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Global Health Headlines
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Canadian Drug Company Awarded Rwadan Contract to Provide Combination Antiretroviral (kaisernetwork.org, May 12, 2008)

HIV/AIDS Cases Increasing Among Commercial Sex Workers in Uganda (kaisernetwork.org, May 12, 2008)

No-Cost Antiretrovirals at Clinic in Rural Malawi Reduces AIDS -Related Deaths, Study Says (kaisernetwork.org, May 12, 2008)

HIV Prevention Funding in Africa Should Be Shifted to Promote Male Circumcision, Partner Reduction Programs, Study Says (globalhealthreporting.org, May 9, 2008)

Africa: Getting old on ARVs (plusnews.org, May 9, 2008)

Drug safety crisis hits home (baltimoresun.com, May 9, 2008)

Ban Ki-moon gathers global health experts to improve care for world's poorest (un.org, May 9, 2008)

India children's health 'ignored' (bbc.co.uk, May 8, 2008)

Food Crisis: Status and Impacts (irinnews.org, May 8, 2008)

Antimalarial Drug Quality in the Most Severely Malarious Parts of Africa - A Six Country Study (plosone.org, May 8, 2008)

Report calls for more diabetes research (scidev.net, May 7, 2008)

U.N. Launches Workplace HIV Program (kaisernetwork.org,  May 7, 2008)

British Prime Minister Brown Holds Conference on Role of Businesses in Efforts to Meet MDGs (kaisernetwork.org, May 7, 2008)

Government, Businesses Should Cooperate to Mitigate Effects of HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea, Conference Delegate Says (kaisernetwork.org, May 7, 2008)

Appropriate Treatment Methods Can Prevent Nearly All Risk of Mother-to Child HIV Transmission, Study Says (kaisernetwork.org, May 7, 2008)

WHO To Update Guidelines for Possible Flu Pandemic (voanews.com, May 7, 2008)

Treatment 'slashes baby HIV risk' (bbc.co.uk, May 6, 2008)

New project targets post-harvest loss in Ethiopia (scidev.net, May 6, 2008)

Study 'proves' Chagas drug efficacy (scidev.net, May 6, 2008)

PEPFAR Reauthorization Bills Should Address Increased Risk of HIV Among Women in Africa, Editorial Says (kaisernetwork.org, May 6, 2008)

'60 Minutes' Profiles Partners in Health Co-Founder Paul Farmer (kaisernetwork.org, May 6, 2008)

Group Launches Program to Expand Role of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda (kaisernetwork.org, May 6, 2008)

French agriculture minister calls for 'world forum' on food crisis (caribbeannetnews.com, May 6, 2008)

Report Says Basic Medical Care Could Save Lives of 6 Million Children a Year (voanews.com, May 6, 2008)

State of the World's Mothers Report 2008 (savethechildren.org, May 6, 2008)

Falling Maternal HIV Rate Mostly Explains Lower MTCT in Zimbabwe (iasociety.org, May 6, 2008)

Global: Canada to provide cash, not commodities in switch of food aid policy (irinnews.org, May 5, 2008)

Fourth Edition of Life-Saving Skills Manual to Debut in 2008 (medicalnewstoday.com, May 5, 2008)

China child-killing virus may be yet to peak: WHO (reuters.com, May 5, 2008)

Global Fund Might Consider Loans for Countries that Become Too Wealthy To Qualify for Grants, Executive Director Says (kaisernetwork.org, May 5, 2008)

 More Women Than Men Sought Services at Uganda's AIDS Support Organization in 2007, Report Says (kaisernetwork.org, May 5, 2008)

HIV/AIDS Cases Decline in Malawi; Testing, Counseling Sites Increase, Health Official Says (kaisernetwork.org, May 5, 2008)

Communication is key to informed public participation (scidev.net, May 2, 2008)

Equitable access: research challenges for health in developing countries (globalhealthforum.org, May 2, 2008)

Rapid Population Growth in Uganda Affecting Efforts to Fight HIV/AIDS (kaisernetwork.org, May 2, 2008)

World Food Program sees 'major crisis' in Haiti (caribbeannetnews.com, May 2, 2008)

Somalia: Some 3.5 million could need food aid by end of year (irinnews.org, May 2, 2008)

Most high blood pressure in developing world: study (reuters.com, May 2, 2008)

India's Medical Emergency (time.com, May 1, 2008)

March/April 2008 Newsletter: "Global Health Matters" (nih.gov, May 1, 2008)

Trachoma 'eliminated' in Tanzanian village (scidev.net, May 1, 2008)

Two PEPFAR - Funded Methadone Clinics Open in Vietnamese Port City (kaisernetwork.org, May 1, 2008)

HIV/AIDS Services in Northern Cote d' Ivoire Still Unavailable (kaisernetwork.org, May 1, 2008)

Antigua, Barbuda Government, UNFPA Hold Training Workshop for Groups To Promote Condom Use (kaisernetwork.org, May 1, 2008)

Namibia's New Era Examines Increased Risk of HIV Among Fisherman (kaisernetwork.org, May 1, 2008)

Smoking ban for Chinese capital (bbc.co.uk, May 1, 2008)

ALAS Foundation's Wyclef Jean Joins PAHO to Boost Child Vaccination in Haiti (paho.org, May 1, 2008)

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