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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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In the Shadow of AIDS in Africa

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Sickle Cell, Sickle Cell Africa, Africa, World Health, Aids, Health, Sickle Cell Disease, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

It seems odd that Americans could be so motivated to address the appalling inequalities behind just one terrible disease and then ignore the other.

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WHO Calls For Tamiflu Restraint

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Health, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Tamiflu, World Health Organization, World Health, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu Mexico, Flu, Swine Flu Outbreak, Who Flu Phase 5, World News

MEXICO CITY — In China, mask-wearing police cordoned off more hotels Wednesday, quarantining anyone who came in contact with swine flu patients,...

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Fighting Malaria: The Cure Is Action

Edward J. Murray | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Malaria, World Health, Anit-Malaria Efforts, Faith Groups, Sub-Saharan Africa, Fighting Malaria, Africa, World News
Edward J. Murray

"BedNets Now!" calls to people around the world to listen to the mandates of their own faith and to see the simple fact that ending malaria in the poorest regions of the world is "do-able" and should be done.

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Tuberculosis Will Take 1000 Years To Eradicate At Current Rate: WHO

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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RIO DE JANEIRO — The number of people infected with both tuberculosis and HIV is twice what researchers previously thought, top health officials...

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Egypt's Poor Sell Their Organs For A Steep Price

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Egyptian Organ Trade, Organ Trade, Organ Transplant, Organ Transplants, World Health Organization, World Health, Black Market, World News

CAIRO — The poverty of Cairo's slums forced a young couple to sell nearly everything they had. When that wasn't enough, each of them sold a kidn...

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Can This Year's Feel-Good Movie Also Do Good?

Richard Chin | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Poverty, Personal Health, World Health, Health, OneWorld Health, Slumdog Millionaire, Jamal Malik, Movies, Healthcare, India, Entertainment News
Richard Chin

These days, nobody feels rich. But even a small contribution to OneWorld Health, or another organization serving neglected populations, can make everyday Americans feel like millionaires.

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Gates Foundation Sponsors Journalists' Coverage Of World Health Issues

New York Times | Donald G. McNeil Jr. | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates, World Health Coverage, World Health, Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Gates Foundation, Media News

A major limitation on journalists covering global health is the cost: getting to a story can mean airfare to Africa or Asia, hotels, Jeep rentals, sat...

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