Ken Patterson, Citizen-Times.com When I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, I rarely met a woman in her 30s who hadn't lost one, two or three children in the early years of life. And Biba's baby, from next door, died in my arms as I...
The Seattle Times I was thrilled to learn that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, announced that the Novartis drug Afinitor (Everolimus) has been approved for the treatment of advanced pancreatic-neuroendocrine tumors [“Medical digest,” News, April 13]. Pancreatic-neuroendocrine tumors make up less than 5 percent of...
Kristi York Wooten, Huffington Post A new promotional video released last week by the non-partisan anti-poverty organization ONE raises some important questions about Americans' view of foreign assistance in the developing world, namely how money sent to Africa should be spent. The clip (see below) called "Why...
John Donnelly, Global Health Magazine Seth Berkley is the president, CEO and founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a nonprofit organization working in 24 countries to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccines for use throughout the world. He is also...
Seema Singh, Forbes India The year was 2009. The company that was up for grabs was Shantha Biotech. And advances came from three big pharmaceutical companies. Eventually, France’s Sanofi-Aventis acquired the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker for $784 million. Now, once again the industry is buzzing with the...
UNICEF NEW YORK, 4 May 2011 – Making sure girls and women have equal access to quality education is key to sustainable economic development, UNICEF said today, as the world celebrates Global Action Week on Education. Read more....
Abi Weaver, ONE Blog “Vaccines don’t actually reach their potential until they meet the communities that need them, protecting children from the invisible monsters that will try to derail their futures. The Red Cross forms that critical link.” I typed this into my BlackBerry the first night...
Katy Migiro, AlertNet NAIROBI (AlertNet) - A Kenyan campaign to improve access to healthcare is targeting Somali refugees and other at risk migrant populations, following an outbreak of measles that has infected an estimated 1,200 people in the east African country. Kenya has experienced repeated measles outbreaks...
Medical News Today More than 75 million children, women and men from 22 countries in the WHO African Region were vaccinated in April against polio and many other vaccine-preventable diseases, in the first ever region-wide vaccination campaign of its type. Read more....
Michel Kazatchkine and Philippe Douste-Blazy, Huffington Post When the daughter of Hajia Aisha, a young jobless mother in Nigeria, fell ill with malaria earlier this year, Hajia saved her life by rushing out to a shop and buying state of the art medication for the equivalent...
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