Highlight :: Atlas of health and climate January 2013– The atlas provides sound scientific information on the connections between weather and climate and major health challenges. These range from diseases of poverty to emergencies arising from extreme weather events and disease outbreaks. Download the publication Order the publication More publications about climate change
‘Minamata’ Convention Agreed by Nations Geneva/Nairobi, 19 January 2013–International effort to address mercury—a notorious heavy metal with significant health and environmental effects—was today delivered a significant boost with governments agreeing to a global, legally-binding treaty to prevent emissions and releases. The Minamata Convention on Mercury—named after a city in Japan where serious health damage occurred [...]
For Immediate Release ***To download photo: http://multimedia.hrw.org/distribute/djxwzlrfse Mercury Treaty: Last Chance to Address Health Effects In Final Talks, Western Governments Should Agree to Include Prevention, Treatment (Geneva, January 10, 2013) – A proposed international treaty to address the damaging effects of mercury should include specific provisions to protect the health of children and other vulnerable [...]
ampaign Will Deliver Prevention and Treatment Messages Across the Continent DURBAN, South Africa, October 22, 2012 – Ahead of the official draw for the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), African football stars and heads of state have joined United Against Malaria (UAM), pledging to distribute life-saving malaria prevention and treatment messages throughout the [...]
By Judd-Leonard Okafor, 25 September 2012 A revised national plan targeting possible development of HIV vaccine Tuesday came into effect, nearly 13 years after it buckled under financial and administrative challenges. The National HIV Vaccine Plan, developed by National Agency for Control of AIDS and its partners–US Department of Defence and SI Consulting–hopes to bring [...]
Kigali, Rwanda/Washington D.C., June 20, 2012: The Rwanda Government today announced the release of five new iron?rich bean varieties that could provide more iron in the diets of millions of Rwandese who eat beans every day. Iron deficiency is widely prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa. During childhood and adolescence, it lowers resistance to disease and impairs [...]
LONDON, 23 May 2012 (IRIN) – No matter how compelling, medical research has historically not guaranteed swift regulatory approval, but researchers are finding ways to speed up translation of their conclusions into policy. In the fight against malaria, it took years of consistent medical results on insecticide-treated bed nets to gain the World Health Organization’s [...]
CROI served up a snapshot of HIV’s Envelope trimer and the latest on PrEP and protective immune responses By Regina McEnery and Richard Jefferys As the global campaign against AIDS enters its fourth decade, the development of a broadly preventive HIV vaccine remains among its most vexing challenges. In his opening remarks at the 19th [...]
Study Addresses Long-standing Debate about Funding Imbalances for Global Diseases Deerfield, Ill. (May 2, 2012) — While the battle against HIV/AIDS attracts more donor funding globally than all other diseases combined, it has not diverted attention from fighting unrelated afflictions — such as malaria, measles and malnutrition — and may be improving health services overall [...]
By Andualem Sisay, Rakai, Uganda Sitting on an old mattress in front of a small house in Kimukunda village in the Rakai District of southernUganda, Teddy Nakawoeisi, 60, is waiting for her grandchildren to bring home something for supper. Between the ages of 4 and 8 years, they are at a nearby farm — working [...]