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U.s.: 'War Comes Home' with Ft. Hood Shootings

Friday, November 06, 2009

While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident 'brings the war home'.

Health: Uganda’s Counterfeits Bill Threatens Access to Medicine

Friday, November 06, 2009

Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country’s ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda’s medicine imports.

Lesotho: AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Fifteeen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.

Africa: Drug Subsidy Key to Anti-Malaria Effort

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Just three percent of malaria-infected children in Africa get World Health Organisation-recommended drugs. One expert has equated this to a death sentence for sick children.

Q&A: ‘ODA Is What Governments Want to Do at Their Whim’

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Think of a world where rich nations did not fund what was popular but instead collaborated to solve the developing world’s most pressing health needs.

Health: New Task Force Targets Poor in Breast Cancer Fight

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

The rate of breast cancer in developing countries is on the rise, according to the Harvard School of Public Health, which estimates that the poor will account for more than 55 percent of breast cancer deaths this year.

Africa: Malaria Vaccine Draws Closer

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

After 20 years of trials, scientists have announced they are on the threshold of discovering a malaria vaccine. Researchers warn that Africa may not be ready to make use of the vaccine should it be approved as expected within five years.

Rights-Malawi: Blame Game While Children Suffer

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Every morning 12-year-old Thomson Genti and his seven-year-old brother, Chifundo, emerge dirty and wretched from the squalor of their hideout behind the crowded shops in the commercial town of Limbe. It is the start of a day of begging, beatings from the older street boys and insults from passers-by.

Sri Lanka: Anxiety Persists Over Safety of Rubella Vaccine

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Sudarma Senevirathana’s teenage daughter is at an age when she can already be given the ‘rubella’ vaccine, administered free of charge by government health officials at schools.

Pakistan: Polio Vaccination: One Hurdle Down, One More to Go

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Until the Taliban were forced to flee by the military, the militant group’s deadly opposition to vaccination had been severely hampering efforts to make Pakistan a polio-free country in the foreseeable future.

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