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Business, social media to prevent babies with HIV

(AP) -- Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global AIDS Fund head to quit

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS announced on Tuesday that its head Michel Kazatchkine will quit but denied media reports that it was connected to his links with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fake malaria drugs threaten crisis in Africa

(Medical Xpress) -- The emergence of fake and poor quality anti-malarial drugs could dash hopes of controlling malaria in Africa, warn experts writing in the Malaria Journal. Millions of lives could be put ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neglected tropical diseases: A new handle on old problems

‘Neglected tropical diseases’ is a new name for old diseases that cause long-term suffering among the world’s poorest people. The Wellcome Trust and others have funded research into these diseases ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A logistics approach to malaria in Africa

The problems of archaic logistics infrastructure, inefficient distribution channels and disruptive black markets must all be addressed urgently if Africa is to cope with the growing problem of malaria, according to a study ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Multiple malaria vaccine offers protection to people most at risk

A new malaria vaccine could be the first to tackle different forms of the disease and help those most vulnerable to infection, a study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Leaders vow to cut deaths from chronic disease

(AP) -- World leaders have pledged to take wide-ranging action to prevent millions of deaths from cancer, diabetes, and heart and lung disease by tackling the key causes - smoking, excessive drinking, lack of exercise and ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China's unhealthy habits drive chronic diseases up

(AP) -- During a recent weekday lunch, middle-aged Wu Zhixin had a plate of shredded pork noodles glistening with oil and washed it down with a paper cup of vodka-like alcohol. Then she lit a cigarette.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Malaria prevention strategies could substantially cut killer bacterial infections, study suggests

Interventions targeting malaria, such as insecticide-treated bed nets, antimalarial drugs and mosquito control, could substantially reduce cases of bacteraemia, which kill hundreds of thousands of children each year in Africa ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UN summit on non-communicable diseases should learn from global AIDS response

As the world prepares to develop a global strategy to tackle some of the biggest current threats to human health, there is a lot to be learned from past successes and mistakes of the global response to HIV/AIDS.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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