(source: the Global Health Council)
World AIDS Vaccine Day, May 18th
Friday, May 18th, is "World AIDS Vaccine Day."
Experimental HIV Drug Delays Viral Onset
The most promising of the many experimental HIV vaccines in development will offer only limited immunity against the deadly virus, US government scientists said on Wednesday ahead of world HIV Vaccine Awareness Day. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373184
Zimbabwe: Reduce Maternal, Child Mortality
The shortage of nurses and midwives is threatening Zimbabwe and Africa's capacity to improve midwifery practice and attain the goal of reducing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373185
Get Real and Save Indian Youth from AIDS:
Official Banning sex education on the grounds that it offends Indian sensibilities puts young lives at risk and jeopardizes the fight against AIDS, a top official said. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373186
Ghana: March to Raise Awareness of Women's Health and Reproductive Rights
Takes Off in Accra Today Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), the African Commission on Human Rights (ACHPR), and the Ministry of Justice, are organising the "March to Raise Awareness of Women's Health and Reproductive Rights in Africa." http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373187
Europeans Harden Opposition to Wolfowitz
European countries signaled on Wednesday they would resist any U.S. bid to keep World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz in place as the bank's board considered whether to endorse a report that found he broke bank rules. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373188
Vaccine Grant to Protect Millions from Yellow Fever
More than 48 million people in West Africa will be immunized for yellow fever over the next four years under a new vaccine programme announced on Wednesday by the public-private GAVI Alliance. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373189
Mosquito Bacteria Identified in Malaria Battle
Scientists in Italy say they have identified a potential weapon against malaria living inside the blood-sucking mosquitoes that spread the disease -- their internal bacteria. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373193
WHO Tackles Bird Flu, Global Warming
The World Health Organisation is due to unveil new guidelines to protect people from the effects of climate change when its executive body, the World Health Assembly, holds its 60th annual meeting starting Monday. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373194
Africa Still Lacks Safe Water Despite Strong Growth
Access to safe drinking water has not improved in Africa, especially the sub-Saharan region, despite several years of strong economic growth, the African Development Bank said on Sunday. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373196
Sex Education Creates Storm in AIDS-Stricken India
Moves to bring sex out of the closet in largely conservative India have kicked up a morality debate between educators who say sex education will reduce HIV rates, and critics who fear it will corrupt young minds. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373197
Asia to Test Injectable Drug for Bird, Human Flu
A new anti-viral drug to treat both bird and human flu, developed by U.S.-based BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, will be tested across Asia next month, the pharmacist involved in the trial in Hong Kong said on Monday. http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143187442&u=1373198
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