Malaz Mohamed Nour, Pollution killed 7 million people worlwide

According to record released by World Health Organization, 7 million died due to air pollution in 2012 and more than a third of the death occurred in Asian developing nations. Air pollution is the world’s biggest and only environmental risk and dirty air account for 1out of every 8 deaths in the world. What is new is that effects of air pollution in strokes and coronary can now be evaluated. Reports show that those living in northeast China, Japan and south India are at a higher risk. Poor women expose to cooking fire are at an even higher risk of those noncommunicable diseases. Urbanization sprawl in the developing nations in Asia, especially china are major contribution to the problem. It is necessary for china to plan its cities rationally to have better urban infrastructures.

 

Developing countries and in top of them China, are major contributor of world pollution. As farmers are moved into the city life, china is experiencing over population in urban areas; a problem common in other areas of the world as well.  As those farmers lands are sold, they become producers of urban sprawls instead. The problem is that urban areas are spreading too far and too fast, using too many resources and producing too much waste. One way to help this problem is by making cities denser so that per capita use of resources and thus less pollution. Air pollution is also a threat to those in poor areas of the world who help little access to resources but at the same time more vulnerable to health problems. Also making cities denser will save space for agriculture as well as decrease air pollution cleanup spending.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/world/pollution-killed-7-million-people-worldwide-in-2012-report-finds.html

Blog #8: Progress for Women in Less Developed Countries

Summary: Progress has been made for women in developing countries to help the prevention of excessive bleeding after child birth. This new drug is said to be in circulation with 12 countries starting in June. The World Health Organization will conduct this new innovation drug research with Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, the UK and Uganda. This research trial will take place over a span of eighteen months and will test the effectiveness. This new innovative drug can be stored at room temperature in hot and tropical locations which is a wonderful plus unlike drugs they used before.

Analysis: A new drug is in research which will help women in less developed countries will help women with excessive bleeding after child birth. Thankfully, this new drug will be able to be kept at room temperature unlike oxytocin which was most commonly used however, it needed to be refrigerated. Many health centeres around those areas with women having this problem unfortunately had unreliable energy supplies. Less developed countries were not able to have up to par storage facilities as well as harsh roads to cross which make it particularly hard during rainy seasons in this area. This new drug will be able to successfully decrease mortality rates for both the mothers and the new born infants in these areas. If this new drug works effectively the new maker of the drug will work with the World Health Organization to make this drug a reasonable price for those in less developed countries.  This new drug shows promise in helping the women in less developed countries gain proper medical health for both them and their children as well as being affordable, easily stored and effective.


Source: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/apr/04/drug-excessive-bleeding-after-childbirth-save-lives

Blog #9

Families In Bangaldesh Learn to Cope with Storms And Cyclones

This article talks about how families in different areas of southern Bangladesh are going through a struggle to get back on their feet after the constant blows of Mother Nature. Within the article, it talks about how areas on the low-lying coastal plains of southern Bangladesh are more exposed to the blows of Mother Nature. The Bay of Bengal sits near climate change and recurring natural disasters; however, this is where most of the farming families are. There have been multiple Mother Nature attacks where the poor people living in areas that are highly affected have been effected the most. In the article, a mother talks about her first hand encounters dealing with the act of trying to reach a safety mark with her kids. Many families are being helped to cope with these situations. The Government of Bangladesh is trying to provide training and food and cash for work programs, as said in the article. They are hoping that these programs and education will help increase the building or updating of the community. Another project and or program that they are continuing to improve is the “Enhancing Resilience (ER)” program. This program is a major priority in which the government plans to improve food security and protection against climate change.

This article is very inspiring. It shows that the government is trying to improve the living conditions for their people. This would be by educating them on what they can do to when Mother Nature tries to strike. In this day in time, education is basically everything. Giving people the education on how they can benefit themselves when a situation like this comes, they can get themselves further than they ever thought was possible. It also gives them hope that they CAN!!

Kayla Howard

Submitted: April 12th, 2013 12:25

Source: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/families-in-bangaldesh-learn-to-cope-with-storms-and-cyclones