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The father of microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, worries about the world's poor in the face of growing economic turmoil
What started with sub-prime mortgage defaults in the United States is now affecting financial markets world-wide. And Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize-winning economist behind the concept of microfinance, is concerned about the impact of the current global economic turmoil on the world's poorest people.
A foreign advertising executive working in China tells how companies there can help reverse the spread of HIV and AIDS.
The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine was announced this week. Among the winners were the two French scientists who discovered HIV, the virus which causes AIDS. Prior to the announcement UNAIDS -- the joint United Nations programme working to reverse the spread of HIV--honoured nine people for their leadership in responding to the disease in China. They included basketball star Yao Ming, and French advertising executive Serge Dumont. UN Radio's Xiao Fan recently sat down with Mr. Dumont to learn how HIV/AIDS is affecting China.
A UNICEF report about constructing safer schools in one of the most disaster-prone regions of the Philippines.
The International Day for Disaster Reduction was observed on October 8th. This year's theme looked at making hospitals safe from natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods and cyclones. Dr. Salvano Briceño heads the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, which is located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Producer: Dianne Penn
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