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Pakistan’s most vulnerable will pay the price for slow flowing aidBy Amanda Wheat

Mental illness as a silent predator in the developing worldBy Diana Gregor

Milking it: Breast milk saves lives of infants in the developing worldBy Eryn Bailey

The right to gynecological care: a focus on Obstetric fistula By Sofia Tillo

Counterfeit drugs kill patients desperate for treatmentBy Charissa Sparks

Women in Kenya fight back against sexual violenceBy Charissa Sparks

Making maternal mortality in Nigeria compelling enoughBy Leslie Pitterson

Women, the silent bearers of HIV burdensBy Amanda Wheat

A quest for gold leaves more than 160 children dead in NigeriaBy Charissa Sparks

Killer blood transfusions targeted in the fight against HIVBy Charissa Sparks

Neglected tropical diseasesBy Charissa Sparks

Activists warn of a possible HIV explosion following the earthquake in HaitiBy Allyn Gaestel

MassiveGood campaign joins the race to reach MDGs By Amanda Wheat

Exhibit sparks new conversation on childhood malnutrition crisis By Leslie Pitterson

Consumption mentality in Africa contributes to povertyBy Rachel Pollock

Project in Haiti to make medical care more efficient through technology By Rebekah Mintzer

Mauritian harm reduction programs address health not morality to combat HIV and hepatitis CBy Allyn Gaestel

Sacred plants in Africa at risk of disappearingBy Kevin James Moore

Media coverage brings indeterminate results to child killings in NigeriaBy Rachel Pollock

Khat chewing raises health concerns in East AfricaBy Rachel Pollock

Global Health Resources:

2005 AIDS Epidemic Update
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized in 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent, improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed 3.1 million lives in 2005; more than half a million (570,000) were children. The total number of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reached its highest level: an estimated 40.3 million people are now living with HIV. Close to 5 million people were newly infected with the virus in 2005.

HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming Guide
A Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS Guide has been developed in response to the multiple requests from practitioners of HIV and AIDS programs, National AIDS Authorities, public and private sectors on the how to mainstream HIV and AIDS.

Handbook for Journalists - Influenza Pandemic
A pandemic is an outbreak that affects the entire world. The avian influenza outbreaks in Southeast Asia remain largely geographically limited in scope and confined primarily to animals. But if the avian influenza virus changes into a fully transmissible human pandemic virus, it will most likely spread worldwide, affecting all populations, regardless of national boundaries or socio-economic status.

Clinical Trials: Crucial Steps On The Road To A Malaria Vaccine
Sub-Saharan Africa carries the highest per capita burden of disease in the world of which malaria is the single most important cause. Of global deaths attributed to malaria 90% now occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent advances in public health are offering new opportunities to make significant reductions in the burden of disease.

Background On Malaria

The Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and Bill Gates called on world leaders on January 27 at Davos, Switzerland, to rally behind a major new action plan to treat 50 million people and prevent 14 million tuberculosis deaths worldwide over the next ten years. The Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis (2006-2015) calls for global tuberculosis spending to triple over the next decade to increase access to tuberculosis control programmes and accelerate research on new tools to fight the disease.

Issue Notes of the ECOSOC Special Meeting on the Food Crisis
The Economic and Social Council served as a platform to discuss the severity of the international Food Crisis and develop better responses to improve the situation striking millions of the poorest and most vulnerable populations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The numerous complex contributors of the crisis and its scope were established and are planned to be ameliorated through regional and global coordination and cooperation.

Download Issue Notes of the ECOSOC Special Meeting on the Food Crisis
The Economic and Social Council served as a platform to discuss the severity of the international Food Crisis and develop better responses to improve the situation striking millions of the poorest and most vulnerable populations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The numerous complex contributors of the crisis and its scope were established and are planned to be ameliorated through regional and global coordination and cooperation.

WFP's Response to the World Food Crisis
The World Food Programme (WFP) is aiming to meet the needs of the current 74 million people suffering from the World Food Crisis through a phased approach involving many partners. They plan to prevent malnutrition and stabilize the situation through immediate efforts, boost agricultural production through medium term measures and in the long term encourage policies that are conducive to pro-poor growth.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Fighting Food Inflation through Sustainable Investment Report
The report has two focuses: the grain production and export potential in CIS countries and the causes, consequences, and policy responses of the worldwide rising food prices. The EBRD discusses these factors from the perspective of affected governments and how they are benefiting and losing from the current food crisis.

Declaration of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
Heads of State and Government, Ministers, Representatives of 180 countries, in addition to the European Community met with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development and Biodiversity International in Rome to address the challenges of the food crisis, as well as climate change and bioenergy. They adopted this declaration and pledged to embrace food security as a matter of permanent national policy. Also, attendees renewed their commitment to achieving the World Food Summit objectives and Millennium Development Goals. They made numerous short, medium, and long term strategies to improve the World Food Crisis and prevent a similar happening in the future.

World Food Situation: New Driving Forces and Required Action released by the International Food Policy Institute
The report asserts that the world food situation is rapidly being redefined by new driving forces including income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalization, urbanization, and transformed food consumption, production and markets. The IFPI explains how the world food equation is being rewritten, the outlook on global food scarcity, and the link to food-energy prices. It shows how these factors have resulted in the current state of poverty and bleak food and nutrition situation in the developing countries.

G8 and World Bank's Addressing the Food Crisis: The Need for Rapid and Coordinated Action
The report discusses the trends, drivers and outlook of food prices. It sets forth that the many underlying structural factors contributing to increased food prices have been accentuated by the counterproductive policies of exporters and importers. The G8 and World Bank acknowledge the economic as well as economic implications the food price shocks have created. They suggest various solutions, in the short, medium, and long term, to promote a global response.

Issue Notes of the ECOSOC Special Meeting on the Food Crisis
The Economic and Social Council served as a platform to discuss the severity of the international Food Crisis and develop better responses to improve the situation striking millions of the poorest and most vulnerable populations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The numerous complex contributors of the crisis and its scope were established and are planned to be ameliorated through regional and global coordination and cooperation.

WFP's Response to the World Food Crisis
The Economic and Social Council served as a platform to discuss the severity of the international Food Crisis and develop better responses to improve the situation striking millions of the poorest and most vulnerable populations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The numerous complex contributors of the crisis and its scope were established and are planned to be ameliorated through regional and global coordination and cooperation.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Fighting Food Inflation through Sustainable Investment Report
The report has two focuses: the grain production and export potential in CIS countries and the causes, consequences, and policy responses of the worldwide rising food prices. The EBRD discusses these factors from the perspective of affected governments and how they are benefiting and losing from the current food crisis.

Declaration of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
Heads of State and Government, Ministers, Representatives of 180 countries, in addition to the European Community met with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development and Biodiversity International in Rome to address the challenges of the food crisis, as well as climate change and bioenergy. They adopted this declaration and pledged to embrace food security as a matter of permanent national policy. Also, attendees renewed their commitment to achieving the World Food Summit objectives and Millennium Development Goals. They made numerous short, medium, and long term strategies to improve the World Food Crisis and prevent a similar happening in the future.

World Food Situation: New Driving Forces and Required Action released by the International Food Policy Institute
The report asserts that the world food situation is rapidly being redefined by new driving forces including income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalization, urbanization, and transformed food consumption, production and markets. The IFPI explains how the world food equation is being rewritten, the outlook on global food scarcity, and the link to food-energy prices. It shows how these factors have resulted in the current state of poverty and bleak food and nutrition situation in the developing countries.

G8 and World Bank's Addressing the Food Crisis: The Need for Rapid and Coordinated Action
The report discusses the trends, drivers and outlook of food prices. It sets forth that the many underlying structural factors contributing to increased food prices have been accentuated by the counterproductive policies of exporters and importers. The G8 and World Bank acknowledge the economic as well as economic implications the food price shocks have created. They suggest various solutions, in the short, medium, and long term, to promote a global response.