Comments for IH - BLOG http://aphaih.wordpress.com The weblog of APHA's International Health Section Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:45:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on World Pneumonia Day by Jenna http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/world-pneumonia-day/#comment-355 Jenna Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:45:53 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?p=323#comment-355 The WHO/UNICEF recently released a new action plan to fight pneumonia. The plan would cost $39 billion between now and 2015 and will prevent 5.3 million child deaths in that time period. The WHO/UNICEF recently released a new action plan to fight pneumonia. The plan would cost $39 billion between now and 2015 and will prevent 5.3 million child deaths in that time period.

]]> Comment on Motivating Moments by Tod Steward http://aphaih.wordpress.com/motivating-moments/#comment-354 Tod Steward Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:44:00 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?page_id=158#comment-354 Whether you have heard of rotavirus before or not, it may surprise you to know that you’ve probably had it. Nearly everyone in the world will have at least one rotavirus incident by age 3. In the developing world, rotavirus—the most common and lethal form of diarrhea—is one of the most deadly diseases a child will face. Unlike many other global health crises, proven prevention methods such as vaccines are already available for rotavirus and the World Health Organization recently recommended that these vaccines be included in every country’s immunization program. Recently, the scientific Journal of Infectious Diseases released a special supplement on rotavirus, Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines. It provides a comprehensive review of the latest data on rotavirus available. This is significant because rotavirus is the most common form of diarrhea and diarrheal disease is the second leading killer of children. Diarrhea kills 1.5 million young children a year in developing countries. In a recent New York Times story the chief of health at UNICEF was quoted as saying, “All the attention has gone to more glamorous diseases, but this basic thing has been left behind,” said Mickey Chopra, chief of health at UNICEF, which is trying to put diarrhea back on the global health agenda. “It’s a forgotten disease.” In his Fox Business blog, John Stossel wrote, “…In third world countries there is much more funding for glamorous diseases like AIDS compared to easier to treat illnesses like pneumonia and diarrhea… I can’t find anything about a World Rotavirus Day. I am not surprised that there are no Diarrhea Walks.” Included below is a short release which provides an overview of the special supplement on rotavirus. To access the Journal of Infectious Diseases Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines supplement, please visit: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jid/200/s1. Cheers! Tod Steward – (206) 694-0005 For more information, read: Common Virus and Senseless Killer: Briefing Paper on Rotavirus. Learn more at PATH.org or EDDControl.org. (More) Rotavirus vaccines needed in more countries NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Rotavirus vaccines could save an estimated 228,000 lives worldwide each year by reducing deadly diarrhea, the World Health Organization said. Strains of rotavirus, disease surveillance and vaccine-cost effectiveness are outlined in special edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, which supports WHO recommendations that rotavirus vaccines be included in every country's national immunization program. Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrheal disease and exacts a heavy toll on the world's poorest countries, said Dr. John Wecker, director of the Vaccine Access and Delivery Global Program at PATH, a non-profit health group. "Rotavirus is one of the most deadly diseases children in the developing world face," Wecker said in a release Thursday. "Vaccination holds the key to making it one of the most preventable diseases." Vaccines preventing rotavirus have been licensed in more than 100 countries. The vaccines, however, have not yet reached many of the places where the rotavirus burden is greatest, especially in African and Asian countries. For Immediate Release: November 5, 2009 Contact: Paul Quirk +1-202-572-2879 +1-202-549-5394 (cell) Paul.Quirk@gmmb.com New Journal of Infectious Diseases Special Edition outlines compelling rotavirus burden data and critical need for access to vaccines in high-burden regions Edition provides significant contribution to the understanding of rotavirus and focuses needed attention on the most deadly cause of diarrheal disease Seattle, WA—The Journal of Infectious Diseases has released a special edition, Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines. This special edition provides a significant contribution to the understanding of rotavirus disease burden and the impact of rotavirus vaccines, which have the potential to save an estimated 228,000 lives annually. As the leading cause of severe diarrheal disease, rotavirus exacts a tremendous toll on health systems, particularly in the world’s poorest countries. In addition to compiling data on rotavirus incidence from around the globe, this collection of scientific articles also covers strain diversity, the need for continued disease surveillance, and vaccine cost-effectiveness. The release of these pivotal data comes on the heels of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) June 2009 recommendation that vaccines preventing rotavirus—the most common and lethal form of diarrheal disease—be included in every country’s national immunization program. Rotavirus is responsible for the death of more than half a million children under age 5 annually and causes approximately 40 percent of diarrhea-related hospitalizations. Nearly every child in the world, regardless of socio-economic status or geographic location, will contract rotavirus by age 3. However, its burden is disproportionally felt in developing countries in Africa and Asia, where rotavirus is often fatal because children cannot access emergency care. “Rotavirus is one of the most deadly diseases children in the developing world face,” said Dr. John Wecker, director of the Vaccine Access and Delivery Global Program at PATH. “Vaccination holds the key to making it one of the most preventable diseases.” Regional surveillance networks have generated rotavirus disease and strain burden data in nearly 60 countries since 2001, demonstrating tremendous burden and supporting the need for widespread rotavirus vaccine use. The WHO has advocated for the global introduction of rotavirus vaccines as a key component of the strategy to reduce child deaths from diarrheal disease—the second leading killer of children today. “As these articles demonstrate, the burden of rotavirus is felt worldwide,” said Marc-Alain Widdowson, epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and lead author of the introductory article in the special edition. “The global health community must work together with public and private sector partners to help every country use available interventions—including vaccines—to stop child diarrheal disease deaths.” Vaccines preventing rotavirus have been licensed in more than 100 countries, many of which are in the industrialized world, and their routine use is dramatically reducing severe infections. The vaccines have not yet reached many of the places where the rotavirus burden is greatest— especially in the developing countries of Africa and Asia. “Vaccines are the best way to prevent rotavirus-related hospitalizations in industrialized countries and to avoid unnecessary child deaths in places where access to medical care and lifesaving interventions may be limited,” said Dr. Duncan Steele, senior technical advisor for PATH’s Vaccine Development Global Program and co-author of the introductory article in the special edition. Steele started his work on the article while at the WHO’s Initiative for Vaccine Research. Today, two orally administered vaccines preventing rotavirus, RotarixTM—produced by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, and RotaTeq®, produced by Merck—are available, and new vaccines are in development. The WHO recommendation on global use of these vaccines was based on large-scale clinical trials demonstrating vaccine efficacy in impoverished, highmortality settings. It builds on a 2006 recommendation to include rotavirus vaccines in the national immunization programs of countries in Europe, Latin America, and North America. Informed by the WHO decision, the GAVI Alliance has committed to providing eligible countries with financial support for rotavirus vaccine introduction and is currently accepting applications. To access the Journal of Infectious Diseases supplement Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines, please visit: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jid/200/s1. ### PATH is an international nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, PATH helps provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. PATH’s work improves global health and wellbeing. For more information, please visit www.path.org. Whether you have heard of rotavirus before or not, it may surprise you to know that you’ve probably had it. Nearly everyone in the world will have at least one rotavirus incident by age 3.
In the developing world, rotavirus—the most common and lethal form of diarrhea—is one of the most deadly diseases a child will face.
Unlike many other global health crises, proven prevention methods such as vaccines are already available for rotavirus and the World Health Organization recently recommended that these vaccines be included in every country’s immunization program.
Recently, the scientific Journal of Infectious Diseases released a special supplement on rotavirus, Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines. It provides a comprehensive review of the latest data on rotavirus available. This is significant because rotavirus is the most common form of diarrhea and diarrheal disease is the second leading killer of children.
Diarrhea kills 1.5 million young children a year in developing countries. In a recent New York Times story the chief of health at UNICEF was quoted as saying, “All the attention has gone to more glamorous diseases, but this basic thing has been left behind,” said Mickey Chopra, chief of health at UNICEF, which is trying to put diarrhea back on the global health agenda. “It’s a forgotten disease.”
In his Fox Business blog, John Stossel wrote, “…In third world countries there is much more funding for glamorous diseases like AIDS compared to easier to treat illnesses like pneumonia and diarrhea… I can’t find anything about a World Rotavirus Day. I am not surprised that there are no Diarrhea Walks.”
Included below is a short release which provides an overview of the special supplement on rotavirus.
To access the Journal of Infectious Diseases Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines supplement, please visit: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jid/200/s1.

Cheers!
Tod Steward – (206) 694-0005
For more information, read: Common Virus and Senseless Killer: Briefing Paper on Rotavirus.
Learn more at PATH.org or EDDControl.org.
(More)
Rotavirus vaccines needed in more countries
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI) — Rotavirus vaccines could save an estimated 228,000 lives worldwide each year by reducing deadly diarrhea, the World Health Organization said.
Strains of rotavirus, disease surveillance and vaccine-cost effectiveness are outlined in special edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, which supports WHO recommendations that rotavirus vaccines be included in every country’s national immunization program.
Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrheal disease and exacts a heavy toll on the world’s poorest countries, said Dr. John Wecker, director of the Vaccine Access and Delivery Global Program at PATH, a non-profit health group.
“Rotavirus is one of the most deadly diseases children in the developing world face,” Wecker said in a release Thursday. “Vaccination holds the key to making it one of the most preventable diseases.”
Vaccines preventing rotavirus have been licensed in more than 100 countries. The vaccines, however, have not yet reached many of the places where the rotavirus burden is greatest, especially in African and Asian countries.

For Immediate Release: November 5, 2009 Contact: Paul Quirk
+1-202-572-2879
+1-202-549-5394 (cell)
Paul.Quirk@gmmb.com
New Journal of Infectious Diseases Special Edition outlines compelling rotavirus
burden data and critical need for access to vaccines in high-burden regions
Edition provides significant contribution to the understanding of rotavirus and focuses
needed attention on the most deadly cause of diarrheal disease
Seattle, WA—The Journal of Infectious Diseases has released a special edition, Global Rotavirus
Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines. This special edition provides a
significant contribution to the understanding of rotavirus disease burden and the impact of
rotavirus vaccines, which have the potential to save an estimated 228,000 lives annually.
As the leading cause of severe diarrheal disease, rotavirus exacts a tremendous toll on health
systems, particularly in the world’s poorest countries. In addition to compiling data on rotavirus
incidence from around the globe, this collection of scientific articles also covers strain diversity,
the need for continued disease surveillance, and vaccine cost-effectiveness. The release of
these pivotal data comes on the heels of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) June 2009
recommendation that vaccines preventing rotavirus—the most common and lethal form of
diarrheal disease—be included in every country’s national immunization program.
Rotavirus is responsible for the death of more than half a million children under age 5 annually
and causes approximately 40 percent of diarrhea-related hospitalizations. Nearly every child in
the world, regardless of socio-economic status or geographic location, will contract rotavirus by
age 3. However, its burden is disproportionally felt in developing countries in Africa and Asia,
where rotavirus is often fatal because children cannot access emergency care.
“Rotavirus is one of the most deadly diseases children in the developing world face,” said Dr.
John Wecker, director of the Vaccine Access and Delivery Global Program at PATH. “Vaccination
holds the key to making it one of the most preventable diseases.”
Regional surveillance networks have generated rotavirus disease and strain burden data in
nearly 60 countries since 2001, demonstrating tremendous burden and supporting the need for
widespread rotavirus vaccine use. The WHO has advocated for the global introduction of
rotavirus vaccines as a key component of the strategy to reduce child deaths from diarrheal
disease—the second leading killer of children today.
“As these articles demonstrate, the burden of rotavirus is felt worldwide,” said Marc-Alain
Widdowson, epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and lead
author of the introductory article in the special edition. “The global health community must
work together with public and private sector partners to help every country use available
interventions—including vaccines—to stop child diarrheal disease deaths.”
Vaccines preventing rotavirus have been licensed in more than 100 countries, many of which
are in the industrialized world, and their routine use is dramatically reducing severe infections.
The vaccines have not yet reached many of the places where the rotavirus burden is greatest—
especially in the developing countries of Africa and Asia.
“Vaccines are the best way to prevent rotavirus-related hospitalizations in industrialized
countries and to avoid unnecessary child deaths in places where access to medical care and
lifesaving interventions may be limited,” said Dr. Duncan Steele, senior technical advisor for
PATH’s Vaccine Development Global Program and co-author of the introductory article in the
special edition. Steele started his work on the article while at the WHO’s Initiative for Vaccine
Research.
Today, two orally administered vaccines preventing rotavirus, RotarixTM—produced by
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, and RotaTeq®, produced by Merck—are available, and new
vaccines are in development. The WHO recommendation on global use of these vaccines was
based on large-scale clinical trials demonstrating vaccine efficacy in impoverished, highmortality
settings. It builds on a 2006 recommendation to include rotavirus vaccines in the
national immunization programs of countries in Europe, Latin America, and North America.
Informed by the WHO decision, the GAVI Alliance has committed to providing eligible countries
with financial support for rotavirus vaccine introduction and is currently accepting applications.
To access the Journal of Infectious Diseases supplement Global Rotavirus Surveillance:
Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines, please visit:
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jid/200/s1.
###
PATH is an international nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions,
enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with
diverse public- and private-sector partners, PATH helps provide appropriate health technologies and vital
strategies that change the way people think and act. PATH’s work improves global health and wellbeing.
For more information, please visit http://www.path.org.

]]> Comment on Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? by Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? « SocioLingo Africa http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/are-millennium-development-goals-mdgs-unfair-to-africa/#comment-349 Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? « SocioLingo Africa Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:21:52 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-349 [...] Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? Wordpress.com is home to a diversity of good content blogs not found on many other sites. One of the blogs I follow is IH-Blog which is the blog of the APHA International Health Section. You’ll find a number of thoughtful articles there on health topics. The following article picks up the argument about Millennium Development Goals and contains a link to the paper under discussion. You may also want to follow some of the discussion that ensued on the blog. Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? [...] [...] Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? WordPress.com is home to a diversity of good content blogs not found on many other sites. One of the blogs I follow is IH-Blog which is the blog of the APHA International Health Section. You’ll find a number of thoughtful articles there on health topics. The following article picks up the argument about Millennium Development Goals and contains a link to the paper under discussion. You may also want to follow some of the discussion that ensued on the blog. Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? [...]

]]> Comment on Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? by Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? « Sociolingo’s Africa http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/are-millennium-development-goals-mdgs-unfair-to-africa/#comment-297 Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? « Sociolingo’s Africa Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:09:02 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-297 [...] Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? [...] [...] Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? [...]

]]> Comment on Motivating Moments by Eckhard http://aphaih.wordpress.com/motivating-moments/#comment-292 Eckhard Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:57:41 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?page_id=158#comment-292 <strong>DREAMS</strong> At the grand opening of 2008 APHA 136th Anuual Meeting in San Diego, Sir Michael Marmot gave an inspiring keynote address. He talked about all the health challenges that remain despite considerable progress over past decades. To go about our work every day we have to keep up a healthy optimism. What Sir Marmot said stuck in my mind when he talked about the need to keep going in the face of challenges (such as reducing child mortality by 2/3 in Africa by 2015 as targeted by MDG 4; ed.): <em>The tragedy is not that we may not fulfil our dreams; the tragedy is not to dream at all.</em> DREAMS
At the grand opening of 2008 APHA 136th Anuual Meeting in San Diego, Sir Michael Marmot gave an inspiring keynote address. He talked about all the health challenges that remain despite considerable progress over past decades. To go about our work every day we have to keep up a healthy optimism. What Sir Marmot said stuck in my mind when he talked about the need to keep going in the face of challenges (such as reducing child mortality by 2/3 in Africa by 2015 as targeted by MDG 4; ed.):

The tragedy is not that we may not fulfil our dreams; the tragedy is not to dream at all.

]]> Comment on Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? by Jochen Jesinghaus http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/are-millennium-development-goals-mdgs-unfair-to-africa/#comment-174 Jochen Jesinghaus Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:14:12 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-174 Population growth is without doubt a big issue, but Easterly's argument "African women have the desired number of children" points to the fact that pg is an MDG-dependent variable, not something that can be slowed down by decree from Mr. Prime Minister. One factor that is not sufficiently debated is donors' tendency to measure success as GDP growth. First, income and "true success" are only vaguely, and logarithmically, correlated, see <a href="http://esl.jrc.it/dc/mdg_unsd/mdg_fvr.htm" title="here" rel="nofollow">. Second, while the great majority of MDG indicators improve only when poor people improve (grade 5, access to water and sanitation, ...), this is not the case for income. One can imagine a situation where donor money doubles a country's GDP, with the result that the imports of SUV's and the latest hightech gadgets double but none of the money arrives outside the fenced fortresses of the upperclass. Changing the logic from "more income" to a comprehensive benchmarking system is perhaps the biggest achievement of the MDGs - and justifies supporting them despite of their weaknesses. Population growth is without doubt a big issue, but Easterly’s argument “African women have the desired number of children” points to the fact that pg is an MDG-dependent variable, not something that can be slowed down by decree from Mr. Prime Minister. One factor that is not sufficiently debated is donors’ tendency to measure success as GDP growth.
First, income and “true success” are only vaguely, and logarithmically, correlated, see .
Second, while the great majority of MDG indicators improve only when poor people improve (grade 5, access to water and sanitation, …), this is not the case for income. One can imagine a situation where donor money doubles a country’s GDP, with the result that the imports of SUV’s and the latest hightech gadgets double but none of the money arrives outside the fenced fortresses of the upperclass. Changing the logic from “more income” to a comprehensive benchmarking system is perhaps the biggest achievement of the MDGs – and justifies supporting them despite of their weaknesses.

]]> Comment on Are you interested in the APHA Trade and Health Forum? by adamgilcrist http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/are-you-interested-in-the-apha-trade-and-health-forum/#comment-145 adamgilcrist Tue, 27 May 2008 06:01:43 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-145 The article about the "Are you interested in the APHA Trade and Health Forum?” is really innovative. Good work keep going on. I will refer this to my friend --------------------- adamgilcrist Suffering from an addiction. This website has a lot of great resources and treatment centers. <a href="http://www.treatmentcenters.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.treatmentcenters.org</a> The article about the “Are you interested in the APHA Trade and Health Forum?” is really innovative. Good work keep going on. I will refer this to my friend
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]]> Comment on Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? by Azumi http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/are-millennium-development-goals-mdgs-unfair-to-africa/#comment-89 Azumi Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:12:45 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-89 The idea of millenium dev elopment goal is a welcome idea in africa but not fair. because pwer supply is not included which is also a backbone for economic development. How can our industries survive when we hardly have 5 hours supply of power without interruption. The issue should be tackled to fight pvoerty The idea of millenium dev elopment goal is a welcome idea in africa but not fair. because pwer supply is not included which is also a backbone for economic development. How can our industries survive when we hardly have 5 hours supply of power without interruption. The issue should be tackled to fight pvoerty

]]> Comment on Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? by Eckhard http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/are-millennium-development-goals-mdgs-unfair-to-africa/#comment-13 Eckhard Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:45:22 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-13 <strong><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200802121069.html" rel="nofollow">Uganda: Big Population in the Way of Development Goals</a></strong> "Much as the Ugandan economy continues to register impressive growth rates, it is quite obvious that the critical goals to development will not be easy to attain by 2015. The rapid population growth poses a unique challenge to the attainment of most MDGs within the next seven years." Talk about a coincidence! This article was just published by The Monitor in Kampala and posted on allAfrica. Witness through Dennis Kawuma's eyes what large families and crowding look like in his neighborhood. Moreover, he is worried about what will happen to the many young children when they grow up and face a bleak future as teenagers and young adults. Will they get an education and find work? What will poverty and despair breed? ----------------------------------------- Thanks much, John for pointing out the report “Return of the Population Growth Factor”. Your blog about it is thought-provoking - as are many of the blogs on your site! Check out <a href="http://growthmadness.org/2007/07/01/after-a-lost-decade-experts-call-for-renewed-focus-on-population-growth/" rel="nofollow">John's weblog "Growth is Madness!"</a>, fellow Section members and friends, the read is worth your time! Uganda: Big Population in the Way of Development Goals

“Much as the Ugandan economy continues to register impressive growth rates, it is quite obvious that the critical goals to development will not be easy to attain by 2015. The rapid population growth poses a unique challenge to the attainment of most MDGs within the next seven years.”

Talk about a coincidence! This article was just published by The Monitor in Kampala and posted on allAfrica. Witness through Dennis Kawuma’s eyes what large families and crowding look like in his neighborhood. Moreover, he is worried about what will happen to the many young children when they grow up and face a bleak future as teenagers and young adults. Will they get an education and find work? What will poverty and despair breed?

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Thanks much, John for pointing out the report “Return of the Population Growth Factor”. Your blog about it is thought-provoking – as are many of the blogs on your site!
Check out John’s weblog “Growth is Madness!”, fellow Section members and friends, the read is worth your time!

]]> Comment on Are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Unfair to Africa? by John Feeney http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/are-millennium-development-goals-mdgs-unfair-to-africa/#comment-12 John Feeney Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:00:24 +0000 http://aphaih.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-12 A UK Parimentary report called "Return of the Population Growth Factor" is very relevant to this discussion. It's linked to here: http://www.appg-popdevrh.org.uk/Publications/Population%20Hearings/Population%20Hearings.htm I discussed it here: http://growthmadness.org/2007/07/01/after-a-lost-decade-experts-call-for-renewed-focus-on-population-growth/ I completely agree that it's way, way off base to suggest population isn't a relevant factor. It's unfortunately become a politically touchy factor, but it is nevertheless highly relevant. A UK Parimentary report called “Return of the Population Growth Factor” is very relevant to this discussion. It’s linked to here:

http://www.appg-popdevrh.org.uk/Publications/Population%20Hearings/Population%20Hearings.htm

I discussed it here:

http://growthmadness.org/2007/07/01/after-a-lost-decade-experts-call-for-renewed-focus-on-population-growth/

I completely agree that it’s way, way off base to suggest population isn’t a relevant factor. It’s unfortunately become a politically touchy factor, but it is nevertheless highly relevant.

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