoided having children in the Hinoeuma year.'

Source

[Thanks to Shino for this information]

Geography of a disease

GEOGRAPHY OF A DISEASE

SARS

Severe acute respiratory syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Special report: Sars | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

WHO | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

BBC - Search results for sars

AIDS / HIV

AIDS, Living with AIDS - National Geographic Magazine

AIDS - Wikipedia

More on Aids & HIV | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

WHO | WHO and HIV/AIDS

BBC - Search results for aids

AIDS Clock

YouTube - About AIDS in Africa...

HIV/AIDS stats

Population Refeence Bureau - HOW HIV AND AIDS AFFECT POPULATIONS.

IGCSE Geography - AIDS and it's Impact on Population

BBC NEWS | Health | The Aids audit: A mixed picture

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Aids crisis

BBC NEWS | Health | HIV impact: Region-by-region

AIDS - a threat to rural Africa

DFID | Millennium Development Goals | HIV, AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

AVIAN FLU

BBC NEWS | England | Cumbria | Drug jobs saved to fight bird flu

BBC NEWS | Business | UN warns of bird flu's high cost

Return of migrating birds could spread avian flu in Europe | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

BBC NEWS - How bird flu has spread - Interactive Map

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 2005 | Bird Flu

Google Earth Blog: Enhanced Avian Flu Outbreak Tracker

Google Earth KML: Watch the Spread of Bird Flu

Google Earth KML: Phylogeny of Avian Influenza

Transmission and infection of H5N1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

More on bird flu | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

WHO | Avian influenza

BBC - Search results for avian flu


MALARIA

YouTube - The Fight Against Malaria

A fishy treatment for malaria | Laboratory News

Britain's mosquito explosion | Health and wellbeing | Life and Health

Free Insecticide Treated Bednets Cut Childhood Malaria-Caused Deaths Up To 44% (TreeHugger)

BBC NEWS | In pictures: Malaria train, Train engine

Malaria Lesson Teaching Resources

Malaria Special - Main news page

Malaria Atlas Project

ScienceDaily: Global Malaria Map Key Weapon In Fight Against Malaria, Scientists Say

Google Earth Blog: The Malaria Map Project in Google Earth

The Winged Scourge (1943)

YouTube - The Winged Scourge

Google Earth KML: Malaria Atlas Project

Malaria - National Geographic Magazine

DFID | Millennium Development Goals | HIV, AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

Malaria No More: Malaria Awareness Day is April 25

(all thanks to Richard Allaway's delicious bookmarks!)

More articles on mortality

Child Mortality in Malawi, Vietnam and India

WHO top ten causes of death

Country data on disease

Zimbabweans have 'shortest lives'

Warning over infant mortality gap

Indian girls 'more likely to die'

Global warming will increase world death rate

Angloa to tackle child mortality rates

4 million children die from enviro-hazards each year

AIDS clock

Fertility

Factors affecting fertility...diamond-9 exercise. Click here.