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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11711 Sir John Crofton, Pioneer in TB Cure, Dies at 97 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:29:20 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11710 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/44DnIdZ2eQU/11710 Sir John started his research in the late 1940s, just as the first antibiotics were entering clinical practice, carrying with them the hope of conquering a disease for which helpless physicians had little to offer besides bed rest.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11710 World Toilet Day Marked Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:49 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11709 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/M7o_Cuf-U8s/11709 Ghanians joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Toilet Day under the theme; 'Stop open defecation, Use Toilets'.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11709 IAS Demands Canadian Prime Minister Harper and Other G8 Leaders Meet Their Commitments on AIDS Funding Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:43 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11708 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/F3ZLb-4wQP0/11708 The real cost of these failures is borne by the estimated 7,400 people who become newly infected with HIV each day and the nearly 5,500 who die each day from AIDS-related illness.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11708 Indian Girls Fight Back against Child Marriage Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:07:08 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11707 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/7kByOYkfedQ/11707 Fourteen-year-old Ahalya Kumar lives on a single daily meal of starched rice and has never been to the movies, but the girl from a dirt-poor Indian village packed enough power to reject her arranged marriage in June.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11707 Norwegian Scientists Raise Concerns about Mutated Form of Swine Flu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:04:10 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11706 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/3D0ufwIfaUs/11706 In a statement, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said the mutation "could possibly make the virus more prone to infect deeper in the airways and thus cause more severe disease."



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11706 Curbing Population Growth Crucial to Reducing Carbon Emissions Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:06:38 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11696 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/FQ3p9-wtnb8/11696 Access to contraception could tackle global warming, says United Nations.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11696 AIDS Activist Edward Zold Dies Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:09:56 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11701 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/P8baDSm7zjM/11701 Edward Zold, a leading local AIDS activist in the 1990s, died in San Francisco on Wednesday, November 4. He was 38.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11701 Global Forum for Health Research Begins in Havana Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:38:49 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11705 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/bbaaEowQu4Q/11705 Cuba will show its advances and experiences during the Global Forum for Health Research 2009 that began in Havana with the participation of some 800 delegates from more than 70 countries.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11705 Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria is Making Do with Less Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:29:33 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11704 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/Vllxq6-lzCA/11704 The Center for Global Development's excellent Global Health Policy blog noted today the huge resource deficit that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TD, and Malaria is currently facing - a $2.6 B funding gap over the next two years.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11704 U.S. AIDS Program Undaunted by Recession, Head Says Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:57:20 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/4jQ6v3McUfQ/11700 The global recession is not dampening America's international drive to stop AIDS, the head of the campaign said.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11700 Congo's Army Accused of Striking Villages as Refugees Waited for Measles Shots Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:53:23 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11699 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/iLsyIZUyr84/11699 The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has accused the Congolese Army of attacking the villages of Rwandan refugees as they waited for measles shots offered by the charity.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11699 South Africa: Battle Won For HIV-Positive Soldiers Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:30:51 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11691 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/ARiuTBcafZ4/11691 The South African cabinet has approved a new policy prohibiting discrimination against soldiers and would-be recruits on the basis of their HIV status.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11691 WHO Rushes Drugs to Nations Hit by Swine Flu Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:28:21 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11690 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/M24pJC3Rbew/11690 Emergency supplies of antiviral drugs are being sent to Ukraine, Afghanistan and other countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where hospitals report that they are being overwhelmed by patients with swine flu, the WHO said.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11690 Mass Vaccinations to Fight Yellow Fever in Africa Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:26:59 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11689 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/uhoaONSkgDs/11689 Nearly 12 million Africans deemed at highest risk from yellow fever will be vaccinated next week against the virus, which can cause explosive epidemics in cities, the WHO said.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11689 Global Health Alliance Targets Chronic Disease Wave Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:34:26 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11687 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/k2PYxkGNTcs/11687 An alliance of the world's top public health researchers set out plans to invest tens of millions of dollars in heart and lung disease studies in a battle against a global epidemic of chronic disease.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11687 Bill and Melinda Gates Tout Success of Global Health Initiatives Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:34:06 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11670 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/w-t7mGJCx2E/11670 Former Microsoft Chief, Wife Seek Increased U.S. Investment in Health for World Poor.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11670 Global Fund Awards <br> $2.4 Billion in Round 9 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:45 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11685 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/4A4l4hNSUpQ/11685 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has approved grants with a two-year commitment of US$2.4 billion. Thirty-four TB proposals were approved with the highest level of funding for TB to date - up to $1.5 billion over five years.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11685 First Recorded Dengue Fever Epidemic Hits Cape Verde Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:36:46 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11678 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/YbXB6l8AAIQ/11678 Red Cross officials say an outbreak of dengue fever in Cape Verde is the worst ever in West Africa.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11678 UNICEF: Nearly 9M Children Dying from Preventable Causes Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:34:31 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11681 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/O2lFJX4ytqQ/11681 A new report finds a few simple, cost-effective interventions could save the lives of many children currently dying from malnutrition related illnesses.



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