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 Efforts to prevent, control and eliminate "forgotten" tropical and other infectious diseases in the Americas received a new stimulus with the announcement of a $34 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases. The announcement came last Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 February 2009 12:13 |
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 The Pan American Health Organization has launched a project called "Strenghtening Communities Through Safe Health Installations in Central America," in Nicaragua. The idea is to have health centers and hospitals that are able to function after a disaster.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 February 2009 02:20 |
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 Since October 2008, an intense increase in the circulation of the
jungle yellow fever virus has been observed in the Americas, affecting
Argentina and Brazil in the southern part of the continent, Colombia
and Venezuela in the Andean region, and Trinidad and Tobago in the
Caribbean.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 05:16 |
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 The recently announced change in United States policy on foreign aid funding for women's health programs abroad presents "an opportunity to expand services that can save the lives and protect the health of millions of women in Latin America and the Caribbean," said Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 08:26 |
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 Delegations at the highest level of the health sector in the countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic will meet in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to discuss health issues that require common action. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 23 January 2009 04:14 |
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