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Drug Resistance Threatens Anti-Malaria Drive
Artemisinin compounds are highly effective against malaria, but they're too expensive for most people. Use of cheap substitutes is leading to dangerous drug resistance.
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Carbon Footprint of Food
Carbon footprint food tags in Sweden represent the environmental impact of food, and encourages consumers worldwide to join their efforts for global change.
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Increase of Tuberculosis
After a fall in the early twentieth century, tuberculosis incidences have increased with over 2 million deaths and 14 million people infected in 2005.
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Disease Epidemics Spread By Water
Disease outbreaks are common in areas of war and conflict and areas devastated by natural disasters. Diseases in unsafe drinking water spread quickly and widely.
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The Impact Of War On The Health Of Women
Women are especially vulnerable to crimes of violence and the effects of war. The loss of security and infrastructure increases the risks of rape and maternal death.
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Disease Epidemic Health Concerns in Afghanistan
The status of health care in Afghanistan has been decimated by decades of war. Disease epidemics are common, including outbreaks of polio. Infant mortality is also high.
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Injuries Caused By Landmines
Modern war devastates civilian populations, even generations after the end of the primary conflict. Landmines and unexploded bombs cause crippling injuries and death.
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Can Depleted Uranium Cause Cancer?
Depleted uranium in ammunition rounds and missiles used by the US in Iraq has been linked to health risks including cancers, tumours, birth defects and Gulf War Syndrome.
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Consequences of War on Medicine and Health Care
Moral dilemmas, inadequate training, resources & knowledge to provide care in an area of war and conflict are some of the concerns and risks to medical relief workers.
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The Healthcare Debate – Back to Basics
Health-care is fundamental. A moral society cannot allow access to health-care based purely on ability to pay. The state must be guarantor of last resort for the poor.
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Most of Road Deaths Occur in Poor Countries
The United Nations Word Health Organization (WHO) called for stricter traffic rules to reduce the number of road accidents that kill more than a million people a year.
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Swine Flu becomes Pandemic
The A(H1N1) virus, or swine flu as it is more commonly known has become a pandemic, spurring governments into recognising it as a health crisis.
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Swine Flu Continues to Threaten
A new strain of influenza has a dangerous affect on both the weak and the strong, which has generated a global threat of massive proportions!
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Tourism Suffers From Crisis and Influenza Threat
Swine influenza A (H1N1) is starting to affect the tourism sector which experts expect to decline further in 2009. It is now crucial to remove obstacles, e.g. taxation.
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Post-Abortion Care for Unsafe Abortion in Africa
In the Sub-Saharan African region, it is estimated that 50 per cent of maternal deaths are unsafe abortion-related.
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Bill Gates' January 2009 Letter to the World
This article discusses Bill Gates' letter to the world, including his opinion on the role of non-governmental organizations and the benefits of technology.
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Global Diabetes Epidemic Looms
As American-style food marches triumphantly across the globe, millions die from diabetes, a disease with no cure. Experts say the worst is yet to come.
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Observing World Malaria Day
Malaria affects millions of people each year. This article addresses the effort to raise awareness and to help eradicate malaria through a day of action on April 25th.
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