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	<title>The Temas Blog &#187; Occupational Safety &amp; Health</title>
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		<title>If You Can&#8217;t Find It Here, You May Not Find It</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/consumer-protection/if-you-cant-find-it-here-you-may-not-find-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite a few Temas Blog readers noticed the absence of new posts for several weeks.  I was fully occupied with work day-and-night on the final stages of the total revamp and re-launch of my main site, temasactuales.com  Although work continues on the Spanish and Portuguese versions (coming soon!), the burden has lightened enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Argentina Seeks a Healthier Lifestyle</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/argentina-seeks-a-healthier-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/argentina-seeks-a-healthier-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 20:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising/Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food/Beverage Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupational Safety & Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alimentación saludable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cardiovascular disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control de tabaco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empresas Libres de Humo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[grasas trans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy lifestyle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nutrition labeling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Synopsis in English: Last Thursday (17 May) Argentine President Kirchner formally launched a &#8220;National Healthy Life Plan.&#8221;  The government, concerned by recent statistics about the health of Argentina&#8217;s population &#8212; particularly growing obesity and rising incidence of cardiovascular disease &#8212; has decided to push stress health promotion and prevention &#8212; promoting the adoption now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO Calls for Combatting Occupational Cancers</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/who-calls-for-combatting-occupational-cancers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/who-calls-for-combatting-occupational-cancers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemicals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was World Day for Safety and Health at Work.  Although the WHO press release reproduced below has a global scope, its message is very relevant for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).  There are still some LAC nations that do not have comprehensive occupational safety and health (OSH) legislation, some which have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Argentina Gets a Mine Safety Regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/argentina-gets-a-mine-safety-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/argentina-gets-a-mine-safety-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupational Safety & Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AOMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iron and steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mine safety]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[porcelin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk prevention]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Synopsis in English: After a wait of nearly three decades, Argentina finally has a Regulation on Safety and Hygiene in Mining Activity.  When Argentina passed its Workplace Hygiene and Safety Law in the 1970s creating its Workplace Risk Superintendent (Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo &#8211; SRT) and unusual occupational safety and health (OSH) system, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support for Uruguay&#8217;s Tough Tobacco Controls / Apoyo Ciudadano para las Medidas Contra Tabaquismo en Uruguay</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/support-for-uruguays-tough-tobacco-controls-apoyo-ciudadano-para-las-medidas-contra-tabaquismo-en-uruguay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/support-for-uruguays-tough-tobacco-controls-apoyo-ciudadano-para-las-medidas-contra-tabaquismo-en-uruguay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tabaré Vázquez]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An Unusual Survey/Una Encuesta Distinta

In December the Public Health Ministry (Ministerio de Salud Pública &#8211; MSP) of Uruguay released the results of a survey regarding public attitudes about tobacco issues and the 2005 decree on smoking in enclosed public places such as bars, restaurants, schools, discotheques, shopping malls, casinos, etc. (only in effect since March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahora hay un glosario en español en la colección de herramientas de Temas</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/consumer-protection/ahora-hay-un-glosario-en-espanol-en-la-coleccion-de-herramientas-de-temas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/consumer-protection/ahora-hay-un-glosario-en-espanol-en-la-coleccion-de-herramientas-de-temas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Social Responsibility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Basics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[¿Se ha preguntado cuáles son estas organizaciones que menciono yo en The Temas Blog? ¿La OCDE, la OLADE, la CCAD, el PNUD o la OPS? 
¿No seguro de la diferencia entre la Convención de Cartagena y el Protocolo de Cartagena? ¿Preguntándose lo que cubre la Convención de Estocolmo en realidad? ¿No conoce el Tratado de [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to Expect from WHO&#8217;s New Director-General</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/what-to-expect-from-whos-new-director-general/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avian influenza]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julio Frenk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday 09 November 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) elected a new chief executive, and it wasn&#8217;t a Latin.  Dr. Margaret Chan of Hong Kong (but representing China in the contest) beat out Mexican Health Minister Julio Frenk for the post of Director-General (DG) &#8212; first for the WHO Executive Board (EB) endorsement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Elections for WHO&#8217;s DG: The LAC Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) will elect a new chief executive (Director-General &#8211; DG) and the campaigning has been more intensely and publicly contested than in prior elections.  One of the leading candidates and lightning rods of the campaign is Mexico&#8217;s Health Minister, Dr. Julio Frenk.
So what?
You may ask why you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organismo Andino de Salud desarrollará acciones en cuatro áreas prioritarias</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Synopsis in English: The Andean Health Organism &#8212; the health policy cooperation organ whose member states include Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela &#8212; has agreed to a work plan for the 2006-2008 whose priorities include epidemiological monitoring, access to medicines, frontier health and worker health.
Desde la Oficina de Prensa de la Secretaría General [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quantifying the Health Impact of Poor Environmental Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) recently released an interesting report on the linkages between environmental conditions and public health.  It should be required reading for health, environment and aid officials and policymakers in all nations, but particularly in developing nations such as those in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).  It certainly [...]]]></description>
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