Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited eastern Congo in 2009 to raise awareness about widespread rape in the region, calling it "evil in its basest form," and the United States pledged $17 million to the Congolese government to fight sexual violence.
There is a growing awareness that widespread and easy access to guns doesn't keep anybody safer and costs lives.
Deng's intent in launching the hunger strike was to raise awareness about widespread atrocities taking place as a result of the conflict between Kiir and Machar, which has spilled out from South Sudan's capital, Juba, into the rest of the country, displacing millions and leaving nearly 4 million in danger of starvation, according to the United Nations.
Awareness was widespread but compliance was low.
Other factors may include the use of unsterilized equipment, lack of awareness and widespread illiteracy in Northern Pakistan.
This awareness and widespread use of at least one form of CAM has been noted in other studies elsewhere [ 18, 23, 38, 39] although at different rates.
In recent years breast cancer survival rates have been steadily increasing, partly due to earlier diagnoses as a result of increased awareness and widespread mammography screening programmes.
However, despite high awareness and widespread knowledge about AI and personal protection measures, most rural Cambodians still often practice at-risk poultry handling.
Increased awareness of widespread vitamin D insufficiency may well result in significant increases in vitamin D intakes beyond the recommended levels, and thus in a potential increase in cases of vitamin D toxicity from over supplementation.
While the Cochrane Library has achieved widespread awareness, in the majority of the studies, more than 10% of participants still cited lack of awareness of systematic reviews or the databases that contain them, as a barrier.
