This is from the article, 15-25 yr-olds most active users of AIDS helpline, in The Times of India.
The city-based helpline has been getting calls from not only rural Maharashtra, but also Bangalore, Delhi, Rajasthan, and even Dubai, Singapore and Africa!Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Innocent until proven positive, by Nadja Popovich in McGill Daily about the challenges faced in implementing such laws.
Laws criminalizing the transmission of HIV, in their various forms, have been implemented from Texas to Zimbabwe, Sweden to Singapore, transgressing cultural and economic boundaries.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Health care - another embarassing (but inspiring) Singapore comparison, in Stephenfranks.co.nz by Stephen Franks about the Healthcare Systems.
When I first visited Singapore, from recollection their per capita incomes were about half ours. Now they earn an average US$4500 more per capita. They spend in total on health US$ 1,140 per person, about half what we spend.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Our Pro-poor health care policy rewarded, by Professor Chula Goonasekera in The Island Online.
We are a tropical country with a 20 million population. Its birth rate and death rate are reducing with a reduction in population growth. Currently life expectancy in Sri Lanka is estimated to be 68 for males and 75 for females. As a result, our population pyramid had now begun to invert and Sri Lanka is expected to be the third oldest country in Asia after Japan and Singapore by 2010 in the Asian region. Unfortunately, to date, we are yet to pay sufficient attention to care for our increasingly aged population.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Are product patents anti-consumer?, by Business Standard Reporter in New Delhi.
India is the second-largest talent pool in the world. Yet, investments by global companies continue to gravitate to China, Hong Kong and Singapore. India received $8 billion in FDI last year as against China's $63 billion!Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Journey for peace - Christian peacemaker team travels to philippines to promote harmony, by Linda Leicht in News-Leader.com about contamination near an old military base in the Philippines.
It was that water, from 203 contaminated wells around the base — the size of the country of Singapore — that caused Crizel's leukemia, her mother said.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Ailing AL leader Jalil leaves for Singapore at 11:55pm, in TradingMarkets.com.
Jalil, who was Sunday granted 30-day parole on humanitarian grounds in view of his critical condition, will take treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital as he had earlier undergone treatment there several times.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, "Mumbai helpline counsels AIDS patients from Dubai, China", by Prashant K. Nanda in Thaindian News.
“I have tested HIV positive, how will I face my family?” asks a voice from Dubai on telephone. From a clean basement in a dingy building here, a counsellor answers the question. Counsellors at Population Service International (PSI) also guide AIDS patients from China, Singapore and the Gulf on how to live a better life.Find Singapore here.
