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UNICEF: Rwandan and Liberian youth in Eye See III Workshop
Clip Tavern | October 12th 2008
NEW YORK, USA, 24 April 2008 -- Each equipped with a camera and a unique perspective, dozens of children in Rwanda and Liberia recently spent a week with internationally renowned photographer and frequent UNICEF read more
DENGUE,DIARREA,HONGOS Y MALARIA ACECHAN EN TEMPORADA DE LLUVIA
UN MUNDO DE ILUSIONES | October 8th 2008 by tashano
Se anticiparon los días de lluvia y con ello resurgieron cuatro enfermedades propias de la época de humedad, que amenazan la salud de la población. Se trata del dengue, la diarrea, los hongos y la malaria read more
Clay Aiken: Please pledge today
UNICEF Fieldnotes | October 7th 2008
© US Fund for UNICEF/Nick Ysenburg Did you know that approximately 25,000 children die each day before their fifth birthday, largely due to preventable causes? Thanks to organizations like UNICEF this number is getting smaller every day. Last yea read more
Guest Blog: Dolly Parton
Letters to Professor Genius | October 7th 2008 by Walter Genius
Dear Professor, I have not yet weaned my child from breast-feeding. He loves to nurse. The problem is, he's almost 4. I'm worn out, and he probably doesn't need it anymore. I used to love breast feeding, but something tells me it's time to stop. What read more
GBC, Booz & Company Report Examines Corporate Engagement On HIV/A…
Immune System Information the best doctor to us | October 3rd 2008 by Alan
"The State of Business and AIDS, TB and Malaria," Global Business Coalition/Booz & Company: GBC and the consulting firm Booz conducted online surveys and interviews to assess levels of corporate engagement on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria pr read more
Developing Countries Face Shortage Of Medical Workers Trained To…
Immune System Information the best doctor to us | October 2nd 2008 by Alan
Many developing countries are facing a shortage of medical workers -- leaving health care gaps in nations with high HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis burdens -- Reuters reports. Although Africa has 25% of the world's disease burden, it has only 3% o read more
What "preventable" means
UNICEF Fieldnotes | October 1st 2008
© UNICEF/ HQ06-2568/Giacomo Pirozzi SOLOMON ISLANDS: A health worker immunizes six-month-old Ladi at Kakabona Clinic, located near Honiara, the capital, on Guadalcanal Island. UNICEF supports the clinic with vaccines and medical supplies. A read more
Deadliest Itch
Brain Pickings | October 1st 2008
A brilliant awareness campaign for Africa's deadliest child-killer, malaria-infected mosquitoes. read more
PAHO’s Commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative
The Temas Blog | September 27th 2008
From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): PAHO Joins Clinton Global Initiative to Save Mothers' and Children's Lives Five-year, $60.5 million program will improve maternal and child health through low-cost interventions in 10 Latin American read more
Tracking And Controlling Tropical Diseases At New UNC Laboratory
Immune System Information the best doctor to us | September 27th 2008 by Alan
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health has established a new Gillings Innovation Lab to track and map tropical infectious diseases such as malaria, using state-of-the-art molecular and demographic methods. read more
malaria case in taguig
memoirs of a med student | September 27th 2008 by camille m
The name "mal 'aria" (meaning "bad air" in Italian) was first used in English in 1740 by H. Walpole when describing the disease. The term was shortened to "malaria" in the 20th century. -medicine.netmalaria is considered as the most important tropica read more
There is good news today: Dead mosquitoes
Written on the Wind | September 26th 2008 by Poetry
Or rather a close equivalent: Hey if Malaria has been defeated then the day is not a total loss. We only have to hold out till 2015. So says Bono and he’s got more credibilty than most politicians Posted in Blogroll, bono, disease, fundin read more
Stepchildren Of Assam’s Pride
Sinlung Nation | September 26th 2008
Workers in state-owned tea gardens are being forced into penury, reports Teresa Rehman I’m lucky!” the Britisher had exclaimed upon discovering this prime patch for tea cultivation in Assam. This is how the Amluckie tea estate earned its name read more
La fundación Gates, Apoyara la Lucha Contra la Malaria
Las 7 en Punto | September 26th 2008 by Sebastian
Según el último informe de la OMS, la enfermedad de la malaria mata anualmente a más de un millón de personas, y enferma a 250 millones alrededor del globo, según un estudio, si se invirtieran 3.500 millones de euros, para contrarrestar la malar read more
Int’l Child Relief NGO Needs Our Votes…1.5Million At Stake
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 23rd 2008
International Medical Corps “Saving The Lives of Malnourished Children” has been chosen as one of the Top 25 of American Express’ Members Project. Chosen out of 1,190 projects, “Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children” is no read more
Malaria Statistics
Perspectives | September 23rd 2008
The new WHO report on malaria estimates raises about as many questions as answers. While the report revises estimates of malaria cases downward in Asia, it also raises questions about the accuracy of the collection of the data. This is not a new disc read more
Suspected malaria claims 16
Sinlung Nation | September 23rd 2008
Imphal, Sep 23 : Sixteen people, a few of them children, have died of suspected malaria in Tamei in Tamenglong district of Manipur in the past few days. A team of doctors, led by district malaria officer H. Nimaichand Singh will leave tomorrow for th read more
[Insolito] Cerca de 250 millones de personas sufren malaria en el…
¡Huay! mi MAMA! | September 19th 2008 by huaymimama
Unas 247 millones de personas sufrían de malaria en 2006 y de ellas 881.000 fallecieron, según los datos revelados hoy por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) sobre una enfermedad considerada "asesina de niños".El informe destaca que los ni read more
Today is September the 18th, is the US in economic crisis?
I Debate All - From my desk to your desk | September 18th 2008 by Chapa
I may say that I know a few people that it is hanging in there, but I see people on the street that it is leaving the economic crisis, but I also see people on the rise, let's evaluate:Yesterday, I was thinking to myself, are we really in crisis?IF y read more
Saving Children From Malaria
The Berry Tree | September 18th 2008 by Rocque
Thanks to your generosity, we have been able to get the New Silver Solution into three countries. Niger, Africa will be testing the silver in a malaria clinic. Gabon, Africa will also be doing their first test in a clinic, and we have shipped read more
Save A Child-The Fight Against Malaria
Words of Encouragement | September 18th 2008 by Rocque
Thanks to your generosity, we have been able to get the New Silver Solution into three countries. Niger, Africa will be testing the silver in a malaria clinic. Gabon, Africa will also be doing their first test in a clinic, and we have shi read more
247 millones de personas sufren de malaria
La Espuma de los Dias | September 18th 2008
. . Unas 247 millones de personas sufrían de malaria en 2006 y más de 880.000 de ellas murieron, informó este jueves la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) . .. 18/09/08. El último informe del organismo sobre el tema destacó que los niños s read more
HIV, Malaria Interventions Help Reduce Mortality Among Young Chil…
Immune System Information the best doctor to us | September 16th 2008 by Alan
Disease interventions, such as the use of insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria and increased access to HIV treatment and prevention, have helped reduce the number of deaths among children younger than age five worldwide to 9.2 million in 2007, read more
Neue Cannabisbestandteile
Ganja Indoor Homegrowing | September 13th 2008 by Florian
Forscher des nationalen Zentrums zur Erforschung natürlicher Produkte der Universität von Mississippi (USA) isolierten sechs neue nicht-cannabinoide Bestandteile aus einer hochpotenten Cannabissorte. Zudem wurden zwei bekannte Substanzen (Chrys read more
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// to be different than the Tellerrand | September 13th 2008 by Jan.Profan
Im Übrigen sammle ich das hier alles nur zusammen, weil ich mich gerade ein wenig dazu berufen fühle. Das Netz ist einfach unglaublich. Insbesondere für Musik, bei deren Entstehung ich noch nicht mal auf der Welt war. Nein, das wird jetzt mit Sich read more
Una enfermedad que se ceba con los niños
COMO NIEBLA ENTRE MONTAÑAS | September 10th 2008 by josé
Hola amigos, cada día digo este saludo con más convencimiento, creo que ya formáis parte de mí.En esta entrada voy a cambiar el tono, es preciso ser serio, hay una enfermedad que ha matado a millones de personas, la malaria provoca dolor, pervier read more
HIV Study Being Done With New Silver Solution
The Berry Tree | September 10th 2008 by Rocque
It was announced on the cnbc website. Keith Mueller from the lab where Silver Solution is manufactured has spoken at conventions where I have been in attendance and the amazing Silver Solution is changing lives very fast. This is the only Silv read more
Clay Aiken: Give the gift of growing up
UNICEF Fieldnotes | September 9th 2008
UNICEF and Malaria No More are teaming up to defeat malaria—a completely preventable disease that still kills one child every 30 seconds worldwide. But as UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken puts it in this short video, "It doesn't have to be this way." H read more
New microscopy techniques reveal details of Malaria infected cell…
LinkNotes | September 8th 2008 by rob
Clipped from: Shining a light on malaria’s covert operations - R & D Shining a light on malaria’s covert operationsSept. 4, 2008 In work that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating malaria, MIT researchers have read more
Mosquitoes and Malaria
Just Dawson | September 7th 2008 by Dawson
Today I have set myself the task of finding out more information about mosquitoes, with specific regard to Malaria. It seems pretty much certain now that I will be sent to Southern Ethiopia, Awasa. Malaria is a major public health problem in Ethiopia read more
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