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FAO forøger støtten til Sahels pastoralister
Mangel på regn truer pastoralisterne i Sahel-regionen. FNs fødevareprogram, FAO, støtter med foder til dyrene og såsæd til landmændene. 21…
21. april 2010 | Afrika -
Sri Lanka: Internationale sundheds-NGOer tvinges væk fra den konflikramte østlige del af landet
BATTICALOA, 20 April 2010 (IRIN): Healthcare services in Sri Lanka’s conflict-affected east should not be forgotten as humanitarian agencies focus…
20. april 2010 | Asien -
Stadig flere af u-landenes fattigste bukker under for kroniske sygdomme – stormøde i København
Chronic diseases are now a leading cause of premature death of poor people in developing countries COPENHAGEN, 14th April 2010:…
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WHO: Når stadig flere bor i byerne, rammer det folkesundheden
Tackling health inequalities should be a priority COPENHAGEN, 7 April 2010: To mark World Health Day, WHO is launching a…
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Nyt studie: Antibiotika plus antiretroviral behandling kan halvere HIV dødelighed
NAIROBI, 29 March 2010 (PlusNews) – A cheap, widely available antibiotic given to patients when they start taking life-prolonging antiretroviral…
29. marts 2010 | Afrika -
Multiresistent tuberkulose boomer
In some areas of the world, one in four people with tuberculosis (TB) becomes ill with a form of the…
19. marts 2010 | Asien -
UNICEF-WHO: Flere får rent drikkevand, men der er langt igen
GENEVA / NEW YORK, 15 March 2010: With 87 per cent of the world’s population or approximately 5,9 billion people…
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Ikke finansiering til WHOs anbefalede aids-behandling
NAIROBI, 9 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Global funding shortfalls for fighting AIDS could make it impossible for developing countries to…
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Over 60.000 haitianere vaccineret i stor vaccinationskampagne ledet af FN
More than 60,000 people in earthquake-devastated Haiti have been vaccinated against diphtheria (difteri), tetanus (stivkrampe) and other diseases, but additional…
23. februar 2010 | Haiti -
Bekymrende tidlig meningitis
A meningitis epidemic has struck earlier than usual in sub-Saharan Africa’s “meningitis belt”. The alarm sounds from Senegal to Ethiopia,…
22. februar 2010 | Afrika