State of the world's nursing 2025
<p>Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent
Europe
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Blackmailed loan
a loan of us $215 million will be granted to Ukraine by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop ment (EBRD). The loan will help Ukraine build its two nuclear power stations,
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Under fire
The European court of first instance in Luxembourg recently refused to shield three of the world's largest tobacco companies from legal action linked to cigarette smuggling. The move was initiated
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Cinderella s carriage
Biodegradable plastic car parts can be made from miscanthus grass
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Follow Up
On April 26, 2001, Ukrainians commemorated the darkest day in their history
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Lab safety
Over 16 European nations and 12 international organisations recently joined hands and agreed to cooperate in an attempt to find ways of improving the welfare of laboratory animals, and primates in
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ARGENTINA
The amount of solid waste generated in Buenos Aires has increased by 30 per cent in the last 10 years. This was found during the first-ever study on the city's solid waste. In 1991, the average daily
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Forest certification
representatives of European forest owners and industries have claimed a significant forward movement in plans to develop a new certification and labelling scheme for sustainable forest
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Bleeding white
Antarctic microbes could be rampantly exploited to benefit a few
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Pollution sensor
Monitoring the effect of rising carbon dioxide (CO) concentrations and climatic changes on Europe's forests is the aim of a collaborative project across eight European countries and Australia. The
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In Focus
Familiarity breeds contempt. This , in a nutshell, encapsulates the oftrepeated statements of various gov- ernmentofficials on the status of the world's natural fish stocks. At the European Union