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China’s “One Child” policy has been consistently broken by the country’s elites, but this issue is more than one of law braking and population control, it only brings light to the great divide between the countries rich and poor. Many elites ignore the laws and simply pay the hefty fines, which could amount to $130,000, while others are more blatant in their actions. Non-city dwellers are still allowed to have a second child if their first child is a girl, however the policy, which has been in existence for 30 years continues to cause great concern and divide among the population, especially as millions of girls have been systematically aborted, abandoned or killed over the years due to the policy.
Chevron gives $30m to global health fund, to be dispersed in cash over the next three years to the United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria. The move to lend direct corporate support to international health programs, has been seen as a ground braking move by many, as in addition Chevron will provide local assistance through employees to Global Fund projects in six developing countries in Africa and Asia.
Health workers in Botswana have confirmed two cases of extremely dangerous TB strains, which are extremely drug-resistant, raising fears of a new health crisis. TB cases that show resistance to the first-line treatment drugs had already been rising in numbers for more than a decade in Botswana. Almost 10 million children die before their fifth birthday across the globe, with , this has many have been left baffled and confused at UNICEF with the mixed progress on children’s healthIndonesia female circumcision traditions continue in spite of the outrage and opposition to the practice in most corners of the world, the overwhelming majority of Indonesian girls are still being forced by their families to undergo female circumcision, usually before their 14th birthdays. Debate in Indonesia has only just begun, on whether or not to an the practice.
Sri Lanka has been engaged in a civil war for 25 years, causing displacement, death, and poverty, and while many have longed for peace it appears it now one step farther away at the country has withdrawn from the Ceasefire Agreement. The agreement was negotiated with the help of Oslo in 2002 between Colombo and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE ). According to an interview with a Peace Negotiator, ‘Civilians Are the Ones Who Will Suffer’, including the children who now know nothing other than conflict and despair. Their are currently some quarter of a million people displaced, a large majority of whom are children, left without their basic fundamental rights to education, healthcare and nutrition.