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Comment by Dr. Stephen Charles Komor on January 30, 2009 at 6:08am

Dear Colleagues,
I hope all of you are well.
Please be aware of an upcoming meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) called the "AGU Chapman Conference on Arsenic in Groundwater of Southern Asia." The conference is scheduled for March 24-27, 2009 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Chronically high arsenic concentrations in groundwater slowly poison more than 100 million villagers in parts of southern Asia. Conference speakers will outline the geographic extent of the contamination, scientific and social aspects of the problem and procedures that may, someday, end this disaster. Please see the following link for a complete meeting agenda.
My best regards to all of you.

http://www.agu.org/meetings/chapman/2009/acall/

Comment by Shingo Hamada on December 14, 2008 at 6:51pm

There is user's group of SciDev in Facebook.

SciDev.Net
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11414672274

Comment by DANIEL AKOKO on November 29, 2008 at 6:31pm

SciDev.Net's recent decision to dedidate a link and articles on issues affecting sub Saharan Africa was a welcome move. Indeed, the readership and leadership in Africa must have been awoken by the bits and pieces emanating from your correspondents across the continent.

This might elicit response, especially political will, to bring change regarding science and development issues. I hope you will continue to develop talent among journalists and researchers who want to make a contribution towards uplifting livelihoods in Africa.