XI'AN Casemiro Brazil Jersey , Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- China launched a new program Friday to help address poverty caused by illness.

The program, which will last until February, aims to use the slack farming season and the Spring Festival holiday when migrant workers return home, to figure out how many poor people have diseases and keep them updated with new policies, according to Xia Gengsheng from the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.

Xia said that more than 50 percent of impoverished residents in 10 Chinese provinces fell into poverty due to illnesses, at the end of 2016.

China aims to lift all people above the poverty line -- per capita annual income of 2,300 yuan (348 U.S. dollars) -- in rural areas by 2020. Strong efforts have been made in helping the rural poor suffering from illnesses.

More than 4.2 million poor patients with serious or chronic diseases have been treated since last year. The family doctor system has expanded to include around 80 percent of those living under the poverty line.

Meanwhile Blank Brazil Jersey , more than 900 top hospitals have dispatched doctors to over 1,000 hospitals in poor counties, and developed a network of distance health care.

The UN warned on Wednesday that waste from discarded electronics like mobile phones, laptops and refrigerators is piling up worldwide, and it urged far better recycling of the often hazardous rubbish.

A full 44.7 million tons of so-called e-waste was generated around the world in 2016, up eight percent from two years earlier, according to a report from the UN’s International Telecommunication Union Alisson Brazil Jersey , the UN University (UNU) and the International Solid Waste Association.

That’s the equivalent of 4,500 Eiffel Towers, the report noted, adding that the number was expected to swell “significantly” over coming decades.

According to the report, by 2021, the world will likely be cluttered with a full 52.2 million tons of such waste, which today consists mainly of fridges Alex Sandro Brazil Jersey , washing machines and other domestic appliances, but also increasingly mobile phones and computers.

At the same time, this waste, which can pose serious risks to human health and the environment, is rarely recycled or properly discarded, with most of it ending up at dumpsites or in incinerators.

Only 20 percent of all e-waste, or 8.9 tons Customized Brazil Soccer Jerseys , generated last year was documented as properly recycled, while the fate of a full 76 percent of all e-waste around the globe is unknown, the report found.

E-waste management is an urgent issue in today’s digitally dependent world, where use of electronic devices is ever increasing,” ITU chief Houlin Zhao said in a statement.

There is also an economic argument for more recycling: the total value of all raw materials present in e-waste, including gold, is estimated to be worth around 55 billion euros (US$64.6 billion) Brazil Soccer Jerseys , more than most countries’ national economies, the report said.

On a positive note, a growing number of countries are adopting e-waste management policies.

Today, 66 percent of the global population, living in 67 countries, is covered by such policies, up from just 44 percent in 2014 Willian Brazil Jersey , The UN report found.

This is good news as shortening replacement cycles for mobile phones and other devices continue to push the mountains of e-waste ever higher.

ITU’s e-waste technical expert Vanessa Gray suggested that technology companies worldwide should consider the e-waste impact of constantly pushing out new versions of products. There are “also things that we can avoid, for example cables... that (are) not compatible with different devices,” she told reporters in Geneva.

Perhaps the most promising approach to reducing e-waste is a system where consumers no longer purchase devices, but instead only the services they provide, said Ruediger Kuehr of UNU’s Sustainable Cycles Programme.

If companies retain ownership of devices and appliances, providing consumers with replacements when needed, they would have an incentive to properly collect and recycle them and improper disposal and storage of the equipment would “substantially decrease Weverton Brazil Jersey , or ideally disappear,” he said.

(Agencies)

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Brunei's armed force should be ready to deal with the cyber-related threats which prevailed in the digital age, said Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei's Sultan on Sunday.

Delivering a speech on the 56th Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) anniversary, the Sultan, who is also the country's minister of defense and supreme commander of RBAF Walace Brazil Jersey , emphasized the importance for RBAF personnel to strengthen their respective internal fortress and adhere to the ethics of social media usage as part of the wider efforts to safeguard against radicalization and extremism.

Apart from this, the Sultan also raised the increasing prevalence of cyber-related threats in today's digital age and took note of the on-going efforts undertaken by the Ministry of Defense and the RBAF in enhancing Cyber Defense.

In addition to highlighting the current nature of today's complex threats, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah also touched upon the need for the RBAF to always focus on devising smarter ways towards ensuring the necessary levels of preparedness.

In this regard, he urged the Ministry of Defense to implement a Prioritization Exercise and Equipment Care more comprehensively so as to ensure that existing financial allocations are optimally utilized.

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