Note from the IDN:  The following is an abridged version containing
Health-Realted Information and Africa Related Information for the
members of CANCHID and AFRO-Nets.

The subject profile has been posted to the "Development Front" section
of the October 12, 1998 Update of the International Development Network
Web Site at http://www.idn.org/ .  In addition, we include a link to
USAID/Nepal in the new links section, which is not even included at the
official USAID web Site.

We have added a navigation menu to the left side of our home page to
help you access specific items on the page faster.

Also this week, we provide our first NGO Profile (see below).  Here is
what else is new at the IDN this week:

Membership Directory

The directory has been updated to include our newest network member,
Barbara Britton.  The IDN warmly welcomes Barbara and thanks her for
helping support the IDN.

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NGO/Project Profile

Last week, the director of the IDN attended a roundtable discussion
sponsored by the Carter Center and the Asia Society entitled "What's
Asia Got To Do With US?  U.S. - South Asia NGO Dialogues on Shared
Social Challenges".

For its first NGO Profile, the IDN is pleased to profile the Lifesaving
& Lifegiving Society (LALS) - Nepal, who took part in the discussion
held at the Carter Center in Atlanta.

LALS is a NGO in NEPAL with the mission to assist injecting drug users
(IDUs) in the reduction of drug related harm through HIV/AIDS Education
and the provision of harm reduction materials in the Kathmandu and
Lalitpur districts.

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Quick Link of the Week

Annual Meeting of CIDA and the Voluntary Sector

CIDA will be having its annual meeting with the Canadian Voluntary
Sector from November 3-4, 1998. As this week's Quick Link, You can have
direct access to the meeting announcement, the draft agenda, and the
list of invited organizations.

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Tools You Can Use

This week's tool is a link to the on-line version of the The World Bank
Annual Report 1998.

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Conference Information

First International Conference on Journalist Who Write About Childrens
and Womens Issues

Additional Information is available on our "Conferences, Meetings and
Symposia" page.

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New Links (Now located on the right side of the IDN Home Page)


Eastern Mediterranean Region Office of the WHO

Florida Center for Environmental Studies - acts as a facilitator and
co-ordinator of research and training related to the environment and as
a locus for environmental information. Its mandate encompasses global
tropical and sub-tropical environments especially the issues and
problems of water dominated ecosystems.

Global Environmental Sanitation Initiative (GESI) - is a new global
activity led by an international steering committee and carried on under
the umbrella of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
(WSSCC).

Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) - an international
development agency and British registered charity which works with rural
communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Its aim is to enable poor
people in the South to develop and use skills and technologies which
give them more control over their lives and which contribute to the
sustainable development of their communities.

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre - Resource centre on
community water supply and environmental sanitation in the developing
world.

Small Islands Developing States Network (SIDSnet) - Building Global
Communities On Island Issues.

USAID South Africa Mission - Official web-site of the USAID Mission in
South Africa.

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council - provides a regular
way for water and sanitation sector professionals to exchange views and
experiences through working groups, networks and task forces on various
topics.

WHO/Europe - web-site for the European Regional Office of the World
Health Organization.

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The Development Front

The following stories have already been provided to members of the IDN
in a daily newsletter and are now available on the IDN Web Site:

Profile of New Mission Director for USAID/South Africa

UNFPA and Islamic Conference Sign Agreement on Reproductive Health,
Family Life Education, Censuses

HIV Epidemic Posing Increasing Threat To World's Children

"Telefood 98" to Be Marked by the Global Broadcast of a Concert from
Dakar, Senegal

IDB Approves $1.5 Million for Inter-American Health Policy Network

IDB, Haiti Sign $97 Million for Programs in Health, Education, And Water
Supply

Communiqué of the World Bank Development Committee

WHO Regional Committee Calls for Prevention & Control of Cardiovascular
Diseases & AIDS in East Mediterranean

Safe Sex Campaign in Moscow

Governments, Society Must Act Promptly on Ageing, Says UNFPA Official as
Technical Meeting Begins

First Woman Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Appointed

Commonwealth Ministers to Meet with Nigerian Foreign Minister for Talks
on Ending Military Rule

Global Coalition for Africa Holds a Meeting on on Anti-corruption
Efforts

MIF Approves $2 Million For Health System Modernization in Peru

Human Rights, Burden of Mental Disorders Are Themes for Mental Health
Day

Committee on Rights of Child Discusses Cooperation With Other Bodies

Forcing Children into Armed Forces 'A War Crime'

Canada to Support Democratic Process in Nigeria

South Pacific Forum Organizes Food Processing Workshop

Donors Should Negotiate Debt Relief to Release Funds for Social
Services, Meeting on Ageing Recommends

Expert Warns Developing Countries on Costs of Western-style Social
Security Systems, as Technical Meeting Enters Final Day

Committee on Rights of Child Concludes Nineteenth Session

Renewed Commitment Required to Achieve Polio Eradication, WHO Says

Multinational Operation Launched to Eliminate Europe's Remaining
Poliovirus Reservoir

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