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Indonesia ranks in the bottom of the corruption perception index in Asia, and its citizen often name graft as the main problem in their country. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is running for a new term in next month's presidential election
Health Experts: One Last Push Needed to Eliminate Polio The oral polio vaccine has cut the number of polio cases worldwide by 99 percent since 1988. For the past 10 years, though, eliminating that last percent has remained a challenge. Even though th
End of Guinea Worm in Sight for Carter Center 美前总统卡特功绩:帮助消灭麦地那龙线虫病 ATLANTA, GEORGIA Dracunculiasis is a parasitic infection that once afflicted millions primarily in Africa and parts of South Asia. Thanks to the
Polio Outbreak in Syria Prompts Fears of Regional Spread 叙利亚暴发脊髓灰质炎引发区域传播恐惧 LONDON An outbreak of polio among children in Syria has the potential to spread rapidly, doctors are warning. It is Syrias first polio out
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2006 The World Health Organization reports Egypt has eliminated indigenous polio and is no longer a source of transmission of the virus. The U.N. agency calls this a
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 May 2006 Lee Jong-wook World Health Organization Director General Dr. Lee Jong-wook has died after undergoing surgery over the weekend for a blood clot in his brain. He was 6
By Paul Sisco Washington 25 July 2007 At the beginning of the 20th century there were more than a million lions worldwide. Today there are less than 30,000 in the wild. The remaining lions are increasingly threatened by habitat loss, hunting, and era
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 May 2006 The World Health Organization (WHO) says it wants to move quickly to appoint a new director general, following the death earlier this week of Lee Jong-wook. --------------------------------------------------- Lee J
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 19 September 2006 Indian health worker gives polio drops to a baby at a primary health center in Lankamura village, near the India-Bangladesh border, September 10, 2006 A resurgence of the deadly polio virus in northern
By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 26 June 2007 Smallpox was the first infectious disease ever to be eradicated worldwide. But now, thanks to a two-decade campaign, guinea worm disease is about to be eradicated as well. Unlike smallpox, guinea worm di
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 May 2006 The 192-nation World Health Assembly will consider ways to speed up efforts to contain a potential pandemic resulting from bird flu. More than 100 health ministers a
As the International Year of the Potato 2008 winds down, the United Nations is appealing for continued global attention on the role the potato can play in providing food security and eradicating poverty in helping to achieve the Millennium Developme
Nigeria's polio cases have increased dramatically this year as officials struggle to fight an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine three years ago. Gilbert da Costa looks at a new community-based drive to eradicate the crippling disease in this bac
Immunization Week Highlights Efforts to Save Lives Worldwide Haiti, Nigeria, Ghana -- 180 countries in all -- stepped up their immunization drives against deadly childhood infections to mark World Immunization Week. The GAVI Alliance -- a Geneva base
The annual World Health Assembly has opened with delegates from 193 member countries discussing how to protect people from diseases such as the swine flu virus that is spreading around the world. World Health Organization Director General Margaret C
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is on his way to the United States for his first meeting with President Barack Obama. The global financial crisis will feature heavily during Mr. Rudd's discussions in Washington. During his two-week trip oversea
By Deborah Tate Washington 09 February 2006 In Washington, key lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at boosting U.S. efforts to curb the threat posed by conventional weapons, including shoulder
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 09 February 2007 South African President Thabo Mbeki has pledged to create more jobs, improve social services, fight crime and combat AIDS in a wide ranging State of the Nation address. Mr. Mbeki delivered the speech Friday
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 06 March 2006 Maroufa, 4, receives polio vaccination in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March. 5, 2006 Afghan volunteers are vaccinating millions of children in a nationwide ant
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 July 2007 The United Nations has given a mixed review of global efforts to lift millions of people out of extreme poverty. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva where the report has been issued. The Millennium Development