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UNDP chief calls for ‘permanent’ focus on NCDs
The way U.N. Development Program Administrator Helen Clark sees the future, the fight against noncommunicable diseases can only be won by making sure it is on everyone’s agenda.
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Researchers Work on Developing New HIV Vaccines
Studying infectious diseases has long been primarily the domain of biologists. However, as part of the Ragon Institute, MIT engineers and physical scientists are joining immunologists and physicians in the battle against HIV, which currently infects 34 million people worldwide.
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Whooping cough may be becoming resistant to vaccines
For the first time, American researchers have found evidence that the bacteria that cause whooping cough are becoming resistant to vaccines, a new study shows.
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Quality Medicines for All: The case for more local drug production in Africa
Significant progress has been made in providing treatment to people in Africa suffering from diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Yet an access gap remains. Juergen Reinhardt, of UNIDO, advocates addressing this gap by strengthening Africa’s local pharmaceutical industry.
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India’s new child survival plan
The Indian government plans to engage the private sector and aid community more as part of a strategic approach to reduce child mortality launched today at a national summit on child survival in Chennai.
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‘Tsunami’ of Diseases Waiting to Hit
A tsunami is looming on the horizon and the world is unprepared for it. This one won’t be a massive wall of water but a tidal wave of non-communicable disease – cancer, heart disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, among others – and experts say the international community needs to act fast to keep it from crashing.
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Global Health Funding Slows as Nations Cut Back on Donations
Global health funding barely grew last year as the U.S. and other nations cut their donations to programs in developing nations, a study found.
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Part 2: From Local to Global: Unite for Sight’s expanding impact
Jennifer Staple-Clark built Unite for Sight from a dorm room-based student group into a world-renowned global non-profit, serving 1,500,000 patients and facilitating over 63,000 sight-restoring surgeries in Ghana, India and Honduras. In Part 2 of our interview, she discusses Unite for Sight’s innovative revenue-generating programs, and how it harnesses its volunteer, research and fundraising efforts to support its mission.
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