News tagged with eastern europe


Massive funding boost needed to beat TB, UN says (Update)

The global fight against tuberculosis needs a massive financial boost as drug-resistant strains of the disease take hold, two international organisations warned on Monday.

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Breast-feeding won't prevent pre-teen obesity, study finds

(HealthDay)—Breast-feeding has many benefits, but preventing overweight and obesity later in a child's life probably isn't among them, according to a new study.

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Ukraine fights spreading HIV epidemic

(AP)—Andrei Mandrykin, an inmate at Prison No. 85 outside Kiev, has HIV. He looks ghostly and much older than his 35 years. But Mandrykin is better off than tens of thousands of his countrymen, because ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UNAIDS report shows critical gaps in world response

Deaths from HIV/AIDS are rising in parts of Asia and central Europe and the global response must accelerate, experts said Wednesday after the release of a major report on the world AIDS epidemic.

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US urges circumcision for soldiers to fight HIV in Africa

Male circumcision is the best way to prevent new HIV infections in the military, the head of US anti-AIDS efforts told a gathering of top army brass from Africa, Eastern Europe and central Asia.

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Cold snap in Eastern Europe kills more than 650

(AP) -- More than 650 people have died during a record-breaking cold snap in Eastern Europe, authorities said Wednesday, as officials in the Czech Republic blamed two massive car crashes on blinding snow.

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Action needed to improve men's health in Europe

Policies aimed specifically at men are urgently needed to improve the health of Europe's men, say experts in the British Medical Journal today.

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