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'Coming Together As One' Campaign Encourages Youth To Fight Poverty

Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact

Read More: John Cho, HIV/AIDS, Hayden Panettiere, Poverty, Leighton Meester, Malaria, Corbin Bleu, Global Poverty, one.org, HIV/AIDS Africa, Fighting Malaria, Bono, World AIDS Day, Impact News

Young stars Hayden Panettiere, John Cho, Corbin Bleu, Leighton Meester and others have joined ONE.org to encourage college students to join their camp...

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The Scariest Bite (Hint: It's Not from a Vampire)

Scott Case | Posted 11.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Mosquito Nets, Malaria No More, Edward, Bella, Scott Case, New Moon, Malaria, Vampire, Twilight, Children Deaths, Mosquito, Impact News
Scott Case

Malaria isn't trendy, it isn't sexy, and it isn't on the cover of every magazine this week. But, in comparison with even the most villainous vampire in the "Twilight Saga", malaria wins one contest: it's definitely scarier.

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Gates Says Too Many Kids' Deaths Are Preventable

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: Who, Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Malaria, Diarrhea, World News
Katherine Gustafson

2.2 million kids under the age of 5 die every year from diarrheal diseases. The vast majority of these deaths could be prevented with basic hygiene, water quality improvements and sanitation.

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Molly Sims Stands 'United Against Malaria'

Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Operation Smile, Molly Sims, Celebrity Causes, Malaria, Friends of El Faro, Five and Alive, United Against Malaria, Impact News

Cause Celeb highlights a celebrity's work on behalf of a specific cause. This week, we speak with model and actress Molly Sims about her involvement w...

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Africa's Seat at the Table

President Abdoulaye Wade | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: G-20 Summit, Governance, President Barack Obama, Malaria, Reform, G-20, Accra Speech, World Bank, g20, Senegal, Food Shortage, Robert Zoellick, Senegal President, United Nations General Assembly, Aids, President Abdoulaye Wade, World News
President Abdoulaye Wade

Battling global warming, the economic crisis, food and energy shortages, and AIDS and malaria requires co-partners, not post-colonial relationships.

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250,000 Children Killed Next Year Due To Climate Change

Telegraph | Louise Gray | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Starvation, Drought, Natural Disasters, Children, Flood, Malaria, Climate Change, Save the Children, Water Shortages, Global Warming, Green News

In a new report Save the Children claims that climate change is the biggest global health threat to children in the 21st century[.]...

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One Step Closer to Universal AIDS Prevention and Care

Susan Smith Ellis | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Unaids, Hiv, Africa AIDS, Unicef, HIV Testing, United Nations, Un Report, Africa, Arv, Malaria, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Aids, Health Care, Uberculosis, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News
Susan Smith Ellis

It can cost as little as 40 cents a day to provide ARV treatment to an individual in Africa and just $26 to provide the medicine to help prevent the transmission of HIV from a mother to her child.

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From Chewing Gum To Chocolate: 76 Innovations To Improve Global Health Backed By Gates Foundation

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Globalgiving, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Developing World, Developing Countries, Pneumonia, World Health, Malaria, Bill Gates, Global Poverty, Tuberculosis, Living News

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding 76 projects using innovative ideas from chewing gum to chocolate to improve global health, and that of ...

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The Deadliest Animals...Which Scares You Most? (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Animals, Jellyfish, Crocodiles, Brown Bears, Malaria, Animal Attacks, Lions, Portuguese Man-O-War, Mosquitoes, West Nile, Great White Sharks, Bears, Sharks, Green News

We love to think of ourselves as kings and queens of the jungle, but there are many dangerous and deadly animals out there who kill humans -- intentio...

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Lessons In Falling: Growing Up In Malawi Prison

Mia Kirshner | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Kachere, Legal Rights, Malaria, Community, Malawi, Education, Permaculture, I Live Here, Juvenile Prison, Impact News
Mia Kirshner

I Live Here has found its voice through what I have learned in Malawi. We found our voice through mistakes, which I am sure we will continue to make and hopefully learn from.

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New Momentum on Malaria

Richard Chin | Posted 11.24.2009 | Technology

Read More: Malaria, Artemisinin, One World Health, The Artemisinin Project, Technology News
Richard Chin

Synthetic biology is a brand new area of biotechnology. The goal is to use genetic engineering technology to build brand new biological machines and processes de novo. It's an area that has tremendous potential.

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Health Centers: One of the Keys to Eradicating Poverty

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Garth Brooks, Health Care, Rwanda, Ngeruka, Poverty, Africa, Genocide, Aids Treatments, Health Cenders, Aids, Malaria, Respiratory Illness, Diahhrea, World News
Josh Ruxin

Located at the epicenter of Rwanda's genocide, Ngeruka is a rural community that faces an array of health problems compounded by the fact that there is merely one small four-room health post servicing the entire community.

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The Unnoticed War Where Millions of Children's Lives are at Stake

Johann Hari | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Thailand, Malaria Deaths, Health, Aids, Malaria, Cambodia, Malaria Vaccine, Tuberculosis, Fighting Malaria, Eradicating Malaria, Advocacy, World News
Johann Hari

Nobody knows why Cambodia's malaria parasites are such buffed-up hyper-Darwinian winners. Some scientists think it's because the treatments have been used there so long that the parasites have a head-start.

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U.S. Military Says We Need Action on Climate Now or We Will "Pay Later"

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Floods, Drought, Green Jobs, National Security, Bangladesh, Malaria, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
Frances Beinecke

The U.S. military, intelligence and diplomatic communities are to be commended for their forward-leaning approach to viewing global warming as a national security threat.

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The Horrifying Hidden Story Behind Drug Company Profits

Johann Hari | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Swine Flu, Prescription Drugs, Malaria, Tamiflu, H1n1, Health Care, Business News
Johann Hari

Far from being a font of innovation, the drug market has become stagnant. Companies squander a fortune developing "me-too" drugs so they can take out a new patent and receive another avalanche of profits.

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The Origin of Malaria: Discovered

Nathan Wolfe | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Origin of Malaria, Malaria, Plasmodium Falciparum, Malaria Vaccine, Malaria Chimpanzees, Laveran, Politics News
Nathan Wolfe

Today, me and my colleagues from Cameroon, Germany and the United States announced our discovery of the origin of malaria.

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Indian-American Med Student on Malaria and Poverty in Nigeria

Jim Luce | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Malaria, Indian-American Community, Thought Leaders, Sudha Parikh, Global Citizens, Sudhir Parikh, Baptist Medical Centre, Vanderbilt Medical School, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Medical Student, Canby Robinson Scholar, Nigeria, Indian Consulate, Poverty, Ravi Parikh, Indian-American, Ogbomoso, World News
Jim Luce

I had to help cut off patients clothes, try to secure IV lines, and patch their burns all while trying to stomach the constant screams and the distinct fragrance of burnt flesh.

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In Response to Liya Kebede: Our Responsiblity to Improving Maternal Health

Ray Chambers | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Child Mortality, HIV/AIDS, Liya Kebede, Maternal Death, Malaria Deaths, Sub-Saharan Africa, Malaria, Maternal Health, World News
Ray Chambers

For HIV, women account for 60 percent of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa and transmission from mothers to newborns is a significant, yet solvable problem.

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The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of

Randall Amster | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Anemia, US Military, Military, Newborns, Health, Screening, Food Additives, Racism, Food, Genetics, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Soy, g6pd, Malaria, The Balanced Life, Living News
Randall Amster

G6PD is an essential enzyme that is lacking in people with this widespread genetic disorder, and its absence leads to a condition that is closely related to other forms of anemia.

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The Global Fund Seeks Additional Grants from the G8 in Hopes of Helping Millions More

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, G8, Health, Global Fund, Health Programs, L'Aquila, Malaria, Funding Gap, Tuberculosis, World News
Michel D. Kazatchkine

It is the very success of hundreds of health programs supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria that has produced the surge in demand for fresh grants.

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Youssou N'Dour Fights Malaria...In Stereo!

Modiba | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Youssou N'Dour, Malaria, Senegal, Fighting Malaria, Global Music Corner, Africa, Global Music, Music, World News
Modiba

N'Dour is partnering with the Senegalese government to launch "Surround Sound: Senegal" -- a comprehensive national malaria treatment and prevention program

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Achieving Sustainable Impact at Scale

Karl Hofmann | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Population-Services-International, Global Health, Economy, Africa, World Economic Forum, Rwanda, HIV/AIDS, South Africa, Malaria, HIV/AIDS Africa, Cape Town, World News
Karl Hofmann

I was privileged to participate in the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town this month. More than 800 leaders of business, government, civil society and the NGO world were in attendance.

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African Obesity An Underestimated "Silent Killer"

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Cameroon, River Blindness, Africa, Foreign Affairs, Africa Silent Killers, African Obesity, Nigeria, Malaria, Malnutrition, Liberia, Obesity, HIV/AIDS, Starvation, South Africa, Silent Killers, Famine, Advocacy, World News

A troubling paradox reported out of Africa presents a new "silent killer" to join the ranks of HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, malaria, and river blindness: o...

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UN Aid Programs Have Cost $22B Yet Little Proof They Work, Studies Say

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: United Nations, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Un Aid, United Nations Aid, Lancet Study, The Lancet, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization, World News

LONDON — In the last two decades, the world has spent more than $196 billion trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries. Bu...

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Malaria Kills Almost 1M A Year: Special Report On Fighting The Disease

GlobalPost | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Mosquito Nets, Malaria Deaths, Foreign Affairs, Health, Malaria, Mosquitoes, Fighting Malaria, Eradicating Malaria, Advocacy, World News

If you've ever traveled to a malarial region you know the sound: the ominous buzz of a blood-sucking mosquito that may, or may not, be carrying a dead...

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