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WHO Urges Massive Investment in Health Programs 世界卫生组织迫切要求大规模的健康计划投资 Leading health and science experts say improving health is essential for reducing poverty a
WHO Launches Plan for Better Health Care in Developing Countries WHO将为发展中国家提供更多医疗服务 Major donors are changing the way they fund health programs in low-income countries. The results in maternal and child health have been
Today, some 815 million people suffer chronically from hunger. And although this is significantly fewer people than the numbers we saw a decade ago, hunger still kills more people than AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria combined. On May 28th, we observe
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Health experts are calling for action to expand cancer care and control in the developing world. A paper published by the medical journal Lancet says cancer was once thought of mostly as a problem in the
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – January 14, 2002: Economics and Health By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organization has released a report about how disease wea
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 24 March 2008 As the world marks international Tuberculosis day, a new study has revealed a frightening rise in the past 15 years in tuberculosis cases in Africa. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our Southern Africa Bu
The World Health Organization says it has reached a limit in its fight against diseases and disasters. Director-General Margaret Chan says the agency is overextended and faces serious funding shortfalls. Dr. Chan says the WHO is no longer operating a
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 October 2006 The humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders, says new drugs to combat extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis are urgently needed. The group is calling for the World Health Organization to take the l
Vidushi Sinha | Washington, DC 18 May 2010 The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance one of the three greatest threats to human health. Experts fear antibiotic resistance puts humans in danger of becoming nearly defenseless against so
Study Says Tobacco Smoking Fuels TB Epidemic A recent report from the World Health Organization noted that for the first time, the number of people falling ill and dying from tuberculosis is declining. But with nearly one fifth of the world's populat
Deaths from tuberculosis are increasing in the developing world and especially in Africa. It's the world's second deadliest infectious disease after HIV/AIDS. In 2008, nearly two million people died of TB and researchers warn that mortality rates wil
British scientists say they have found a way to diagnose tuberculosis in an hour. Alasdair Reid is an advisor on HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) at UNAIDS. He says diagnosing TB quickly will revolutionize the fight against the illness. It will save time fo
Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance Artemisinin has helped cut global malaria deaths by more than 25 percent over the past decade. But now, in parts of Southeast Asia, this drug no longer works. And the World Health O
新计划帮助发展中国家病患得到更好医疗 Major donors are changing the way they fund health programs in low-income countries. The results in maternal and child health have been so successful that the World Bank and the Global Fund are w
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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 June 2008 A new report finds nearly three million HIV-positive people in low and middle-income countries now are receiving life-saving anti-retroviral treatment. While praising this accomplishment, the World Health Organiza
Twenty-five thousand people are expected to gather in Vienna July 18 to 23 for the World AIDS Conference. Global health experts will focus on a lethal line-up - HIV/AIDs and tuberculosis. TB is a leading cause of HIV-related deaths worldwide. The Wor
New technology makes it easier to authenticate medication. Patient would scratch panel - just like a lottery ticket with number on the drug - each drug has a different number. Patient sends a text message with the number, and get a response instantly
Kenyan government says the percentage of people contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been cut almost in half from 14 percent of the population in 2000 to 7.1 percent in 2007 Alisha Ryu | Nairobi 01 December 2009 A Kenyan Turkana woman in
There was a huge dinner at the United Nations. The dinner honored Dr. Marco Marx. He was named the World's Greatest Doctor. The President of the United States presented him the award. Why did he get that award? asked Luke. Nancy said, You don't know?