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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Thirty-six volunteers in South Africa will test the safety of an African-developed vaccine against H.I.V. The tests are the first step in human clinical trials of two vaccine candidates developed at the
Only Hospital in Sudan's S. Kordofan Struggles to Treat Patients DELAMI COUNTY, SOUTH KORDOFAN The rebel-held areas of Sudan's Nuba Mountains have been under blockade since the start of a civil war in 2011 with the Sudanese government denying all acc
Ban Calls for Renewed Effort to Wipe Out Polio Creating a polio-free world - that is what international leaders gathered in New York said they hope to do. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expressed his delight at the new promises by member states t
Gavi's Goal: Vaccinate Millions More Children 全球疫苗免疫联盟致力于数以百万计儿童接种疫苗 Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is seeking funds to extend its early childhood vaccine program in developing countries. Gavi's CEO says he's c
By Barbara Schoetzau Washington 28 September 2007 A private U.S. foundation has launched a $100 million initiative to strengthen health systems in Africa. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports the initiative will support
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Health experts predict that soon, more people will die from cancer than from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. They expect that by two thousand ten, cancer will become the world's leading ca
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Women wait near their children as they are treated for diarrhea at the government-run Children's Hospital in Allahabad, India, earlier this year. Diarrhea kills one and a half million children each
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. H1N1 flu continues to spread. Currently the virus is most active in the northern half of the world. But experts say it has become the leading influenza virus in all countries. No one really knows how ma
By Efam Dovi Accra 01 November 2006 In Ghana, more than five million children are being targeted for vaccination against measles and other diseases. The mass immunization campaign is under way at 95,00 vaccination centers. More than 38,000 health wo
By Deborah Block Washington, D.C. 26 June 2006 watch Bird Flu report Researchers are working on developing vaccines for bird flu before it becomes a worldwide epidemic. The University of Massachusetts Medical School in the United States has teamed w
Report: Funding Global Health Helps US Economy Grow This project to develop a vaccine against tuberculosis is just one example of the kind of work the U.S government has been supporting. Overall, in fact, the United States contributed $12.7 billion t
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
New US Ebola Case Raises Fears 美国新埃博拉病症引发人们担忧 U.S. health officials are scrambling to respond to a new Ebola case - that of a nurse in Dallas, Texas, who cared for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last week. Amer
Work on Ebola Treatments Speeds Up to Address Outbreak 加速研发治疗埃博拉病毒药物应对疫情 The World Health Organization has approved the use of experimental drugs for people who have Ebola, a virus that already has claimed more than
Save the Eggs Vaccine makers crack the eggshell and inject the virus into the white stuff surrounding the yolk. Then they reseal the egg, the embryo becomes infected, and the virus is allowed to copy itself trillions of times over. And they use eggs
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 October 2007 A rare outbreak of vaccine-derived polio in Nigeria has prompted fears that current efforts to eradicate the disease in northern part of the country could suffer a major setback. The World Health Organization
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 August 2007 The World Health Organization says all countries, with the exception of Indonesia, are sharing their avian influenza viruses. WHO says the failure to share virus samples could retard the development of an effecti
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 May 2007 In an opening address to the 60th World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan promised to vigorously work to improve health for Africans and f
By Greg Flakus San Antonio, Texas 13 October 2009 Dengue carrying mosquitos According to the World Health Organization, there are around 50 million cases of dengue fever around the world every year. About two and a half billion people, two fifths of
The UN Children's Fund, in partnership with diaper-maker Pampers, is launching a global campaign to eliminate tetanus by 2012. UNICEF reports the disease kills about 140,000 newborn infants and 30,000 mothers every year in the poorest countries in t