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Africa: Global Fund Calls On Donors to "Seize the Moment"
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 month ago
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If we don't seize this moment, we will be dealing with these diseases for generations," Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybul told his audience at the Preparatory Meeting of the Global Fund Fourth Replenishment. The meeting, hosted by the
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Rise of pneumonia among diabetics, smokers
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 1 month ago
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People over 50 years of age and with a history of alcohol, smoking and chronic heart diseases have a higher chance of contracting respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia...Each year health organizations observe World Immunization Week which is from
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Measles Again Hit Hundreds of Children In the Country
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 1 month ago
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Media reports further informed that hundreds of children have contracted the disease recently and measles patients continued to approach government hospitals for treatment. Measles is a contagious viral disease that spreads through the air by
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Fears rise in China about bird flu passing between humans
Shanghai :: China | 2 months ago
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A chicken is inside a cage at a slaughterhouse, approved by the municipal government to process poultry, after live poultry trading was banned following the H7N9 bird flu outbreak, in Pudong, Shanghai Friday, April 12, 2013. After a new and lethal
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Africa: The Elephant and the Mouse
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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I was recently invited by a university in the UK to serve as a visiting fellow for most of this year while conducting research on the Global Fund. I have to raise my own funding for this project, so the only advantage of the fellowship is that it
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First-ever Israel visit by WHO secretary-general
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 2 months ago
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WHO Dr. Margaret Chan, secretary-general of the World Health Organization, will arrive at the end of this week to make her first visit and the first by any WHO secretary-general to Israel. Chan, who has been WHO secretary-general since 2006, is now
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14 bird flu deaths, 63 cases in...
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 2 months ago
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China yesterday confirmed three new cases of H7N9 avian influenza, with one more death in Jiangsu Province. The National Health and Family Planning Commission said 63 cases had been reported, including 14 deaths.
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Bird flu claims 14th victim in China
Beijing :: China | 2 months ago
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A total of 63 people have been infected with the new bird-flu strain. The latest fatality was a 77-year-old woman who died Sunday night in hospital after the emergency treatments given her were ineffective, the official Xinhua news agency said. Up to
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Online pictures of dead birds spur China flu openness
Sars :: Russia | 2 months ago
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April 16, 2013 (AFP) -Photos of 10 dead sparrows on a Chinese pavement which went viral on social media and drew a swift official response show how hard covering up a bird flu outbreak would be in the Internet age...But analysts say the government
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United Nations: This Week in Development - 15 April 2013
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
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15 April 2013 UN Arms Trade Treaty draft includes provisions to help curb violence in LDCs During his comments at the final consultations for the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) this week, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said "there are common
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