World health. (Health).MEASLES: Nearly 800,000 children worldwide die each year from measles despite success in recent international efforts to vaccinate vac·ci·nate v. To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease such as diphtheria or typhus. vac all children against the highly infectious disease, according to a new report by the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunization, which warns that in some parts of the world, only 5 percent of children receive needed vaccines. DRUGS: Several of the 25 ministers attending a World Trade Organization meeting in Sydney reported progress on permitting poor nations to import inexpensive genetic medicines. The issue was a focus at the informal talks. HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome : Activists blasted senior members of India's government following their criticism of computer magnate Bill Gates' $100 million grant to combat the spread of the disease. HEPATITIS: About 10.5 million children in developing countries have been vaccinated against hepatitis B as part of the U.N.-backed Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization The GAVI Alliance (GAVI) (formerly The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) is an alliance between different stakeholders, in both the private and public sectors, committed to the mission of saving children's lives and protecting people's health through the , according to a progress report released in Dakar, Senegal, at a gathering of global health leaders from more than 60 countries. HIV/AIDS II: Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic is undermining traditional ways of dealing with famine, necessitating new approaches to both problems, U.N. Economic Commission for Africa Noun 1. Economic Commission for Africa - the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations and UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. adviser Alex de Waal Alex de Waal is a British writer and researcher on African issues. He is a fellow of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard University, as well as program director at the Social Science Research Council in New York City. De Waal is also a co-director of Justice Africa, London. wrote in a New York Times commentary. De Waal, director of Justice Africa, said "hunger and disease have begun reinforcing each other" in Africa and must be attacked together. VACCINES: Immunizations are saving 3 million lives a year but could save 3 million more with more investment and less expensive vaccines, UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the World Bank said in a report released in Dakar, Senegal. HIV/AIDS: UNICEF representative Michel Saintlot has told clergy at an Anglican Church HIV/AIDS workshop in Enugu, Nigeria, that 5 million Nigerians will have HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. by 2009 if the country does not take the necessary preventive measures. POLIO: Canadian Minister for International Cooperation Susan Whelan announced a $20 million, three-year contribution by the Canadian International Development Agency The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is a Canadian government agency which administers foreign aid programs in developing countries. CIDA operates in partnership with other Canadian organizations in the public and private sectors as well as other , through the World Health Organization, to help eradicate polio in Nigeria. HIV/AIDS II: Amid escalating HIV/AIDS rates worldwide, small groups and foundations working to counter international fatalism and waning interest, are finding it increasingly difficult to raise funds to fight the disease, the New York Times reported. |
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