 | Rwanda: $63 Million for AIDS, Malaria Control
17 July 2008 | Africa
The national fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (TB) has received over $63 million grant support for the next two years.
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| Pakistan: New Survey Indicates Family Planning Weaknesses
17 July 2008 | Mid East
World Population Day on July 11 with its theme "Family planning, is a right, make it real" was a bleak reminder for Pakistani health practitioners of the precarious state of maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH).
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| US Ban on Visitors with HIV Could End Soon
16 July 2008 | Global
A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas of the world.
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| Reproductive Health Activists Call on G-8 For More Funding
16 July 2008 | Global
A partnership of NGOs, governments, and UN agencies is calling on G-8 leaders to provide more funding to help reduce death rates among pregnant women and infants in the developing world.
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| UK Government Strengthens Commitment to Improving Health in the World's Poorest Countries
16 July 2008 | Europe and Former Soviet Republics
Sexual and reproductive ill-health accounts for 30 per cent of the worldwide burden of illness and premature death for women; pregnancy related health complications are the single biggest killer of girls aged 15 - 19 years in developing countries.
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| Group to Hold "Nurse-In" at City Hall Park to Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week
16 July 2008 | Global
A "nurse-in" will be held on July 26 at City Hall Park to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1-7).
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| Climate Change: Disease Spread Fears
16 July 2008 | Africa
Dr. John Githure of the African Insect Science for Food and Health, Nairobi, Kenya, told fellow entomologists that the most worrying effect was the spread of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, on the African continent.
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| A Conversation with His Excellency Dr. Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatimie, Minister of Public Health, Afghanistan
15 July 2008 | North America
Partners Forum: Tues., July 22, 2008 at the Global Health Council, Washington, D.C. The Global Health Council invited you to join us for this special opportunity to be part of a discussion with the Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan.
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| $1.5B To Help Children Survive Food Crisis
15 July 2008 | Global
A $1.5 billion programme to aid millions of children at increased risk of severe hunger and malnutrition because of rising food prices was launched today by Plan, the leading international children's NGO.
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| More Patients Can Get AIDS Drugs, but Cost Is A Burden
15 July 2008 | Global
Although the United Nations reported last month that more HIV-positive people in the developing world are able to get antiretroviral drugs than before, 70 percent of AIDS sufferers still don't have access.
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