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Global Health Headlines Archive: June 2009
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Grameen Foundation, Google, MTN Launch Cell Phone Applications To Help Ugandans Get Health, Other Information (globalhealth.kff.org, June 30, 2009)
Stemming the Rise in Global Alcohol-Related Deaths (time.com, June 29, 2009)
Cargo Bikes Deliver Mosquito Nets and Malaria Treatment to People in High-Risk Rural Areas (pressmediawire.com, June 29, 2009)
Scientists Develop High-Protein Pea Varieties to Fight Hunger (voanews.com, June 29, 2009)
Malawi to boost investment in science (scidev.net, June 26, 2009)
USAID Commits $1M To Help Several African Nations Deal With Natural Disasters, Disease Spread (globalhealth.kff.org, June 26, 2009)
Kenya Seeks Support From PEPFAR To Expand Blood Transfusion Centers (globalhealth.kff.org, June 26, 2009)
GLOBAL: Vitamin A deficiency and malaria (irinnews.org, June 25, 2009)
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Honors MTV Executive for Outstanding Contribution to Health Communication (emediawire.com, June 23, 2009)
U.N. Calls For Increased Commitment To Help Vulnerable Countries Prepare For Natural Disaster (globalhealth.kff.org, June 22, 2009)
Ban Ki-Moon Calls On Governments To Eradicate Polio (globalhealth.kff.org, June 22, 2009)
Financing of global health: tracking development assistance for health from 1990 to 2007 (thelancet.com, June 20, 2009)
Tibotec, TB Alliance Join To Expedite Development Of Promising TB Drug (globalhealth.kff.org, June 18, 2009)
A Global Public Health Policy Based on Science, Not Demagoguery (fpif.org, June 17, 2009)
Africa Union Launches New Campaign Against Human Trafficking (voanews.com, June 17, 2009)
Global health leaders hold TB summit in Seattle (seattlepi.com, June 17, 2009)
House Subcommittee Markup Leaves Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria in Crisis (prnewswire.com, June 17, 2009)
A New Campaign to Fight Diseases of the Wealthy (time.com, June 16, 2009)
The Economic Impact of Climate Change (nyt.com, June 16, 2009)
Head of UN agency calls for ‘fairness’ in global health policies (un.org, June 15, 2009)
W.H.O. Examines Traffic as Health Hazard (nytimes.com, June 15, 2009)
Economic Crisis Jeopardizes Global Health (npr.org, June 15, 2009)
Britain pledges $485 mln to global vaccine project (reuters.com, June 13, 2009)
Q&A: Tadataka Yamada and wild science ideas (scidev.net, June 12, 2009)
Africa calls on world's richest to curb brain drain (scidev.net, June 12, 2009)
New program seeks to deliver vaccines to poor (reuters.com, June 12, 2009)
President Obama Praises Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai, Pledges $73 Million Aid (voanews.com, June 12, 2009)
Progress Seen In Some African HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment Programs, U.N. Special Envoy Says At World Economic Forum On Africa (globalthealth.kff.org, June 12, 2009)
Ethiopian Scientist to Receive 2009 World Food Prize (voanews.com, June 11, 2009)
Medical Centers Target Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries (voanews.com, June 11, 2009)
WHO Declares H1N1 Virus Spread A Pandemic (globalhealth.kff.org, June 11, 2009)
Women, Girls Priority In U.S. Efforts Against Global HIV/AIDS, Clinton Tells International Health Experts (globalhealth.kff.org, June 11, 2009)
When Is a Pandemic Not a Pandemic? (nytimes.com, June 10, 2009)
Model guides flow of climate change migrants (scidev.net, June 10, 2009)
WHO experts to meet as pandemic alert call nears (reuters.com, June 10, 2009)
Bill Gates visits World Health Organization (washingtonpost.com, June 9, 2009)
NIH to carry risks of neglected disease research (scidev.net, June 9, 2009)
HIV in South Africa 'levels off' (bbc.co.uk, June 9, 2009)
Towards a common definition of global health (thelancet.com, June 8, 2008)
Africa: U.S. Global Partnerships Key in Fighting Drug-Resistant TB (allafrica.com, June 8, 2008)
Starting antiretroviral therapy earlier yields better clinical outcomes (eurekalert.org, June 8, 2009)
WHO flu alerts to reflect severity as well as spread (reuters.com, June 5, 2009)
Officials Concerned About Potential Disease Outbreaks Among Displaced Pakistanis; Obama Requests More U.S. Aid Money (globalhealth.kff.org, June 5, 2009)
TB Booster Vaccine Trials To Begin Next Month In South Africa (globalhealth.kff.org, June 5, 2009)
WHO Recommends Worldwide Use Of Rotavirus Vaccine For Children (globalhealth.kff.org, June 5, 2009)
Experimental Drug Five Times More Effective Against MDR-TB Than Conventional Therapy (globalhealth.kff.org, June 4, 2009)
Combination Of Interventions Could Reduce Childhood Pneumonia Deaths By 90%, Study Says (globalheatlh.kff.org, June 4, 2009)
Congress Unlikely To Approve Obama's Request for Additional Flu Money, Majority Leader Says (globalhealth.kff.org, June 4, 2009)
Report Examines Zimbabwean Refugees In South Africa (globalhealth.kff.org, June 4, 2009)
African Health Advocates Meet In Kenya To Discuss Need for Governments To Improve Basic Healthcare Services (globalhealth.kff.org, June 4, 2009)
Mozambique's Health Minister Reviews Country's Health Status With Parliament (globalhealth.kff.org, June 4, 2009)
Opinion: Governments Must Take 'Concrete Action' To Reduce Maternal Mortality, Morbidity (globalhealth.kff.org, June 4, 2009)
Swine Flu Cases Rise (voanews.com, June 3, 2009)
Strengthening health systems 'rhetoric, not reality' (scidev.net, June 3, 2009)
Arsenic exposure may decrease immunity to flu (scidev.net, June 3, 2009)
Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 21 May–3 June (scidev.net, June 3, 2009)
Government-scientist tensions escalate in Venezuela (scidev.net, June 1, 2009)
TIMOR-LESTE: Challenge to shift youth from resistance to development mentality (irinnews.org, June 2, 2009)
WHO Calls For Images of Smoking-Related Diseases on Cigarette Packaging (globalhealth.kff.org, June 1, 2009)
11 West African Countries To Partake In Polio Vaccination Campaign; Benin Campaign Postponed Due to Health Worker Strike (globalhealth.kff.org, June 1, 2009)
AFRICA: Divide functions and conquer ARV rollout glitches (plusnews.org, June 1, 2009)
GUINEA: Black market medicines re-emerge (irinnews.org, June 1, 2009)