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Philippines Works to Freeze Spread of Childhood Diseases
On Wednesday the Philippine government’s Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, or RITM, will get new walk-in freezer, which will be used to store vaccines for various viruses, measles included.
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- Asia Pacific
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Preparing for a dengue fever vaccine: why Brazil’s ahead of the game
Six dengue vaccine candidates are in various stages of clinical development but developing countries will not receive the benefits if planning does not start now.
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Malaria eradication: Cure all?
A novel approach, using drugs instead of insecticides, may make it easier to eliminate malaria. But it is not without controversy.
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Achieving Global Health Equality Within a Generation
When looking at the broad sweep of human history, people's health status was relatively similar across the world. Death rates for mothers and children were high, life expectancy was short, and health status was poor. This was the universal condition.Only in the past two centuries have we seen the world diverge.
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- Education, Health Care
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New malaria discovery may lead to better vaccine and treatment
Washington University School of Medicine said on Thursday that researchers have discovered how a form of malaria common in India, Southeast Asia and South America attacks blood cells.
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Better funding call for vital drug approval programme
Without the prequalification programme of the World Health Organisation, Africa could have bad drugs or no drugs for HIV and TB, but this vital service for assessing medicine quality needs secure funds for the future, say experts
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India polio-free for third straight year
India has a reason to smile. On Monday, it completes three years without reporting any case of polio.
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Cease-fires only defense in battle against polio
Once virtually eradicated, polio again stalks the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. The innocent victims are mostly young children. The perpetrators are insurgents and indifferent governments. The polio resurgence is preventable and it is time to pull out an old but proven technique to halt its spread: Days of Tranquility.
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