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is the VOA Special English Development Report. Last Monday, journals around the world published what was called a " Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development." Organizers at Council of Science Editors said the project involved two thirty-five journals from thirty-seven countries. The council said the was to increase interest and research in the subject to spread the results as widely as possible. It the journals were publishing more than seven hundred fifty involving eighty-seven countries in all parts of the world. partial list of the articles is on the Council Science Editors' Web site. The group has urged all that published articles to make them available free to public. This is the third time a global theme has been published. The first issue in nineteen ninety-six with worldwide threats from diseases. Thirty-six journals published articles. second issue in nineteen ninety-seven was on aging. Articles in ninety-seven journals. The editors of the Journal of American Medical Association, JAMA, organized the two earlier issues. published several articles for the newest one. The research how knowledge about effective health interventions can be put use locally to help the poor. Other widely read that published articles included Science, Nature and The Lancet. project also included journals on medicine and biology from Public Library of Science. That nonprofit organization publishes its free of charge on the Internet. The United States Institutes of Health held an event to launch the Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development. A group experts from NIH... and the Council of Science Editors seven articles for recognition. The subjects included childbirth safety, .../, malaria treatment and the effects of influenza on children. United Nations recognized the link between health and development the Millennium Development Goals approved in September of two . But many experts believe the targets for health improvements not be reached at current rates of progress. And the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jill . For a link to the list of journals that part in the global theme issue, go to voaspecialenglishcom.. Steve Ember.

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