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OPINION: India’s Sex-Ed Controversy
India’s health minister, Harsh Vardhan, is on the defensive after he questioned the focus on condom use in the fight against the spread of H.I.V. Late last month, Dr. Vardhan, who is a surgeon by profession, defended a call on his website to ban sex education.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Gates Foundation battling big new threat in malaria fight
Just as Myanmar opens up to the world and becomes a place of economic opportunity, fears are rising over the spread of a drug-resistant form of malaria. But efforts are under way, including a big initiative of the Gates Foundation, to fight this problem.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WHO urges ‘drastic action’ on Ebola, calls 11-nation meeting
Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization on Thursday called for "drastic action" to fight the deadliest Ebola outbreak on record, as it announced an 11-nation meeting to address the growing crisis.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Reuters: Sanofi plans to put dengue program into separate unit
Sanofi ($SNY) has been working on a vaccine to protect against the mosquito-borne dengue virus for 20 years, and now it may be breaking that program off into a distinct unit.
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- Health Care
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A New Malnutrition Vaccine for the World’s Poor
When we think about the world's most pressing global health issues, usually diseases or conditions such as HIV/AIDS, malaria or influenza come to mind.
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- Health Care
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Mobilizing TB Lab Services: Portalabs offer high-quality diagnostic capacity at less cost than traditional facilities
TB laboratories are expensive to build, staff and maintain. New portable facilities address these problems and might offer scalable lab services in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Health Care
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Served in Haiti Cholera Lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for victims of a cholera epidemic in Haiti said on Friday they have served United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a complaint in New York as part of a federal lawsuit seeking compensation for the outbreak, which they blame on U.N. peacekeepers.
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Tackling the ebola epidemic in west Africa: why we need a holistic approach
Immediate medical action is not enough to manage the disease. We need cross-sector collaboration and integrated research
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- Health Care
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