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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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Male circumcision and risk of male-to-female HIV-1 transmission: a multinational prospective study in African HIV-1-serodiscordant couples

Objective: Male circumcision reduces female-to-male HIV-1 transmission risk by approximately 60%. Data assessing the effect of circumcision on…
from AIDS - Current Issue on March 13, 2010
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NIGERIA: Violence delays polio vaccinations

DAKAR Tuesday, March 09, 2010 (IRIN) - A polio vaccination campaign in the violence-wracked central Nigerian city of Jos has been delayed until 13…
from IRIN - Health & Nutrition on March 10, 2010
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British Government, HIV/AIDS Advocates Warn Decreased Aid Budgets Could Lead To Reversals In HIV/AIDS Treatment Progress

Recent gains in the global fight against HIV/AIDS could be reversed as the "global economic downturn pinches poor countries' budgets and donors show…
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WHO's Updated Malaria Guidelines Include Rapid Diagnosis, New ACT

The WHO on Tuesday released new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, which recommend "parasitological testing before treatment begins" and add "a…
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Haiti: Risk and Treatment Amid the Rubble

In the aftermath of Haiti's 7.0 magnitude quake, one of the Caribbean's largest antiretroviral (ARV) programmes is struggling to resurrect itself from…
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Uganda: Officials Held Over Drugs Shortage

Three senior health ministry officials were yesterday arrested for allegedly causing loss of drugs worth sh2b.
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Economic Evaluations of Adult Male Circumcision for Prevention of Heterosexual Acquisition of HIV in Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Background There is conclusive evidence from observational data and three randomized controlled trials that circumcised men have a significantly lower…
from PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles on March 10, 2010
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Task Shifting Routine Inpatient Pediatric HIV Testing Improves Program Outcomes in Urban Malawi: A Retrospective Observational Study

Background This study evaluated two models of routine HIV testing of hospitalized children in a high HIV-prevalence resource-constrained African…
from PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles on March 10, 2010
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Rwanda: SA Medical Team Performs 240 Free Surgeries

A team of 67 medical experts from the South African foundation; Operation Smile, is in the country to perform free cliff lip and cliff palate…
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Uganda: Coartem Stocks Run Out, 300 Die Daily

Rachael Nalubega, 10, sits on her mother's lap near the entrance into one of the children's wards at Uganda's top medical facility, Mulago National…