Doctor Helps HIV Patients Stick to Their Drug Routine
Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy is proven to stop replication of the HIV virus and prevent the most devastating effects of HIV infection, including progression to full-blown AIDS and death. Despite that knowledge, many patients neglect their drug regimen and allow the disease to progress again.
Read moreAlliance Gives At-Risk Girls Vaccine Against Cancer-Causing Virus
The GAVI Alliance announced the campaign to offer disease protection to more than 180,000 girls on World Cancer Day. HPV is a primary cause of cervical cancer, which kills 275,000 women each year, 85 percent of them in the world’s poorest nations.
Read moreHealth Leaders Warn of Greatest Disease Risks
Both U.S. and international health institutions use the month of February as an opportunity to raise awareness about diseases that are among the greatest causes of premature death.
Read moreTrial Dengue Vaccine Shows Promising Results
U.S. medical researchers have developed a trial vaccine that holds promise for preventing dengue, a disease that sickens an estimated 50 million people or more each year.
Read moreCritical Chance Exists to Contain Some Diseases, Expert Says
Dr. Mark Dybul writes about this opportunity in an essay released by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as he becomes executive director of the Geneva-based organization.
Read moreMeasles Cases Down in Long-Term Trend, Vaccinations Up
The incidence of measles worldwide has decreased 65 percent from 2000 to 2011, according to a new survey. The number of estimated deaths from measles has also declined, by 71 percent, from 542,000 to 158,000.
Read moreAid Accelerates for 1 Billion Afflicted by Tropical Diseases
A year-old commitment to focus new resources on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is making progress in delivery of medicine and preventive treatment to 1 billion poor people most severely affected by these conditions.
Read moreNegleted Tropical Diseases
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent a group of diseases that causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide but have until recently received limited attention from the affluent regions of the world
Read moreHighlighting the Work of the Global Partnership in Countering Biological Threats
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Chair of the 2012 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (Global Partnership), hosted a celebratory event at the Centre International de Conferences in Geneva, Switzerland on December 17, 2012.
Read moreAmericas Region Supports Efforts to Put WHO on Stronger Financial Footing
WHO members are meeting in Geneva Dec 6-7 for an Extraordinary Meeting of the Program Budget and Administration Committee.
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