Global Health Progress

To date, 151 people have been found to have HIV in the Nawalparasi district of Nepal.

World Heart Day was created to raise awareness about cardiovascular diseases; heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading cause of death.

After a weekend-long storm in the Philippines, at least 100 were estimated dead on Monday.

The Chinese Government is funding a new, two-story hospital in Naguru, Uganda, which is expected to ease current congestion at the hospital in Mulago, Uganda.

HIV infection rates in Kenya rose to 1.4 million in 2007, from 1.2 million in 2006, despite several interventions.

President Obama, in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, said that a peaceful and prosperous Africa is vital to the interests of the U.S. and the rest of the world.

The Zambian government has announced that it considers the high maternal mortality rates across the African continent and the rest of the world a source of shame. Officiating at ajoin International Confederation of Midwives and United Nations Population Fund Capacity Building workshop Friday, P eter Daka, Acting Health Minister of Zambia, urged delegates from 15 other countries to focus on improving midwifery services in Africa, Asia and Latin America to improve maternal and child health outcomes.

The Global Health Progress initiative brings together research-based biopharmaceutical companies and global health leaders in an effort to improve health in the developing world. The initiative provides a platform for research-based biopharmaceutical companies, governments, public health leaders, universities, foundations, and other stakeholders to share experiences and best practices and to forge new partnerships.
“Improvements and interventions [...]

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Living Proof Project, a campaign to highlight the U.S. government’s efforts to improve global health outcomes, on Thursday.

Of the total 307,793 people in Tanzania’s Masai District infected by malaria in 2007 and 2008, 780 of those infections were fatal, and 501 of those fatalities were of people more than five years old.