Health
Nepal's child malnutrition 'silent emergency'
Padma Biswokarma covers her young son with a blanket as she breastfeeds, a broad smile spreading across her face.
Jan 5, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Tropical disease experts report missed opportunity to transform global HIV/AIDS fight
Global HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts are missing a major opportunity to significantly improve health conditions in poor countries by simply adding low-cost care for the many other chronic and disabling diseases ...
Dec 9, 2011
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Health
How do you bring health care to the poor?
If you want to provide poor people in developing countries with decent health care, you need to overcome several barriers at the same time. That is the conclusion of researcher Bart Jacobs, based on years of research in Cambodia ...
Sep 29, 2011
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Cardiology
Mobile phones offer heart lifeline
Technology that turns low-cost mobile phones into sophisticated stethoscopes could save thousands of lives in poor countries.
Sep 16, 2011
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Health
New devices like motorcycle ambulances help poor
(AP) -- A bit of creativity never hurts, especially when it comes to solving health problems in developing countries.
Sep 12, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Alternative methods of smear collection are effective at diagnosing TB
Two studies by a team of researchers led by Luis E. Cuevas and Mohammed Yassin from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and jointly coordinated with Andrew Ramsay at WHO-TDR Special Programme for Research and Training ...
Jul 12, 2011
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HIV & AIDS
More AIDS patients may get cheaper drugs
(AP) -- Gilead Sciences Inc. will allow some of its AIDS drugs to be made by generic manufacturers, potentially increasing their availability in poor countries, particularly in Africa, officials said Tuesday.
Jul 12, 2011
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