Health
Pandemic agreement talks come to the crunch
Countries trying to thrash out a global agreement on handling future pandemics are hoping to seal the deal Friday after weeks of creeping progress in exhausting talks.
May 24, 2024
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HIV & AIDS
S.Africa to roll out vaginal rings to fight HIV scourge
A "revolutionary" vaginal ring to prevent HIV is soon to be rolled out in South Africa—which has the largest epidemic of the virus in the world, a global financing partnership said on Friday.
Sep 29, 2023
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Other
Global Fund raises $14.25 billion to end HIV, TB and malaria
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria raised $14.25 billion Wednesday at a donor conference led by US President Joe Biden, as decades of progress against the diseases are set back by COVID.
Sep 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
HIV, TB, malaria fight saves 50 million lives over 20 years: Global Fund
The fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria has saved 50 million lives over the past 20 years, the Global Fund said Monday, appealing for $18 billion to save millions more.
Sep 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preventing future pandemics starts with recognizing links between human and animal health
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that zoonotic diseases—infections that pass from animals to humans—can present tremendous threats to global health. More than 70% of emerging and reemerging pathogens originate from ...
Nov 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID has 'devastating' impact on fight against HIV, TB, malaria: Global Fund
The COVID-19 pandemic had a "devastating" impact on the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in 2020, according to a report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday.
Sep 8, 2021
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Health
How a perfect storm of events is turning Myanmar into a 'super-spreader' COVID state
Myanmar is facing a catastrophic health crisis that could have ramifications not just for the country's long-suffering people, but across the region as well.
Jul 30, 2021
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Vaccination
WTO mulling intellectual property waivers for vaccines
Ambassadors from World Trade Organization countries on Wednesday resumed discussions on trade rules protecting the technological know-how behind COVID-19 vaccines amid growing pressure on rich nations to relax them—as a ...
May 5, 2021
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Vaccination
COVID-19 drug and vaccine patents are putting profit before people
Since the birth of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, most member states have had to abide by the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which protects patents and copyrights including those ...
Nov 6, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New Delhi plans mass screening effort as virus cases surge
Indian authorities are launching a massive coronavirus survey taking down health details from New Delhi's entire population of 29 million, and testing everyone with symptoms by July 6.
Jun 25, 2020
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