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Our Development Partners      Live FeedsAlan Duncan: Arms industry needs ethical treaty Britain will work to secure a new arms trade treaty this summer to introduce international regulations of the arms trade DFID : News Stories U.S. Assistance to Africa Cut AIDS-Related Deaths: Study Title: U.S. Assistance to Africa Cut AIDS-Related Deaths: Study MedicineNet HIV General AIDS Relief Program Intensity Linked To Lower Death Rates The May 16 edition of the Global Health themed issue of JAMA reveals a larger drop in all-cause adult mortality in those African countries with more intense operation of the AIDS relief program PEPFAR. The article's background information states: "The effect of global health initiatives on population health is... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today UN Women welcomes increased number of women in Algeria’s Parliament Statement by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women on the increase in the number of women in Algeria's Parliament. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Circles of life: Community groups in Zimbabwe turn early warnings into early action For years Beauty, 52, carried out menial tasks in return for food in Mashonaland East, a rural district in Zimbabwe. She couldn’t sell at the city market because it was considered neither safe nor appropriate for women in her community where vendors routinely wait overnight for markets to open. She was little... United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Women shine at Jordan’s Fifth National Technology Parade A parade inaugurated by Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan celebrated women’s participation in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector earlier this month. On 7 May at the Hashemite University, Fifth National Technology Parade welcomed hundreds of visitors, as more than 200 students from... United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Michelle Bachelet 2012 Commencement Speech at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Commencement speech by Michelle Bachelet United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health 15 May 2012. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women What do you think about when you think about research? What do you think about when you think about research? Do you think of stereotypes – such as academics looking like Einstein in the picture below with the blackboard? Dusty theses sitting on library shelves? Or do you think about the kind of exciting, innovative initiatives and companies – TED, Google and... DFID Bloggers Truvada For HIV Prevention Plus Behavioral Strategies A drug that has been shown to prevent HIV infection in a significant number of cases must be combined with behavioral approaches if the U.S. health care establishment is to succeed in reducing the spread of the virus, according to the American Psychological Association... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today People With HIV at Higher Odds of Sudden Cardiac Death Title: People With HIV at Higher Odds of Sudden Cardiac Death MedicineNet HIV General FDA Panel to Consider At-Home HIV Test Title: FDA Panel to Consider At-Home HIV Test MedicineNet HIV General FDA Panel Says Yes to Home HIV Test (MedPage Today) -- GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- An FDA advisory committee has voted 17-0 to recommend approval of the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test. If approved, it will be the first over-the-counter home HIV test. MedPage Today HIV/AIDS Tenofovir Safe For HIV-Positive Pregnant Mothers Tenofovir, the anti-HIV drug, is safe to use during pregnancy according to a new study published in PloS Medicine. The researchers, led by Diana Gibb from the MRC Clinical Trials Unit in London, UK, found that the drug does not increase the risk of kidney problems, birth defects or growth abnormalities in infants... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today HIV Linked to Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (CME/CE) (MedPage Today) -- People with HIV have more than four times the risk of sudden cardiac death than the general population, researchers reported. MedPage Today HIV/AIDS Remarks of Michelle Bachelet Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UN Women at GBC Health Conference Remarks of Michelle Bachelet Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UN Women at GBC Health Conference New York, USA 14 May 2012. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women  |
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