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Drug-resistant Tuberculosis A 'Time Bomb,' WHO Chief Says
The growing prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis is a "potentially explosive situation," the World Health Organization said.
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Global Warming Is Helping Put People 'Under The Weather'
While the effects of climate change caused by global warming is a popular story these day one aspect that’s overlooked is how it’s affecting the spread of de... -
HIV/AIDS Risk High Among Political Prisoners
Political prisoners in Burma run a high risk of contracting HIV/AIDS because of unhygienic medical treatment, according to reports.
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A Killer and a Cure This World AIDS Day
Josh Ruxin is a Columbia University expert on public health who has spent the last few years living in Rwanda. He gives his opinion on World AIDS Day.
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Cancer to be world's top killer by 2010, WHO says
Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030.
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Aid work 'increasingly hazardous'
Aid agencies are struggling to help those most in need as operating environments become increasingly hazardous, a medical charity said.
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New era for South Africa Aids fight?
South Africa's fight against HIV/Aids is likely to receive an important boost, following the appointment of a new health minister, Barbara Hogan.
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It's World Leprosy Week - An annual international event aimed at raising awareness of the continuing problem of leprosy in the developing world.
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Become a Secret Shopper for Burma!
Why do we need “secret shoppers”?
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Slumdog Children To Be Rehoused
Two child actors from the film Slumdog Millionaire will be moved from slums to new houses by Indian authorities.
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Malaria No More at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos
Last week, Malaria No More attended the World Economic Forum alongside business, political and thought leaders in Davos, Switzerland.
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World Leaders make an Unprecedented Commitment to fight Malaria
World leaders gathered at the 2008 Millennium Development Goals Malaria Summit to celebrate a game-changing $3 billion commitment to ending malaria.
Blog posts
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During the past couple of weeks I've been asked many times why I chose tuberculosis as the subject for my TED wish. Part of the answer is - that it came from experience. Since the year 2000 I've wo...
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Site Update: Hope Center Clinic
The new Hope Center Clinic in Sikoro, Mali officially opened in June 2008. The incredible Dr. Annie De Groot oversees the KCA-funded clinic, and recently sent us her latest update from the field: ...
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The Potentially Devastating Effects Of Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammation and consolidation f lung tissue to due to an infectious agent, such as myoplasma (walking pneumonia, bacteria, or virus. Most pneumonia diseases are usually acquired in...
