i was just thinking about the, the world health movement, this is a not a us phenomenon either, it's, it's cross-national. the world health organization did a study in, in the late '90s across 14 different countries, looking at 18 of the most stigmatized conditions, including drug and alcohol addiction. so they had things like being homeless, being a criminal, being hiv- positive, all these very heavily stigmatized conditions. and what they found, cross-nationally, drug addiction was number one, alcohol addiction was number four, so two of the top four were the most stigmatized conditions cross-nationally. and stigma, and, and that surprised me. i mean obviously we all know that these conditions are very stigmatized, just how stigmatized, i didn't realize, that they, they would come top of that list. so that was very surprising to me. so what we're dealing with is possibly and probably the most stigmatized of all social problems, if you frame them, put it in that framework. and i think importantly, there were two factors that i see moderate stigma. one is cause and the other is controllability. cause being, it's their fault. controlla

it is world health day marking the founding of the world health organization. year's campaign calls for everyone to do their part in helping to stop antimicrobial resistance which is when microorganisms become immune to medications. >>> swinging into gear in augusta, georgia, round one of the masters tournament. 99 players are in this year's match, the largest field since 1966. >>> and starting today, stamps celebrating the wedding of prince william and kate middleton can be purchased online. the two will be tieing the knot on april 29th. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. donald trump talks about running he white house and his doubts about president obama's birthplace. and actress ann hathaway is live in the studio talking about getting animated in her new film and tackling the role of catwoman in the new "batman" mo

. >> the world health organization added tanning beds to the group one cancer causing substances. the same group as cigarettes. medical beds are currently in the same medical category as band aids. the indoor tanning association maintains the decision should be left up to a teen's parents. if such a law were to pass a 17-year-old could drive a car, get married, have children, go off to college and join the military and not be allowed to sun tan indoors. >>> the world's largest concrete boon pump left los angeles today for japan. the 190,000-pound engineering marvel was loaded aboard a huge russian cargo jet. it will be used to cool the fukushima power plant. the pump has a boon that can reach more than 200 feet making it possible to shoot water into the hard to reach area of the overheating reactors. tonight in japan, electricity being restored to people who lost service during aftershock. at least three people killed and another 140 injured. some researchers say japan should expect strong aftershocks for at least another year. >>> an east bay landmark disappeared today in a cloud

. >>> now to the latest on the disaster in japan, the world health organization says there is no need for new health measures due to the nuclear plant leak. japan says the situation is still not under control, but progress is being made and the worst has passed. w.h.o. also says there is no need to impose a ban on the export and consumption of food from japan since none of the food is being grown in the contaminated areas. the tragedy in japan is estimated to cost more than $300 billion. meantime, there is a huge mass of ocean debris from the tsunami floating to the pacific coast, including canada and hawaii. this animation you're looking at now shows its movement. the debris is so large there is no way to clean it up before it reaches the coastlines. it's filled with houses, cars, trees, even bodies. it's about 70 miles long and is already causing problems with shipping in the pacific approximate the first signs of the debris are expected to be seen in about a year. >>> max the cat just moved cats do in fact have nine lives. last night we told but the santa cruz feline shot with an a

numbers go from four thousand to two a million and of course many organizations from the world health organization to greenpeace say that the death toll is should unity underestimated well arty's our correspondent alexei you're a sharp ski has been covering the tragedy and its aftermath for years now he's been there extensively we can cross to him live alexei tell us you've been there so many times throughout the years what has been your firsthand experience actually noble in and in the rural areas surrounding it. certainly i've been here a lot of times and every spring this place an exclusion zone that's where i'm standing right now becomes something of a second home to me now we are standing right now just meters away from the source of all evil this is the infamous fourth block of the chernobyl nuclear power plant with this infamous unknown pipe up above it now around it is the thirty kilometer exclusion zone a very abnormal place with lots of things to see and you can find anything here from of normal levels of radiation in place called the red forest which is just about three kilometers behin

from the tragedy varies enormously just to give you an idea of some of these numbers the world health organization puts it at four thousand greenpeace puts it at two hundred thousand if you can see the difference there a russian publication puts the number closer to one million and that's with all sorts of organizations claiming that the death toll overall is severely underestimated the highest areas of contamination you were talking about the thirty kilometer evacuation zone they were mapped out and closed off some people forcibly evacuated some is of course putting it lightly hundreds of thousands really but many of those people refused to leave and of course suffered very adverse to fax to that but it's said that some of the contamination and radiation reached as far as asia africa and america will our correspondent alexy or says he has been covering chernobyl for years now we'll be joining him throughout the day but right now he takes us back to a small soviet town that was once full of dreams and became a town full of nightmares. twenty five years ago the town of people that was a place any s

total the number of deaths that potentially result from the accident vary enormously the world health organization puts it at four thousand greenpeace at two hundred thousand and an independent russian publication at nine hundred eighty five thousand so at almost a million well our chief correspondent alexei yourselves he has been following and reporting on chernobyl and its aftermath over the past couple of years he now takes us back and tells us about a soviet town that was full of dreams but turned into one full of nightmares twenty five years ago the town of precarity was a place any soviet person could dream off high salaries great standards of living and impressive infrastructure a restricted town for the employees of the chernobyl nuclear power plant believe it was regarded as the pride as the pearl of the soviet union it was not only constructed to look like a. perfect social city but the people who live here were also the best of the best the best musicians sports man the best professionals the nuclear energy all of them lived here all of that changed and april the twenty six nineteen eig

accident a very enormously i just want to give you an idea of some of these figures the world health organization has the figure at four thousand greenpeace has it at two hundred thousand so you can see the difference in statistics a russian publication puts the number at nearly one million well our correspondent alexei yourselves he has been reporting extensively from chernobyl over the past couple of years he now takes us back to a small soviet town that was once filled with dreams but quickly became a town full of like caps. twenty five years ago the town of prepared was a place any soviet person could dream off high salaries great standards of living and impressive infrastructure and restricted town for the employees of the chernobyl nuclear power plant it was regarded as the pride as the pearl of the soviet union and was not only constructed to look like a perfect socialist city with the people who live here were also the best of the best the best musicians sports man the best professionals the nuclear energy all of them lived here all of that changed april the twenty six nineteen eighty six

million sue can see it's a tremendous difference and many organs organizations including the world health organization and greenpeace say that the death toll is severely underestimated the highest areas of contamination and were mapped out and closed off hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated and many insisted to refuse and still live there today will meet some of them a little bit later but the areas the rural areas surrounding the contaminated site make up a portion of land about the size of the u.s. state of rhode island or for speaking of europe of the country of austria and just to give you an idea greenpeace claims that the amount of radiation it was two hundred times that of hiroshima and nagasaki put together well commemorations are taking place in that exclusion zone and alexi yourself ski is there. but never see the exclusion zone being so crowded as it is today during the anniversary of the explosion at the chernobyl nuclear power plant now we witnessed the solon ceremony with presidents with the middle russia and the ukraine here the korean counterpart for the article which laying

statistics vary enormously i just want to give you an idea of some of these numbers the world health organization puts the number at four thousand while greenpeace puts it at two hundred thousand and a russian publication has the number at nearly one million so you can see the tremendous difference there all of these organizations claim that the death toll is severely underestimated now in terms of contamination the highest areas were knocked off at the time and caught off hundreds of thousands of people were forcibly evacuated some insisted they stay behind in their hometown you'll meet some of them in a little bit in a little bit later a little bit later rather and commemoration ceremonies have been taking place throughout the day in that exclusion zone archies the lex luger subsidy is there. i've never seen the exclusion zone being so crowded as it is today during the anniversary of the explosion at the chernobyl nuclear power plug now we witnessed a solem ceremony with presidents the mediator of russia and the ukraine he created counterpart laying flowers and and saying a couple of words abou

. >> reporter: the united nations world health organization said today that its public health assessment of the disaster in japan has not changed. despite japan declaring their crisis a level seven. the agency said at the moment there is very little public health risk outside the evacuation zone. >>> the environment group green peace said the government's reaction to the nuclear crisis has be willfully inadequate. >> looks like they are putting the agenda for nuclear energy ahead of the people. >> green peace representatives said they called for a seven level rating three weeks ago. the group conducted their own test of the soil outside of the evacuation zone and found dangerous levels of radiation. officials said there was no reason to avoid the level seven rating, it just took that long to get official numbers. >>> union longshoremen rallies to protest what they say is bad faith bargaining by employers. members of the ilwu local demonstrated outside the pacific maritime workers. the workers say pma refused to negotiate with them. >> this is not minnesota. people died for these jobs. >>

from the accident vary so enormously let's just take a look at some of these figures the world health organization puts the number at four thousand while greenpeace puts it at two hundred thousand so you can see the difference there and in fact a russian publication has the number as high as nine hundred eighty five thousand so nearly a million with many organizations say that still today the death toll is very much severely underestimated now the highest areas of contamination where mapped out and closed off hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from rural areas surrounding the site about the size of the u.s. state of rhode island where for speaking in terms of europe the country of austria well our correspondent alexei unicef ski is in that exclusion zone and now joins us live alexei tell us please we know that many people have come into this thirty kilometer exclusion zone to pay tribute to those who were affected and of course lost their lives during this transit tragedy but tell us what's happening as we speak. certainly i've never seen the exclusion zone being so crowded as it is to

. >> reporter: the world health organization recently added tanning beds to its group one list of cancer-causing substances, the same group as cigarettes. while the fda is considering stricter regulation on tanning beds, they are currently in the same medical category as band-aids. the indoor tanning association maintains the decision should be left up to a teen's parents. they released this statement -- "if such a law were to pass, a 17-year-old could drive a car, get married, have children, go off to college, join the military and not be allowed to suntan indoors." linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> and when we return, he's inspired the jonas brothers and thousands more to go barefoot for a cause. and he's our "person of the week." (announcer) chug that coffee, bolt that burrito. no matter what life throws at you, you can take the heat. until it turns into... heartburn. good thing you've got what it takes to beat that heat, too. zantac. it's strong, just one pill can knock out the burn. it's fast, the speed you need for heartburn relief. and it lasts, up to 12 hours. so let them turn up the

a rounds go very deep into the ground because they're so heavy they they're get into the world health organization they get into the water tables and so people are drinking their stuff it destroys kidneys it destroys livers it's just very dangerous stuff but you mentioned the geneva convention and i know that years of written about the fact that a u.n. panel has actually found that these kinds of weapons violate federal international agreements including the u.n. charter geneva conventions other other agreements. what has gotten in the way of these weapons being banned i mean are they so useful that we can't possibly find anything else he is in their stead at a hard time believing that well. what they are is they are very effective and the united states also has a tremendous high all of depleted uranium because they have a very large nuclear industry what do you do with this stuff one of the things you can do is you turn it into the cannon shells and a twenty five millimeter thirty millimeter and take shells and all sorts of things they're very effective they they're very effective and we trade th

not my understanding and i'd be interested to know what the source of information is the world health organization which is the major studies in the area hasn't been able to find them and the vast majority of people who are living in the exclusion zone room trinamool are not suffering from any radiological problem at all there although there are certainly stress related to the problems the sort of levels that agreement measured in tokyo are nowhere near the sort of levels that would cause any noticeable how's the for. what do we make about this news that you know maybe for political reasons the plans operate or delayed venting some of the radiation to such an extent at the time the initial stages of this that the pressure build that damaged one of the reactors destabilizing the situation even more you know it was a rock or a c. in the way of safety here in japan if this story is to be correct i mean i think we one of the things when the final accident is properly done which was in fact and this year is that we need to look into these it certainly does seem to be the carrots but the high level pres

table and it does the image to the kidneys and the liver is very very highly dangerous the world health organization has warned against you see it and the u.s. army theoretically has a number of requirements for dealing with it that involve not contaminating i'm calling really sinister side to this if it's a long term effects isn't it that it builds up this does last as long as yours has been around this is four point four billion years that's about the that's about the length of the of the earth so this is forever essentially and the danger to it is this because it's very anti uranium is strictly having it sinks down low into the ground and it gets into the water people so the problem would be that twenty thirty forty years from now you're going to be have the steady leakage of both toxic metals and your am into the water tables of these not a lot of the things are are take a long time to develop cancers take a long time to go so we're not going to know exactly cause i want to know the answer to this sometimes but again since a few other things want to ask you an f. inspire you and some committing

by comparison, according to the world health organization, the homicide rates in france, germany and great britain in the same year, in 2000, were .6, .8 and .9 respectively. children in the united states are far more likely to be shot and killed than their counterparts in other industrial nations. the firearms homicide rate is 16 times higher for american children. as alarming as such numbers may be, the united states' homicide rate involving -- it is the united states' homicide rate involving handguns that makes the united states stand apart internationally. in 1996, for example, handguns were used to murder 0 people in -- 30 people in great britain, 106 in canada, 15 in japan and 9,390 in the united states. the cdc, the center for disease control, reports the rate of firearms death -- that is the number of americans shot to death per 100,000 -- as hovering between 8.8 and 9.2 for white americans during the period 2000 to 2005, between 7.5 and 7.8 for hispanic or latino americans and between 18.4 and 19.3 for african-americans. such statistics suggest that there is something unique

. >> the world health organization recently added tanning beds to group one of cancer causing substances, fda is considering instructing regulations in tanning beds they are in the same medical category as band-aid. they say system should be left up to a teen's parent. if such a law to pass, a 17-year-old could drive car, get married, join the military and not be allowed to sun tan indoors. >>> go out and enjoy the sunshine outdoors. >> it's going to be a good weekend to do that. and looking back toward the city. clouds are going by but otherwise a great day, i'll have your complete forecast in just a few minutes. >> up next, implosion of oakland's oak knoll navy hospital. this clears the way for oakland's future. male announce] using frontline plus shows your pet you care... by unleashing a complete killing force against fleas and ticks. and not just adult fleas. what makes frontline plus complete is that it breaks the flea life cycle -- killing adults, eggs, and larvae. and it keeps killing fleas and ticks all month long. that's why it's the #1 choice of vets for their pets, and yours.

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that was signed between the iaea, the international atomic energy agency, and leave the world health organization. the world health organization is to promote and protect the health of all peoples, to act as a directing according authority on international health work, and to assist in developing an informed public opinion among peoples on matters of health. the iaea is quite different, to accelerate and a large the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health, and prosperity throughout the world. next slide, please. i will not read all of this word for word, but what is happening is the iaea and the who have this agreement in place since 1959 that neither one can write or discuss anything without the agreement of the other. that is like having dracula garb the blood bank. -- guard the blood bank. this must cease. i read recently that the u.n. secretary general ban ki moon was in trouble yesterday and said, we have to rethink this whole -- in chernobyl yesterday and said, we have to rethink this whole issue of nuclear power. i hope you will all urge him to stop this agreement because we are not

>>reporter: the world health organization recently added tanning beds to the group 1 list of cancer causing substances. same group as cigarettes. while the fda is considering stricter regulation on tanning beds they are currently in the same medical category as band-aid. indoor tanning association maintenance the decision should be left up to a teen parent. release this statement. if such a law were to pass a 17-year-old could drive a car. get married. have children. two off to college. join the military. and not be allowed to suntan indoors. lindsay davis abc news, new york. >> just ahead. california high speed rail doesn't work out, perhaps the super bus will. we'll explain this future new way of [ male announcer ] for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. or...you can get all this. kfc's $5 everyday meals. choose from one of the colonel's favorites, like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink, just 5 bucks. 5 freshly made today. 5 for 5 bucks every day. so why get a sub, when you can get a whole meal -- any day? today is a kfc day.

the medical journal "the lancet" reported the numbers today, based on estimates by the world health organization and others. in the united states, there were six still births per 1,000 deliveries, but the rate was nearly double for african american mothers. experts said at least a million of the deaths are preventable with better medical care. ford motor company is recalling nearly 1.2 million f-150 pickup trucks because of airbags that can deploy without warning. nearly 100 injuries have been documented. the company conducted a similar recall on a smaller scale earlier this year. it initially told the national highway traffic safety administration that a larger recall was unjustified. the action includes trucks made between the 2004 and 2006 model years. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn back to the different visions for tackling the deficit. last week, house republicans led by paul ryan offered one path. yesterday, the president put forward his ideas. we have our own debate now, with paul krugman, nobel-prize winning economist at princeton univ

the world health organization warned today that more and more infections are becoming resistant to antibioticse u.n. agency reported there were more than 440,000 cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis last year. and, diseases such as shigella, gonorrhea and malaria are becoming harder to treat. the w.h.o. blamed improper use of medicines and the use of antibiotics in livestock. it also said a new drug- resistant gene is widely circulating in india and southwest asia and could quickly spread worldwide. portugal has formally submitted its request for a financial bailout from the european union. it is the third euro-zone country, after greece and ireland, to ask for such aid. portugal has struggled to tackle rising debts amid a political crisis. the government was dissolved last month after parliament rejected austerity measures. on wall street today, stocks fell sharply after initial reports of the latest aftershock in japan. they recovered most of the losses as the day progressed. the dow jones industrial average finished with a loss of 17 points to close at 12,409. the nasdaq fell three points t

situation, we found out through all the agreements and mentioned only one agreement with the world health organization but there are many more. [speaking in russian] >> translator: it is an agreement with the u.n. food and agriculture organization. [speaking in russian] >> translator: world ecological association, also international labor organization which is sort of responsible for the situation of liquidators, and, of course, unesco. [speaking in russian] [speaking in russian] >> translator: so all these organizations, they practically gave up their rights of -- to do a truthful research of any kind of consequences, and -- of the nuclear accidents. so only scientific sphere with no application to real people. [speaking in russian] >> translator: so we can say that all these agreements which were signed in 1950s and 60s, they are definitely all for nowadays, and they have to be reviewed. [speaking in russian] >> translator: let's talk about today. [speaking in russian] [speaking in russian] >> translator: so if -- if the aftermath of chernobyl accident was sort of in the shadow of all social and oth

. >> in 2010 world health organization and members of the haitian government were in talks regarding the application of a pilot program for cholera. they decide not to go forward with that. are you going to go through that are you looking at alternatives for the treatment of color in your country? >> i will tell you that somehow some work is being done in research positive because were having less and less death, less people are dying of cholera. however, this threat is still there because we are not eradicating it yet, but because of the information, the communication system and health sector, they are doing a great job of that. now, if we can implement that program to eradicate cholera, we will. [inaudible] we work very close with grassroots groups on the ground. right now the military has not been a part of the reconstruction process. as president, how can you help ensure a stronger voice for civil society grassroots and their participation in the reconstruction, especially in getting at the longer-term health? >> well, i will say that will come with special programs, especially f

world health organization and he had announced a 3x5 campaign, campaign to save 3 million lives in fivenes. and he had only been able to save 2 million. i thought this guy was fantastic i thought he was perfect for dartmouth. i spend a lot of time on the board convincing them that he was their man and in 2009 watched him being inaugurated as the 17th president of the college. the one reason i'm telling you this is that that 17th president name is jimmy on kaine. he was worn in seoul and he moved his ammo to the yes at the age of five and grew up in a small town in iowa. he was the son of an immigrant, obviously korean and grew up to be a world health expert in the first asian leader of an ivy league institution by spending a year and a half with him on the board. i became very much aware of how far korea had come. the korea that his parents left is clearly different from the korea that we see today. over the last 60 years korea has billed itself as one of the world's most dynamic economies in the world and today is a strong partner and a source of economic opportunity for american jobs.

he said he had been a failure because five years before, he had been the executive at the world health organization and announced a campaign to save 3 million lives in five years from the development of tuberculosis vaccines and he had only been able to save 2 million. i thought he was fantastic. i spent a lot of time on the board convincing him he was their man and i watched him be inaugurated as 17th president of the college. the reason i'm telling you this is the seventh president was born in seoul, korea and moved with his family to the u.s. at the age of five bankrupt in a small town in iowa. he was a son of korean immigrants and had grown up to the world health expert and the first asian leader of an ivy league institution. i became very much aware of how far korea had come. the korea his parents left is clearly different from the korea we see today. korea has built itself as one of the world's most dynamic economies in the world and today, they are a strong partner and new source of economic opportunity. the u.s.-korea relationship is one of the world's most vibrant economic relationships. t

. >> this organization started traveling the country and the world 26 years ago. the goal is to help those that do not have health insurance are cannot afford to see a doctor. all of the doctors and dentists that participate at these events donate their time and experience. they have set up 89 dental chairs here, and a you few steps away is the eye exam location and you can have your len ses made spot and people can get a complete physical. >> i used to live in a very remote part of the the amazon, we were 26 days on foot from the nearest doctor so that was idea. you'll find a cross section of middle america that comes because they do not have insurance that covers dentistry or eye care and eyeglasses and they can not afford those services. >> officials are continuing to allow people to come in here, you see the cars making their way through the gates. patients are seen on a first come first serve basis at 3:30 in the morning they will hand out tickets. you must have a ticket to get a health screening, if you cannot make it for saturday's event, they say they will be out here until april 12th. live in oakland, re

world's g.d.p. in just four years today there has to brics countries are in china and discussing joint opportunities the future health. and the what are the perspectives of this aggressive young international organization has the former senior representative of the i.m.f. in moscow and professor at the high school of economics mark. ten years ago goldman sachs economist said the joint potential brazil russia india and china essentially could become the world's top economies by twenty fifty this year south africa joined the group adding even more potential to the financial systems today brics makes up almost a third of the elfs territory nearly a heart and was a population and a considerable part of the global agricultural resources coupled with immense natural resources and cheap labor costs these factors provide for their current rapid and stable economic growth. both of them welcome to the show my pleasure thank you very much thanks for coming well first of all the term bric it was it was born as a purely analytical chair like a special special with the. you specialists experts used to. when they were talking about this for country but it was formalized in two thousand and nine after the summit of th

world. the center of our brain organizes itself. 1945 verizon orphanage out west where they decided to keep the kids healthy they would keep from germfree so they gave them food and good health care but did not handle them. they separated them. those kids die by age 2. a 37% mortality rate. they stopped naming the kids because they were not living long enough. that is a sign of power emotion is physically necessary. emotion is something you have to get used to. the third insight is we're not primarily self-contained individuals. we're a social animals with the penetrations to each other. it is not only i am seeing you in your seeing we but we are reenacting what we see inside our own mind. we are deeply penetrated and they're all sorts of communication methods for which we communicated and in which we are not aware. there was a story about professor who wandered up and down the stage from side to side and his class played a trick and and where they said if he is never here we will look at him and when he is a rather redundant in two minutes he felt better over there. another experiment done in germany, under people's arms some people what they were moving and some people wat