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CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update 12/01/2008 (AEGiS) 2 Dec 2008 01:14 GMT
... The findings have already prompted officials in the United States, Europe, and at the World Health Organization to recommend immediate treatment for infected babies. Previously, physicians were advised to take an ...
FDA: Novartis malaria pill shows superior results 2 Dec 2008 00:53 GMT
... million people a year, with most deaths occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Health Organization. Malaria, which is both preventable and treatable, has been all but eradicated in wealthy ...
World AIDS Day highlights problems that remain 2 Dec 2008 00:52 GMT
... Monday, during the observance of the 20th annual World AIDS Day. In 1988, the World Health Organization and U.N. General Assembly named Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day to honor people ...
A breathtaking aspiration for AIDS 2 Dec 2008 00:50 GMT
... it may prove to be so in the real world, but researchers at the World Health Organization have come up with a suggestion to drastically reduce the transmission of AIDS and ...
Beijing reaches clean air goal for 2008 2 Dec 2008 00:50 GMT
... a blue-sky day is still more polluted than what is considered healthy by the World Health Organization. Steven Andrews, an independent environmental consultant based in Washington, said Beijing's assertions of improved ...

Beijing claims early victory over air pollution 2 Dec 2008 00:30 GMT
... a blue-sky day is still more polluted than what is considered healthy by the World Health Organization. Steven Andrews, an independent environmental consultant based in Washington, said Beijing's claims of improved ...
ZIMBABWE: UN AGENCY CALLS FOR US$2 MILLION TO FIGHT CHOLERA EPIDEMIC 2 Dec 2008 00:14 GMT
... the outbreak, compared with a benchmark rate of below 1 per cent, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported. "Cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe have occurred annually since 1998, but previous epidemics ...
Hu extends hand to AIDS patients 1 Dec 2008 23:53 GMT
... Xinhua reported. A joint investigation by a United Nations agency, health officials and the World Health Organization found that there were about 700,000 Chinese in the country living with HIV/AIDS at ...
Injection Therapy To Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 1 Dec 2008 23:52 GMT
... He has established important international organizations in these fields and advises institutions like the World Health Organization. ----- On The Net: ...
Zimbabwe: UN agency calls for $2 million to fight cholera epidemic 1 Dec 2008 23:51 GMT
... the outbreak, compared with a benchmark rate of below 1 per cent, the UN World Health Organization ( �Cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe have occurred annually since 1998, but previous epidemics never ...
Early HIV screening of newborns at risk can save lives: UN 1 Dec 2008 23:32 GMT
... to HIV," said the report published by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), UNAIDS and the "Without appropriate treatment, half of children with HIV will die ...
UPDATE 2-Data supports Novartis malaria drug -US FDA staff 1 Dec 2008 23:16 GMT
... but government experts consider ACTs most effective. Coartem also has been recommended by the World Health Organization, according to Novartis. Another type of combination drug, GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Malarone, also is cleared ...
UN report finds treating infants with HIV can increase survival rates up to 75 percent 1 Dec 2008 22:53 GMT
... begin treatment within their first 12 weeks," she said. The report by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the Joint U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS and the U.N. Population Fund, called for increased ...
Survivors mark AIDS losses 1 Dec 2008 22:52 GMT
... were living with HIV/AIDS in 2007, 2.1 million of them children, according to the World Health Organization. In the same year, 2.1 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses. There are 11,000 ...
Testing newborns for HIV can save lives 1 Dec 2008 22:51 GMT
... begin treatment within their first 12 weeks," she said. The report by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the Joint U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS and the U.N. Population Fund, called for increased ...

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