How would the experts prioritize the problems humans face in the world of 2008? Their recommendations include some pretty basic stuff. As you look through the list below you might be suprised to find these are still important problems. In an age of trillion government bailouts could you imagine that an international effort to deliver $75 billion to these priorities is more important to more people than....well almost anything?
If you were wondering how you might express your love, the experts have spoken.
SOLUTION
1 Micronutrient supplements for children (vitamin A and zinc)
2 The Doha development agenda
3 Micronutrient fortification (iron and salt iodization)
4 Expanded immunization coverage for children
5 Biofortification
6 Deworming and other nutrition programs at
7 Lowering the price of schooling
8 Increase and improve girls’ schooling
9 Community-based nutrition promotion
10 Provide support for women’s reproductive role
11 Heart attack acute management
12 Malaria prevention and treatment
13 Tuberculosis case finding and treatment
14 R&D in low-carbon energy technologies
15 Bio-sand filters for household water treatment
16 Rural water supply
17 Conditional cash transfers
18 Peace-keeping in post-conflict situations
19 HIV combination prevention
20 Total sanitation campaign
21 Improving surgical capacity at district hospital level
22 Microfinance
23 Improved stove intervention
24 Large, multipurpose dam in Africa
25 Inspection and maintenance of diesel vehicles
26 Low sulfur diesel for urban road vehicles
27 Diesel vehicle particulate control technology
28 Tobacco tax
29 Global Warming R&D and mitigation
30 Global Warming Mitigation only