Health
- Tue Apr 08 2008
World health day 2008: communities uniting against environmental destruction
Designated by the World Health Organization, this year the theme of climate change aims to address climate change as a public health issue and the public health threats that arise from "ever growing threats to global public health security".
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Health
- Thu Mar 27 2008
Recent Thai compulsory licenses and the aftermath
In the past two weeks, the Thai government has continued to come under pressure from the United States administration and the European Commission for its move to retain the compulsory licenses for anti-cancer drugs that the previous Health Minister had initiated.
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Health
- Thu Mar 27 2008
Asia: Report faults gov't complacency on AIDS
Nearly five million people are living with HIV in Asia, with 440,000 people dying each year, and an additional eight million people will become newly infected by 2020, warns the first report by the Commission on AIDS in Asia, "Redefining AIDS in Asia".
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Health
- Wed Mar 26 2008
Organizations from Over 30 Countries Reject Agreement of Water Companies
Nearly 130 social organizations from around the world that work on the human right to water sent a letter to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, rejecting the so called “The Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Water Mandate”.
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Health
- Tue Mar 25 2008
Slowing of progress in efforts to combat tuberculosis
The pace of the progress to control the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic slowed slightly in 2006, the most recent year for which data were available, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Monday.
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Health
- Tue Mar 25 2008
EU complains again about affordable medicine
The European Union has made a fresh complaint to Thailand over policies aimed at guaranteeing that the poor are not deprived of vital medicines. Shortly before leaving office, former Thai health minister issued compulsory licences, overruling patents on four treatments for cancer to bring down the prices of drugs.
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Health
- Wed Mar 05 2008
1000 telemedicine units for Africa
The Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DFS), established after the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis in 2005 is to launch a new project to enable 1,000 African district hospitals to update their knowledge and practice telemedicine.
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Health
- Thu Feb 28 2008
NGOs call to end HIV AIDS and violence against women and girls. NOW!
Just a year ago a group of organizations and networks working around HIV AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive rights and health and violence launched the Women Won’t Wait Campaign in NY in the framework of CSW and its discussions around violence against women and girls. This year they're back to call for more allocation of resources to fight HIV AIDS and violence.
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Health
- Thu Feb 14 2008
No sex, please - you're HIV-positive
HIV/AIDS policies and programmes disregard the sexual needs of people living with the virus, claim a number of HIV-positive women who attended the third Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights held 4-7 February 2008 in Nigeria.
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Health
- Wed Jan 23 2008
WHO Board debates "global health security", climate, IPRs
The meaning of the term "global health security" has been a significant subject of discussion at the 122nd session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation taking place this week in Geneva.
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