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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14020 Balkan Countries Join Forces to Fight HIV/AIDS Stigma Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:54:39 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14018 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/z6trVqMxigI/14018 Pressured to quit his job after telling his bosses he was HIV-positive, Boris Kovacic shares the plight of thousands in the Balkans who face prejudice because of a stubborn stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14018 Migration in India Spreading HIV Epidemic Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:24:02 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14017 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/F2q-K25eO7g/14017 Migration is fuelling India's HIV epidemic.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14017 Major Campaign Launched to Eliminate Seven Diseases by 2020 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:18:52 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14016 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/nkzggbJ1UaQ/14016 The END7 Campaign is dedicated to building awareness of diseases that infect more than one billion people worldwide.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14016 HHS Commits Nearly $1.8 Million to Health Initiatives in Guatemala and to Improving Global Human Research Protections Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:13:05 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14015 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/07mvBSa32UY/14015 HHS will invest approximately $1.8 million to increase its efforts to improve the treatment and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases in Guatemala and to further strengthen ethical training on human research protections.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14015 Unbalanced Diet: Global Poverty and Obesity Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:04:53 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14014 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/UBKv93IOKLM/14014 In a world of want where 1.4 billion people are struggling to survive on $1.25 a day, the No. 1 global health problem related to food is now obesity.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14014 India to Mark Milestone in Fight Against Polio Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:52:11 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/mOyT-LMBDGg/14012 India will celebrate a full year since its last reported case of polio, a major victory in a global eradication effort that appeared to be stalled just a few years ago.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14012 Why Reconstructing Haiti Has Been So Slow Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:00:58 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14011 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/OhbHNzHPOB0/14011 Almost two years after a massive earthquake hit the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, reconstruction has barely started, with many aid agencies still focused on basic humanitarian needs and containing a cholera epidemic.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14011 How Web Access, Mobile Apps Can Help World’s Poorest Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:57:27 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14010 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/m7sGnefORXs/14010 Governments worldwide must boost internet accessibility in order to nurture democracy and economic development according to entrepreneur Loic Le Meur at a prestigious technology conference.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14010 Disease Kills 15, Infects Hundreds on Flood-Ravaged Philippines Island Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:30:35 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/RqQty_Rbl1o/14009 Leptospirosis has killed 15 people in the areas of Northern Mindanao that were ravaged by catastrophic floods last month, while the severe bacterial disease has infected over 400 people and the number of cases is expected to increase.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14009 South Africa Gets to Grips with AIDS Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:38:00 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14008 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/s8iKT5g5BCg/14008 Each year millions of people die from avoidable or curable illnesses. Since 2002, an unprecedented financial effort has helped transform world health.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14008 Aid Cuts to Middle-Income Countries Worsen Global Poverty and Ill-Health Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:00:20 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14007 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/N3RmqyoRBo0/14007 Donors must adjust to the reality that countries seemingly on an upward trajectory are often the worst hit by poverty and disease.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14007 How Hard Would It Be for Avian Flu to Spread? Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:43:51 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14006 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/LE3BYun-daU/14006 Recent reports that two teams of scientists had genetically altered a deadly flu virus to make it more contagious have provoked fear, even outrage, in some quarters.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14006 Banned HIV Test Kit Still Used in Kenya Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:32:54 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14005 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/pZvV-mHtUCM/14005 Health officials in Nyanza province have approved the use of the standard diagnostic Bioline kits for HIV testing despite a state and World Health Organisation ban on the gadgets over inaccuracy.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14005 Sexual and Reproductive Health: The Year in Review Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:27:38 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14004 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/3_S9Yykmedw/14004 Marie Stopes International's look back at what proved to be a pivotal year in sexual and reproductive health, and a peek forward at 2012.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14004 The State of AIDS in Africa Today Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:21:48 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14003 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/IPFLgawNBX4/14003 The year 2011 concluded with the convening of the International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14003 Aurat Foundation Launches Study on Honour Killings Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:11:47 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14002 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/NjOcgXmqVL4/14002 Women’s rights NGO Aurat Foundation has launched a pilot study on honour killings in Pakistan, which focuses on legislation to counter the trend.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14002 U.S. Doctors Work with Mozambicans to Save Infants, New Mothers Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:06:17 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14001 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/djnoHJ0ZZJ0/14001 Dr. Natasha Anushri Anandaraja, director of the Mount Sinai Global Health Training Center, and Dr. Sigrid Hahn have spent the past two years traveling with medical students from Mt. Sinai in New York City to remote Mozambique.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14001 In China, a Daring Few Challenge One-Child Limit Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:58:09 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/d32GfbdRIwM/14000 Seven months pregnant, Wu Weiping sneaked out early in the morning carrying a shoulder bag with some clothes, her laptop and a knife.



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]]> http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/14000 HIV Testing Kits Recalled Over Accuracy Fears Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:39:18 -0500 Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/13999 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GHCWorldHealthNews/~3/ilFEnrHvHGg/13999 More than one million HIV testing kits have been recalled following a global alert by the World Health Organisation over their accuracy.



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