HIV Epidemic Can Slow Down Economic Growth: UNDP
In absence of an AIDS policy action, the potential economic cost of HIV epidemic could be substantial, says a new UN Development Programme (UNDP) report.// "The potential costs to the economy arising from the continued and unchecked march of the HIV epidemic could be quite high," according to the report released here Thursday, based on a study in India by the National Council of Applied...Delhi's Sanitation in a Pathetic State: UNDP
Delhi, the host for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, cuts a sorry figure on its sanitation front with most of its sewer lines silted //and not functioning, according to a UN report Thursday. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report, a large proportion of Delhi's 5,600-km of feeder sewers are silted and less than 15 percent of the trunk sewer line is functioning....