PHM-Exch> A polio-free world and worrisome waste of food food

[Claudio Schuftan]

*Experts Band Together to Make World Polio-Free*
the world's most vulnerable children and future generations from this
debilitating but preventable disease.
The declaration calls for full funding and implementation of the Polio
Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018, developed by the Global
Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). With polio cases at an all-time low
and the disease remaining endemic in just three countries, the GPEI
estimates that it can be com-pletely ended by 2018 at a cost of $5.5
billion.
“India’s successful elimination of wild poliovirus is the best proof
that eradication is possible,” said Naveen Thacker, former president of the
Indian Academy of Paediat-rics. “But now is not the time to rest. As
India’s lessons and innovations are applied in the remaining endemic
countries, we and others must work to build the systems necessary to ensure
that no child anywhere is ever affected by polio again. The Strategic Plan
gives us a framework to do so.”
See:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/seize-unique-opportunity-to-wipe-out-polio-says-global-declaration/article4607457.ece
Hundreds of scientists, doctors and other experts from around the world on
Thursday launched the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication,
emphasizing that an end to the paralyzing disease was achievable, and
endorsed a comprehensive new strategy to secure a lasting polio-free world
by 2018. The event coincides with the 58th anniversary of the announcement
of Jonas Salk’s revolutionary vac-cine.
The more than 400 signatories urged governments, international
organizations and civil society to seize the historic and unique
opportunity to end polio and protect.

R*educing Waste of Food: A Key Element in Feeding Billions More People*
Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and
could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to
fork to trash bin, an expert said in New Orleans on April 7. He described
that often-invisible waste in food -- 4 out of every 10 pounds produced in
the United States alone -- and the challenges of feeding a global
population of
9 billion.
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