Major donor countries have chosen to undercut the main international funding mechanism to save the lives of millions of people at risk of dying from AIDS, TB, and malaria, said the international medical humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today...
Has anyone gone to London with the GLobal Work and Travel Company?
What suburb were you placed in? I want to know what the accomodations and surrouding areas are like.... they don't really specify where you will be living, you just know that it is around Zone 3- which could be in any...
We [had a cool summer here in Minnesota in 2009], and this has brought out the miscreants who for their own reasons do not want to get on board with the simple, well demonstrated scientific fact that global temperatures have risen, that we humans are the primary cause, and that this climate...
Catholic Church Critical Of Filipino President's Stance On Contraception Catholic Church representatives have criticized Filipino President Benigno Aquino's support for contraception, the Associated Press reports. The Reverend Deogracias Yniguez of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the...
Healthcare capacity building and academic innovation are the strategic priorities of a new Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) center aimed at improving care and outcomes for patients, families, and communities throughout the world. JHUSON Dean Martha N...
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More than one in three diabetes patients skip doses or fail to take their insulin as prescribed, stating that they have done so on average three times in the last month, and 77 percent of physicians estimate that in reality this number could be as high as six doses, according to the Global...
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are having an enormous and growing impact on the world economy, and will surpass $601 billion by the end of this year; over 1% of global GDP (Gross Domestic Product), says a new report " World Alzheimer Report 2010" - published by Alzheimer's Disease...
Iron deficiency is a major global health problem affecting over one billion people and increasing the risk of death for pregnant women. Dr Sant-Rayn Pasricha has just conducted a major field study of anaemia in children in rural India and his findings have recently been published. He is now...
The Bone and Joint Decade (BJD) international initiative and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced the launch of the LIBERATE™ joint pain management programme during the BJD's World Conference in Lund, Sweden. The BJD, which is endorsed by the United Nation's World Health Organisation, and GSK have...
The massive unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV) Global Observer is testing beautifully at the moment, and could one day (with a companion plane) provide much of the same coverage as a geosynchronous satellite for a fraction of the price. More »
Congolese Community Leaders Warned U.N. About Security; 240 Rape Victims Now Identified "Congolese community leaders say they begged local U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people, from a month-old baby boy to a 110-year-old...
Regional Director of WHO for Africa Luis Sambo discussed during the 60th session of the Africa Committee of the WHO how the global economic situation could impact funding for health programs in Africa and the ability for countries to reach U.N. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets...
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe "said Thursday that global contributions to fighting [HIV/AIDS] are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times," Agence France-Presse reports. "The world economic recession is pushing countries ... to enforce austerity,"...
Twenty-one experts from 12 countries convened near Geneva, Switzerland, in late June to explore current patterns, types, and causal and contributing factors of global nurse faculty migration, a phenomenon where nursing faculty leave their country of origin to work elsewhere...
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Active TB "Genetic Signature" FoundResearchers have identified a "genetic signature" in the blood of active tuberculosis patients in the U.K. and South Africa that could one day lead to a test to predict who among latent carriers might develop the disease, according to a study published...
Global Post Examines How Global Fund Impacts HIV Care, Human Rights In El Salvador Global Post examines how the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is impacting HIV/AIDS care and human rights in El Salvador. The article profiles Carla, a Salvadorian transvestite who...
Obama's carbon footprint? How many trips has Obama made flying all over the place with his endless propaganda speeches?
How come no liberals whine about Michelle leaving her carbon footprint to travel to Spain, instead of helping OUR economy by vacationing in our GREAT country??
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