Fly the friendly skies.Working with national governments, nongovernmental organizations Transnational organizations of private citizens that maintain a consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Nongovernmental organizations may be professional associations, foundations, multinational businesses, or simply groups with a common interest in and foundations, a new organization, UNITAID, has launched an innovative scheme to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. (1) Participating countries will levy a tax on airline tickets to help "provide a stable and continuous source of financing to boost public health systems in developing countries [and] to facilitate poor people's access to drugs." (2) As many as 14 countries may participate in the initiative next year, when the tax is expected to bring in about $300 million. France, which began collecting the airline tax this summer, is expected to contribute $250 million of that total; the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. does not plan to participate. (1.) UNITAID, UNITAID's core principles, <http://www.unitaid.ey/EN http://www.unitaid.eu/EN-Inutaidunis-pour-soigner.html>, accessed Oct. 12, 2006. (2.) Dugger CW, Five nations to tax airfare to raise funds for AIDS drugs, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Sept. 19, 2006, <http:// www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/ world/19health.html?_r=1&ref= world&oref-slogin>, accessed Sept. 25, 2006. FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information is compiled and written by Dore Hollander; executive editor of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Within the framework of WHO's definition of health[1] as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene . |
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