 | Accordia Convenes Experts to Discuss Leadership Development at the Individual, Institutional, and Network Levels
2 July 2009 | Africa
Accordia Global Health Foundation released its first report, Building Healthcare Leadership in Africa: A Call to Action, at a Washington, D.C. event.
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| New Drug Raises Hope of Ending River Blindness: WHO
2 July 2009 | Global
A drug normally prescribed to pets has raised hopes that river blindness, an infectious disease that threatens 100 million people, can finally be wiped out, the World Health Organization said.
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| Chemotherapy May Offer New Weapon in War on AIDS
2 July 2009 | Global
About 15 years ago, pharmaceutical researchers discovered the first anti-retroviral drugs - medicines that can successfully combat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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| Swine Flu Emergency in Argentina
2 July 2009 | Latin America
The city and province of Buenos Aires have announced a health emergency to fight a swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 26 people in Argentina.
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| Anti-Malaria Charity Pays for Nothing But Nets
1 July 2009 | Global
The campaign is called Nothing But Nets. The name not only highlights the group's sole mission; it's also the way people describe a basketball shot that goes right through the hoop, touching nothing but the net.
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| WHO Paper: TB Vaccine Could Kill Babies With HIV
1 July 2009 | Global
The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine.
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| U.S. Agency Moves Closer to Lifting Ban on Admitting Foreign Travelers with HIV
1 July 2009 | North America
The US congressional reauthorization of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, in July, 2008, lifted a 15-year ban on HIV-positive foreign nationals from entering the United States.
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| Spanish Flu Created a Viral Dynasty: Study
1 July 2009 | Global
The virus responsible for the Spanish flu in 1918 created a viral dynasty that persists today, according to a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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| Study Charts Swine Flu's Spread Through Air Travel
30 June 2009 | Global
In a startling measure of just how widely a new disease can spread, researchers accurately plotted swine flu's course around the world by tracking air travel from Mexico.
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| Sri Lanka: Rains Raise Fears of Malaria Setback
30 June 2009 | Asia
Health experts warn that the arrival of monsoon rains in July could increase the risk of waterborne diseases for tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps in northern Sri Lanka.
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