Global Health Progress

A malaria prevention and treatment center, donated by the Chinese government to Tanzania, was unveiled Monday.

The Uganda AIDS Commission has decided to change the tone of its national HIV awareness campaigns.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon supports this year’s World AIDS Day.

The Climate Conference in Copenhagen is an international effort by members of the UNFCCCC to deal with problems in global warming and climate change.

The European Public Health Association (EUPHA) is an umbrella organisation for public health associations in Europe, bringing together public health experts for professional exchange and collaboration throughout Europe.

The Global Fund has approved a $47 million dollar grant to a community strengthening program to reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS in South Asia.

UNAids and the WHO report that the death toll from HIV has dropped more than 10 percent over the last five years.

The Global Fund will provide Zimbabwe with $180 million to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

UNICEF and the Health Ministry in Guinea are providing measles vaccinations, vitamin A supplements, anti-parasite medication and treated mosquito nets to 1.6 million children under five years old.

In his speech at the opening session of the International Conference on Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) urged OIC members states to examine and adopt the CRC.