Arsenic: when will the clean water start flowing?
01 Dec 2009 17:39:00 GMT
Source: SciDev.Net
Many new technologies have promised to remove arsenic from drinking water but little has changed on the ground, finds T. V. Padma.
[MATLAB] Razia Begum has been asking the same question for two ...
WHO updates HIV recommendations
01 Dec 2009 17:38:00 GMT
Source: SciDev.Net
The WHO has issued new HIV recommendations based on the latest research.
Released yesterday (30 November), on the eve of World AIDS Day, the recommendations cover HIV treatment, prevention and ...
Satellites identify mosquito breeding sites
01 Dec 2009 17:36:00 GMT
Source: SciDev.Net
Satellite imaging is being used to locate potential mosquito breeding sites in southern Zambia, in a bid to reduce malaria transmission in the area.
Researchers use the data, containing information ...
South Africa to expand AIDS treatment - Zuma
01 Dec 2009 17:24:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
* S.Africa to roll out ARVs to more HIV-positive people
* Zuma says "significantly larger" numbers to be treated
* Effective from April 2010
(Adds advocacy group, AIDS expert's ...
US health officials to review disaster plan
01 Dec 2009 17:21:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Review to include framework, regulations and contracts
* Sebelius wants faster ways to move new technology
* Goal is more nimble system
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By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
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FACTBOX-Africa still faces biggest burden of HIV/AIDS
01 Dec 2009 11:43:04 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 1 (Reuters) - Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, almost 60 million people have been infected with HIV and 25 million people have died of HIV-related causes.
As World Aids Day is ...
South Africa to expand AIDS treatment - Zuma
01 Dec 2009 11:35:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
* S.Africa to roll out ARVs to more HIV-positive people
* Zuma says "significantly larger" numbers to be treated
* Effective from April, 2010
By Peroshni Govender ...
Loneliness, like flu, is "infectious", study finds
01 Dec 2009 08:06:32 GMT
Source: Reuters
SINGAPORE, Dec 1 (Reuters Life!) - Loneliness, like the flu, is contagious, U.S. research shows.
It can spread among groups of people and women are more likely than men to become "infected" ...
HIV-infected Chinese children struggle with stigma
01 Dec 2009 04:06:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Royston Chan
FUYANG, China, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The second storey of this nondescript building in Fuyang city in China's central province of Anhui houses HIV-positive orphans, but unlike many other ...
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HIV and AIDS in a Time of Hunger
01 Dec 2009 22:16:00 GMT
Source: Concern Worldwide
By Breda Gahan
NEW YORK (December 1, 2009)— Almost ten years ago, in 2001, the UN convened an historic session on HIV and AIDS, at which 189 member states adopted a Declaration of Commitment to ...
UMCOR Hotline for December 1, 2009
01 Dec 2009 20:15:00 GMT
Source: United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) - USA
In Today's Hotline: Read how UMCOR is responding to needs around the world:
CHILE: DISASTER RESPONSE TRAINING
KENYA: EDUCATION GIVES HOPE TO CHILDREN ...
Rise in HIV and AIDS cases among older Africans
01 Dec 2009 11:47:00 GMT
Source: HelpAge International - UK
A new report, The AIDS 2009 Epidemic Update, by UNAIDS and WHO reveals that the majority of new HIV and AIDS infections in sub-Saharan Africa are among older heterosexual couples.
This is in spite ...
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