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Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Aid / Disasters Tropical Diseases Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Article Date: 01 Oct 2009 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., recently commended Tanazanian President Jakaya Kikwete on the country's utilization of U.S. aid money and vowed her support for the country's future development projects, ...
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PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has vowed to fight poverty in rural areas in Zambia through the fight of livestock diseases.
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Main Category: Tropical Diseases Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 01 Oct 2009 - 5:00 PDT rate article Insecticide treated mosquito nets reduce the chances of developing life-threatening malaria in Africa, however recent research shows that older children are the least well protected by nets in the community.
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The first scientific autopsy on an ancient Egyptian mummy , performed back in 1825, might have botched the cause of death.
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The British charity Save the Children, joined by celebrities including Annie Lennox and Julia Ormond, announced Wednesday a global campaign to cut infant mortality among children under the age of 5 by more than half.
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The United Nations-funded UNITAID, an organisation working towards eliminating malaria from the world, has earmarked USD 9 million for 2009-11 towards the credit scheme facility for cultivation of the artemisia plant.
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The Ugandan parliament's house committee on HIV/AIDS and related matters has appealed to the government to increase its funding for HIV, especially as infection rates remain high and the country continues to experience frequent shortages of anti-retroviral medicines.
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Angelina Silva doesn't remember the exact dates when her sons died. She just remembers their ages.
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Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines ; Pregnancy / Obstetrics ; Tropical Diseases Article Date: 29 Sep 2009 - 4:00 PDT The Associated Press examines the role of the Thai participants in the recent clinical trial of an experimental HIV vaccine which showed modest potential for preventing infection .
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In light of the U.S. Army's announcement yesterday that an experimental HIV vaccine trial it is sponsoring in Thailand showed modest potential for preventing infection, the Associated Press/Washington Post examines how military research is contributing to the fight against major diseases around the world.
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