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Global Health Headline Archives: April 2008
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GAO Reports Examine PEPFAR Funding Allocation (kaisernetwork.org, April 30, 2008)

HIV drug resistance target find (bbc.co.uk, April 30, 2008)

Food crisis unlikely to cause famine soon: U.N.  (reuters.com, April 30, 2008)

"Pay for Prevention" and Other Innovative Ways to Reduce the Spread of Disease (cgdev.org, April 30, 2008)

Defeating Malaria Can Help Overcome Poverty, U.N. Secretary - General Says in Opinion Piece (globalhealthreporting.org, April 30, 2008)

DDT Byproduct Might Increase Risk of Testicular Cancer, Study Says (globalhealthreporting.org, April 30, 2008)

World Bank Approves $10M Grant to Rwanda for HIV/AIDS Efforts (kaisernetwork.org, April 29, 2008)

Egyptian Actors Address HIV/AIDS, Recent Imprisonment of Men Living with Disease (kaisernetwork.org, April 29, 2008)

Newspapers Respond to PEPFAR Reauthorization Bills (globalhealthreporting.org, April 29, 2008)

World Bank Approves $10M Grant to Rwanda for HIV/AIDS Efforts (globalhealthreporting.org, April 29, 2008)

Clinton Foundation, UNITAID Announce New Antiretroviral Discounts (globalhealthreporting.org, April 29, 2008)

Yemen: Soaring food prices force more people below poverty line - WFP (irinnews.org, April 29, 2008)

Vietnam: Grappling with renewed cholera outbreak (irinnews.org, April 29, 2008)

Indian heart disease 'more severe than in West' (scidev.net, April 29, 2008)

Diagnostic test 'can distinguish leishmaniasis types' (scidev.net, April 28, 2008)

Food and Free Trade (cgdev.org, April 25, 2008)

UN effort to end malaria deaths (bbc.co.uk, April 25, 2008)

Monitoring AIDS treatment by physical symptoms is effective (who.int, April 25, 2008)

India warned over heart disease (bbc.co,uk, April 25, 2008)

Rural farmers turn malaria medics in Sierra Leone (reuters.com, April 25, 2008)

China says on guard after Vietnam cholera outbreak (reuters.com, April 25, 2008)

Thai HIV/AIDS Programs Overlook Children, UNICEF Official Says (kaisernetwork.org, April 25, 2008)

Philippines: Six provinces declared malaria-free (irinnews.org, April 25, 2008)

Gates Foundation to Boost Farm Aid 50% as Food Crisis Deepens (bloomberg.com, April 24, 2008)

Africa: Epidemic outpacing response says UNAIDS (plusnews.org, April 24, 2008)

Sri Lanka: On track to eliminate malaria (irinnews.org, April 24, 2008)

NIAID Releases Drug - Resistant TB Research Agenda (globalhealthreporting.org, April 24, 2008)

Physical checks for AIDS nearly as good as lab tests (reuters.com, April 24, 2008)

U.N., Partners Collaborate to Promote Nothing But Nets Campaign (globalhealthreporting.org, April 24, 2008)

Pakistan, U.N. Agency Launch Pilot Initiative to Improve HIV Control Efforts Among Women (globalhealthreporting.org, April 24, 2008)

Eliminating blinding trachoma 'entirely possible' (scidev.net, April 24, 2008)

Novartis says cutting prices on Malaria drug (reuters.com, April 23, 2008)

Thailand: Helping HIV/AIDS children (irinnews.org, April 23, 2008)

Zimbabwe: NGOs withering under foreign currency shortages (irinnews.org, April 23, 2008)

South Africa: Cholera in Soweto (irinnews.org, April 23, 2008)

Scientists identify key leishmaniasis protein (scidev.net, April 23, 2008)

Children's Center Aims to Promote Home-Based HIV Testing Among Youth in Botswana (globalhealthreporting.org, April 23, 2008)

Global Health Geometry (cgdev.org, April 23, 2008)

New science ministry - and minister - for Kenya (scidev.net, April 22, 2008)

Sub-Saharan African Countries Not on Track to Meet MDGs, U.N. Secretary General Ban Says (globalhealthreporting.org, April 22, 2008)

Nigerian Government Commits $1.2B for Malaria Control Efforts (globalhealthreporting.org, April 22, 2008)

About 80% of People in Asia at Risk for Malaria, Efforts to Reduce Spread of Disease Should be Increased, WHO Says (globalhealthreporting.org, April 22, 2008)

Some HIV - Positive People in Zambia Stopping Antiretroviral Treatment for Alternative Drugs, Health Offical Says (kaisernetwork.org, April 21, 2008)

WHO, TB Alliance to Allocate $100M for Drug - Resistant TB Efforts in 27 Countries (globalhealthreporting.org, April 21, 2008)

Entrepreneur Launches Social Networking Site to Raise Money for Malaria Efforts (globalhealthreporting.org, April 21, 2008)

Common antibiotic 'effective' filariasis treatment (scidev.net, April 21, 2008)

A New Lens on a Familiar Question: Did Organized Family Planning Efforts Do More Harm Than Good? (cgdev.org, April 21, 2008)

Asian Rice Crisis Puts 10 Million or More at Risk: Q & A with Peter Timmer (cgdev.org, April 21, 2008)

Papua New Guinea's National Research Institute to Monitor, Study Behavior of People Living with HIV/AIDS (kaisernetwork.org, April 18, 2008)

Advocate Calls on Media Outlets in Ethiopia To Be More Sensitive When Reporting on HIV/AIDS (kaisernetwork.org, April 18, 2008)

HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies for Ukraine Discussed at Canadian Forum (kaisernetwork.org, April 18, 2008)

Guardian Examines Detention of 11 HIV-Positive People in China, Country's Responce to HIV/AIDS (kaisernetwork.org, April 18, 2008)

Current malaria policy 'needs reconsideration' (scidev.net, April 17, 2008)

Haiti's Rising Cost of Food Worries Aid Groups (voanews.com, April 17, 2008)

Experimental U.S. bird flu vaccine uses cold virus (reuters.com, April 17, 2008)

Pakistani Health Workers Discuss TB Treatment, Diagnosis (globalhealthreporting.org, April 17, 2008)

African Countries Have Made Least Progress in Reducing Infant, Maternal Deaths, Report Says (globalhealthreporting.org, April 17, 2008)

Workplace Attitudes Toward HIV/AIDS, Acceptance of Condoms Improving, ILO Report Finds (globalhealthreporting.org, April 17, 2008)

Liberia: Nutritional "crisis" in Monrovia (irinnews.org, April 17, 2008)

Darfur food rations cut, Ban decried rising insecurity (irinnews.org, April 17, 2008)

Global: Costly food opportunity to review aid responses (irinnews.org, April 17, 2008)

S. Korea culls 3 million birds as bird flu spreads fast (reuters.com, April 17, 2008)

Tracking progress in maternal, newborn & child survival (who.int, April 16, 2008)

'B' in ABC Method Is the 'Real Pillar' of HIV Prevention in Uganda, Letter to Editor Says (kaisernetwork.org, April 16, 2008)

Senate Should Move 'Quickly' To Reauthorize PEPFAR Ahead of G8 Summit, Editorial Says (kaisernetwork.org, April 16, 2008)

Better Drugs Needed to Battle New Forms of TB (voanews.com, April 16, 2008)

The International Migration and Recruitment of Nurses (jama.ama-assn.org, April 16, 2008)

Small company gets U.S. go-ahead on bird flu patch (reuters.com, April 15, 2008)

US $40 million funding boost for African researchers (scidev.net, April 15, 2008)

Global Monitoring Report 2008 (worldbank.org, April 15, 2008)

Uganda to Distribute 17M No-Cost ITNs, Health Minister Says (globalhealthreporting.org, April 15, 2008)

Vaccine Progress for HIV, Other Conditions Discussed at International Conference (kaisernetwork.org, April 15, 2008)

Environmentally Friendly Wind Generator Available for Rural Africa (voanews.com, April 15, 2008)

South Africa: Inner city blues - migrants in search of treatment (plusnews.org, April 15, 2008)

Fund health systems, not projects, say researchers (scidev.net, April 14, 2008)

Yemen: Neonatal tetanus campaign targets nearly one million women (irinnews.org, April 14, 2008)

Indonesia says to launch bird flu pandemic plan (reuters.com, April 14, 2008)

Chinese AIDS victims detained, harassed: lawyers (reuters.com, April 14, 2008)

In Rwanda, visionary doctor is moving mountains again (boston.com, April 13, 2008)

Economist Examines Malaria's 'Political Moment' (globalhealthreporting.org, April 11, 2008)

6 Million in Mali to be Vaccinated Against Yellow Fever (voanews.com, April 11, 2008)

Kenyan Government Adopts Male Circumcision as a Standard HIV Prevention Strategy (kaisernetwork.org, April 11, 2008)

AP/Houston Chronicle Examines HIV Outbreak Among 72 Children, 16 Mothers in Kyrgyzstan (kaisernetwork.org, April 11, 2008)

Opinion Piece Examines PEPFAR, Local Volunteerism in Zambia (kaisernetwork.org, April 11, 2008)

Newspapers Publish Opinion Piece, Letter to Editor Responding to Suggestions on Future of HIV Vaccine Research (kaisernetwork.org, April 11, 2008)

Ghana: World Health Day Garners Support to Deal with Climate Change (allafrica.com, April 11, 2008)

University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics to Host Conference on Improving Calculation of Global Health Data (kaisernetwork.org, April 10, 2008)

Countdown to 2015: Health center in Senegal works to reduce child mortality (unicef.org, April 10, 2008)

Researchers Call for Improvements in Trial Design to Test Biomedical Interventions to Prevent HIV (kaisernetwork.org, April 10, 2008)

China's Industry, Commerce Administration Launches Program to Increase HIV Prevention, Education Services in Private Sector (kaisernetwork.org, April 10, 2008)

Crucell, Aeras TB Vaccine Candidate Produces Promising Results in Phase I Clinical Trials (globalhealthreporting.org, April 10, 2008)

Malaria 'Disease of Poor,' Not Result of Global Warming, Opinion Piece Says (globalhealthreporting.org, April 10, 2008)

Thailand's New Campaign Against Illegal Drugs Will Undermine HIV/AIDS Efforts, Advocates Say (kaisernetwork.org, April 10, 2008)

Asia: Fear of shortages as rice prices keep rising (irinnews.org, April 10, 2008)

Africa: Climate change linked to spread of disease (irinnews.org, April 9, 2008)

British Prime Minister Brown Pledges $200M for ITNs to Fight Malaria in Africa (kaisernetwork.org, April 9, 2008)

Pakistan Needs $96M to Control TB, Health Secretary Says (kaisernetwork.org, April 9, 2008)

U.K. Motion Calls on International Development Department to Place Women at Center of HIV/AIDS Efforts (kaisernetwork.org, April 8, 2008)

Brazil Opens Condom Factory to Reduce Spread of HIV, Preserve Rainforest (kaisernetwork.org, April 8, 2008)

Kenya to Decentralize TB Treatment, Use Community Ambassadors to Promote Treatment Access, Adherence (kaisernetwork.org, April 8, 2008)

Development Ministers From G8, Emerging Donor Countries Pledge to Bolster Efforts to Meet MDGs (kaisernetwork.org, April 8, 2008)

Uganda: The cost of keeping children from knowing their HIV status (plusnews.org, April 8, 2008)

Chad: HIV/AIDS is not the only threat to life (plusnews.org, April 7, 2008)

Climate change will erode foundations of health (who.int, April 7, 2008)

Intercontinental Back to Donate 5,000 ITNs to Local Nigerian Government (globalhealthreporting.org, April 4, 2008)

Use of Antiretrovirals as 'Alternative' to HIV/AIDS Vaccine 'Goes Unchampioned,' Opinion Piece Says (kaisernetwork.org, April 4, 2008)

Ethiopia Launches HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy (kaisernetwork.org, April 4, 2008)

All Caribbean countries now included in US funding to fight HIV/AIDS (caribbeannetnews.com, April 4, 2008)

Antimalarial suppositories 'buy time' for patients (scidev.net, April 4, 2008)

Fatal bird flu cases in Pakistan (news.bbc.co.uk, April 4, 2008)

Bangladesh: Middle classes scramble for subsidised rice (rinnews.org, April 4, 2008)

Congo: Vitamin A campaign targets deficient children (irinnews.org, April 4, 2008)

US set to spend $50B against HIV (bbb.co.uk, April 3, 2008)

Global: Lookins in the mirror at HIV (plusnews.org, April 2, 2008)

Malawi Launches Program Aimed at Preventing HIV, Improving Sexual Health Among Young People (kaisernetwork.org, April 2, 2008)

Gene Mutations Tied to Immune Comeback During Therapy for HIV-1 (sciencedaily.com, April 2, 2008)

Mekong Schistosomiasis Is Spreading (medicalnewstoday.com, April 2, 2008)

Africa: Economic Growth Still Strong but Development and Aid Lag - UN Report (allafrica.com, April 1, 2008)

UN Foundation Charity Launches Faith-Based Malaria Eradication Drive (voanews.com, April 1, 2008)

Voucher Program to Encourage New Drugs for Tropical Diseases (voanews.com, April 1, 2008)

HIV research initiative hits funding crisis (scidev.net, April 1, 2008)