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Every day, we select articles from more than a hundred news feeds to provide GHDonline members and visitors with the latest information pertaining to the delivery of health care worldwide. Chosen from a wide range of organizations that make the news in global health delivery, our selection is updated on a regular basis and indexed (i.e. included) in our search engine. Click here to view the current list and to make suggestions.

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Ghana: Isodec Tracks Government HIV/Aids Resources

The Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) in collaboration with IDASA Governance and AIDS Programme (GAP) of South Africa is undertaking two…
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Rwanda: MoH Using Drama to Fight Malaria in Rural Areas

The Ministry of Health has stepped up the campaign to fight malaria in rural Rwanda through drama.
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Predictors of HIV Testing among Patients with Tuberculosis in North West Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study

Background The acceptance of HIV testing among patients with tuberculosis (TB) is low in Ethiopia. The purpose of this study was to assess predictors…
from PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles on March 15, 2010
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Bangladesh: Vaccination campaign targets 20 million children

PANCHAGARH, Bangladesh, 10 March 2010 – On a foggy February morning in Nayabari village, north-western Bangladesh, Johura Begum and her two…
from UNICEF News on March 15, 2010
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Maasai and Malaria

The nomadic Maasai people of East Africa are certainly not immune to malaria. Research by Bussmann and colleagues shows a wealth of ethnomedical…
from Malaria Matters on March 14, 2010
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Understanding uptake of continuous quality improvement in Indigenous primary health care: lessons from a multi-site case study of the Audit and Best Practice for Chronic Disease project

Background: Experimentation with continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes is well underway in Indigenous Australian primary health care. To…
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Dr. Mugyenyi Discusses Potential Perils of Health System Strengthening at the Expense of HIV/AIDS

The most griping message from Dr. Peter Mugyenyi this week was, of course, his stories about HIV patients in desperate need of treatment being turned…
from Science Speaks: HIV & TB News on March 12, 2010
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People Living with HIV/AIDS: India Must Not Sacrifice Us in Trade Agreement with Europe

Geneva/New Delhi, March 12, 2010 – As the final round of closed-door negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European…
from Doctors Without Borders News on March 12, 2010
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Africa: Global Health Advocates and UN Officials Meeting at Westminster Say U.K. and World Leaders Must Keep Their Promise to More Than 10 Million People with AIDS Who Need Treatment

With Britain leading the way, G8 leaders pledged at the U.K.-led Gleneagles G8 Summit in 2005 to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment…
from AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs on March 12, 2010
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GAVI Alliance Reaches Agreement With Drugmakers On Reduced-Price Pneumococcal Vaccines

Several drugmakers have reached an agreement "to supply up to 200 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations,"…