PRI's The World » Public health http://www.theworld.org Global Perspectives for an American Audience Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:20:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Global Perspectives for an American Audience PRI's The World no Global Perspectives for an American Audience PRI's The World » Public health http://www.theworld.org/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.theworld.org Aboriginal Singer Jimmy Little Now A Champion For Healthy Food http://www.theworld.org/2011/08/aboriginal-singer-jimmy-little-now-a-champion-for-healthy-food/ http://www.theworld.org/2011/08/aboriginal-singer-jimmy-little-now-a-champion-for-healthy-food/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:00:39 +0000 The World http://www.theworld.org/?p=81586 Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little was a major recording star at home in Australia. Little is now 74 and has stopped performing, but he is making a public comeback of another sort. The World’s Jason Margolis reports.


]]> http://www.theworld.org/2011/08/aboriginal-singer-jimmy-little-now-a-champion-for-healthy-food/feed/ 1 08/03/2011,Aboriginal singer,Australia,diabetes,Jason Margolis,Jimmy Little,Public health Little is bringing awareness of healthy foods to remote indigenous communities in Australia. Little is bringing awareness of healthy foods to remote indigenous communities in Australia. PRI's The World no 6:10 noVideo: The Good Food Song199300http://www.jlf.org.au/The Jimmy Little Foundation8158608/03/2011http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZD4M6WYdwJason MargolisLisa MullinsOceaniaAustraliamusichttp://www.theworld.org/2011/08/aboriginal-singer-jimmy-little-now-a-champion-for-healthy-food/#videomusic376363520http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.theworld.org/audio/08032011.mp3 2961241 audio/mpeg a:1:{s:8:"duration";s:7:"0:06:10";} A DDT debate in Uganda http://www.theworld.org/2009/08/a-ddt-debate-in-uganda/ http://www.theworld.org/2009/08/a-ddt-debate-in-uganda/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:26:25 +0000 The World http://www.theworld.org/?p=8161 Download audio file (0807097.mp3)
Download MP3 In Uganda, a government program to battle malaria using the pesticide DDT has provoked a fierce backlash. Farmers, politicians, and villagers fear the government is poisoning them. Yet many public health experts say the risks of DDT are far less than the risks of malaria. Alison Hawkes traveled to northern Uganda and sent this report.]]>
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In Uganda, a government program to battle malaria using the pesticide DDT has provoked a fierce backlash. Farmers, politicians, and villagers fear the government is poisoning them. Yet many public health experts say the risks of DDT are far less than the risks of malaria. Alison Hawkes traveled to northern Uganda and sent this report.

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