Healthcare Districts' Role Under Fire
Two state assemblymen are training their sights on the municipal agencies known as healthcare districts, arguing they are outdated institutions whose funds would be put to better use helping county health systems. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)

Somalia: War-Torn Country Officially Bans Anti-Personnel Mines
[AP Mine Ban Convention] Geneva, 23 May 2012 - Somalia has joined the landmark Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention, becoming the 160th State Party to the international treaty which bans the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines. With Somalia's accession, every state in Sub-Saharan Africa is now bound by the Convention. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)