AIDS

Zimbabwe: Country Records a 5, 5 Percent Reduction in Mother to Child HIV Transmission

Zimbabwe has reportedly recorded a 5, 5 percent reduction in mother to child HIV transmission in 2014 from 30 percent in 2009.

Publication Date:

20/07/2015

Source: All Africa

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Health, AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Zimbabwe, Africa, Child Health

Health

Africa: Ffd3 - MDG Aids Goals Exceeded Expectation Ahead of Time: UNAIDS Report

A report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) announces today in Addis Abeba that sixth Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing the spread of HIV has been achieved

Publication Date:

17/07/2015

Source: All Africa

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Health, AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Africa, Ethiopia

Health

Africa: Addis - World Has Delivered On Halting and Reversing Aids Epidemic, UN Announces

Africa: Addis - UN Agency Stresses Role of Partnerships to Finance Inclusive, Sustainable Industrial Development

Publication Date:

15/07/2015

Source: All Africa

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Health, AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Africa, Ethiopia

Health

How AIDS changed everything—MDG 6: 15 years, 15 lesson of hope from the AIDS response

The world has exceeded the AIDS targets of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Publication Date:

14/07/2015

Source: UNAIDS

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AIDS, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Epidemics, Health Effects, India, Global, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Women, Children

Health

Prevalence and knowledge assessment of HIV and non-communicable disease risk factors among formal sector employees in Namibia

The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is growing in sub-Saharan Africa combined with an already high prevalence of infectious disease, like HIV. Engaging the formal employment sector may present a viable strategy for addressing both HIV and NCDs in people of working age.

Publication Date:

13/07/2015

Author(s): Leonor Guariguata, Ingrid de Beer, Rina Hough & et al

Source: PLoS ONE

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1-12

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Non Communicable Diseases, AIDS, Namibia, Africa, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Information

Health

How much donor financing for health is channelled to global versus country-specific aid functions?

The slow global response to the Ebola crisis in west Africa suggests that important gaps exist in donor financing for key global functions, such as support for health research and development for diseases of poverty and strengthening of outbreak preparedness. In this Health Policy, we use the International Development Statistics databases to quantify donor support for such functions.

Publication Date:

12/07/2015

Author(s): Marco Schäferhoff, Sara Fewer, Jessica Kraus & et al

Source: Lancet

pp:

1-6

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Health, Aid, Diseases, Poverty, China, India, Research, WHO, Polio, Netherlands, AIDS, United States Of America (US), Germany, United Kingdom (UK), Norway, Aid Agencies, Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Africa

Poverty

UN Praises Progress On Millennium Development Goals; Poverty, Child Mortality Fall Sharply

The United Nations commended the world’s progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in a Monday report, saying that dire poverty across the world had dropped sharply.

Publication Date:

07/07/2015

Source: International Business Times

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Poverty, Food Security, India, China, Health, AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB)

Health

Botswana: More School Slashes HIV Infection in Botswana

Increasing secondary school attendance in Botswana slashed HIV infection rates of adults, with the greatest drop among women, a study finds.

Publication Date:

07/07/2015

Source: All Africa

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Health, AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Botswana, Africa

Health

HIV Protein Structure Unraveled by Scientists: New Treatments Possible

Scientists may have managed to unravel the elusive structure of the HIV protein.

Publication Date:

07/07/2015

Source: Science World Report

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Health, AIDS, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Epidemics

Health

800 million still hungry and poor despite progress of millennium goals - UN

About 800 million people still live in dire poverty and suffer from hunger despite the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) being the most successful anti-poverty push in history, the

Publication Date:

07/07/2015

Source: Reuters

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