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Aid Groups Face Daunting Task Helping Syrians 援助叙利亚的组织面对艰巨挑战 Aid organizations are facing increasing challenges as the humanitarian crisis in Syria worsens and millions of Syrians face hunger, disease and winter weather. 叙
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 Zulima Palacio Washington 14 September 2007 University scientists in the United States have taken what they say is an important step in the effort to end malaria. At Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, scholars recently identified a sugar in
The warring factions in Afghanistan say they will heed a call by the United Nations to stop fighting so aid workers can begin a three-day polio vaccination campaign. The Taliban, the Afghan army and international military forces say they will halt t
Global Plan to Control Measles Launched Measles, one of the most infectious diseases on the planet, is a leading cause of death and disability among children worldwide, especially in the developing world, even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine
Former Ghana President to Lead Global Fight Against Tropical Diseases It is truly an honor to declare my acceptance for the position just offered to me, he said. Former President Kufuor will now be the lead advocate for controlling and eliminating so
Consider this: a mobile phone with applications to detect cancer and tuberculosis, control sugar levels for diabetics and monitor vital signs. The champions of mobile health or mhealth technology are promising healthcare delivered through digital dev
Scientists Closer to Developing Meningitis Vaccine Scientists may be on track to develop a vaccine for the most common strain of meningitis, which has so far resisted an effective vaccine. Meningitis is a serious disease caused by an inflammation of
Medical Panel Recommends Boys Get Controversial Vaccine The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon recommend that boys and girls get a vaccine protecting them from the human papilloma viruses, a group of viruses that are transmitted
Giving Kids Equal Chance at Survival A new report says too often a childs survival depends on place of birth, parents income and ethnicity. Save the Children calls it an unfair lottery of birth that violates every childs right to an equal start in li
天主教堂主教抵制天花疫苗 NAIROBI In recent years, the international campaign to rid the world of polio has been hampered in some Muslim countries by claims from some clerics that the polio vaccine is really an undercover campaign to steri
Private businesses are being encouraged to assume a greater role in development efforts as part of the Obama administration's agricultural development initiative. Food prices are at record highs, and experts are sounding alarms about the potential fo
By William Eagle Washington 04 July 2007 In Africa, experts say the deaths of thousands of infants each year from low body temperature, or hypothermia, pneumonia and other illnesses that can strike a child within days of delivery. One way thats gaini
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 November 2009 The World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund say better nutrition and access to immunization can save millions of children from dying of pneumonia. The two agencies are launching a new acti
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
Horn of Africa Polio Outbreak Thwarts Global Eradication Effort 世界卫生组织誓要根除非洲之角脊髓灰质炎疫情 The global community came tantalizingly close earlier this year to ridding the world of polio. But then in May, the eradic
Health officials say aggressive efforts to vaccinate young children against measles have resulted in a 74 percent global decline in the number of deaths due to the illness. Experts say the biggest decline, 90 percent, occurred in the Eastern Mediter
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 April 2008 The World Health Organization (WHO) begins a weeklong campaign on Saturday to vaccinate nearly six million people against yellow fever across the southern half of Mali. This is the first time that a mass vaccinati
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 14 February 2007 The World Health Organization has called for a renewed commitment from governments around the world to combat tropical diseases that affect a third of the world's population and cause social and econo
By Carol Pearson Washington 17 October 2009 A girl receives an H1N1 vaccination Countries in the northern hemisphere are starting to distribute the H1N1 flu vaccine as part of a massive immunization program against the viral pandemic. Parents and so