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Many Companies Preparing On Global Scale For A(H1N1) 'Swine Flu' Pandemic, According To Global Survey By Councils Of The Conference Board
Many global companies have activated a pandemic response plan to the threat of an A(H1N1) "swine flu" pandemic, according to a survey released by The Conference Board.
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In Health Care Debate, Small Businesses Are Key
"As they work to overhaul the nation"s healthcare system, President Obama and his congressional allies have pledged to help small-business owners such as Rhonda Ealy and Kelli Glasser," The Los Angeles Times reports. "Both businesswomen desperately want help. But they have strongly divergent views about what Washington should do, reflecting a broader debate about how to relieve the burden on the nation"s roughly 6 million small businesses." Ealy owns a coffee roasting company in Bend, Ore. with 13 employees, she says she "loves a Democratic proposal to create a government-run insurance plan, which she hopes will allow her to get her employees better coverage for less." Glasser, who "makes museum and trade-show exhibits" and has 87 employees, "hates a separate provision in the legislation that would place a new requirement on many businesses to cover their employees."
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USAID Commits $1M To Help Several African Nations Deal With Natural Disasters, Disease Spread

USAID announced on Thursday a $1 million commitment to a Red Cross project aimed at helping those "living along southern Africa"s Zambezi River cope with worsening natural disasters because of climate change," the AP/Washington Post reports. "For the 32 million people who live in the Zambezi"s basin - some of the world"s poorest - the river is a of transportation, jobs and fertile soil for agriculture," the AP/Washington Post writes. "But it also brings misery with a cycle of flood and drought that displaces hundreds of thousands of people annually. Extreme flooding and dry spells destroy crops and cause food shortages, while receding waters leave cholera, dysentery and malaria," according to AP/Washington Post. The Red Cross chose to launch the Zambezi River Basin Initiative after this year"s devastating flood season claimed the lives of 90 people and displaced over 276,000 in Namibia alone, according to the AP/Washington Post. Through the three-year $8.6 million initiative, the Red Cross will work with "the seven nations that the river winds through - Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe" to "boost early warning systems and local training for disaster management, as well provide funds for malaria, cholera, and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention projects," the AP/Washington Post writes (Theriault, AP/Washington Post, 6/25). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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