http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/23/world-tb-day/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/23/world-tb-day/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:05:19 +0000 Yanis Ben Amor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13115 To celebrate World Tuberculosis Day, the Earth Institute has linked with Becton Dickinson to improve the diagnosis of the disease in regions where it is needed most.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/23/world-tb-day/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/09/using-mobile-phones-to-prevent-hiv-transimission-to-children/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/09/using-mobile-phones-to-prevent-hiv-transimission-to-children/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:20:18 +0000 Yanis Ben Amor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8453 By Casey Iiams-Hauser and Yanis Ben Amor HIV infection in children occurs most often during pregnancy and labor or post-natally during breastfeeding. While new HIV infections among children have declined since 2002, a staggering 430,000 children were infected in 2008...]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/09/using-mobile-phones-to-prevent-hiv-transimission-to-children/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/useless-condoms-and-the-trap-of-hiv-sensitization/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/useless-condoms-and-the-trap-of-hiv-sensitization/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:34:31 +0000 Yanis Ben Amor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6724 In Ruhiira, Uganda, one of 14 clusters of Millennium Villages across sub-Saharan Africa, combating HIV, including Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT), through sensitization campaigns, condoms, and antiretrovirals (ARVs) is only half the battle. Addressing the other half—a deeply ingrained culture of female disempowerment— is an unavoidable challenge, which is dangerously neglected. The victimization of females through cross-generational sex serves as a major vector for the spread of HIV. It is common and it is getting worse.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/useless-condoms-and-the-trap-of-hiv-sensitization/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/15/eliminating-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-in-the-mbola-millennium-village/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/15/eliminating-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-in-the-mbola-millennium-village/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:38:05 +0000 Yanis Ben Amor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=3301 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/15/eliminating-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-in-the-mbola-millennium-village/feed/ 0