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		<title>Malaria deaths declining, but hugely underestimated &#8211; Lancet study</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports. 
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		<title>India Has Worst Child Mortality Gender Differential Worldwide, New U.N. Data Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Indian girl between the ages of one and five years old is 75 percent more likely to die than an Indian boy, giving the country the worst gender differential in child mortality in the world, according to new data released by the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Times of India reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Private and Public Partners Unite to Combat 10 Neglected Tropical Diseases by 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the U.S., U.K. and U.A.E governments, the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organisations announced a new, coordinated push to accelerate progress toward eliminating or controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the end of the decade.]]></description>
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		<title>Vaccine-preventable diseases in children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Significant progress in reducing under-five mortality is expected to continue beyond the self-imposed deadline of about 189 countries that committed to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by year 2015.]]></description>
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		<title>Novartis donates $60 million worth of multi-drug therapy for leprosy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Novartis Foundation on Sustainable Development (NFSD) has donated $60 million worth of multidrug therapy (MDT) for leprosy.]]></description>
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		<title>Global health: the grandest challenge &#8211; an online chat with authors Dr. Singer and Dr. Daar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join Global Health Progress (@GlobalHealth) in their upcoming conversation (Jan. 30/31) with authors and global health experts Dr. Peter Singer and Dr. Abdallah Daar as they discuss the grandest challenge – global health progress.]]></description>
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		<title>Fake Malaria Drugs Endanger Millions of Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Counterfeit or weakened versions of life-saving antimalarial drugs are making the rounds in Africa, potentially putting millions of lives at risk and encouraging drug resistance, say scientists.]]></description>
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		<title>Peanut crop growing hope in Haiti</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jan 17, 2012</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maurice Dubois (CBS News) takes a look at how Haiti&#8217;s peanut crop is saving lives and creating new economic opportunities with help from Abbott Laboratories and Partners in Health.

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		<title>For Intrigue, Malaria Drug Gets the Prize</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese drug artemisinin has been hailed as one of the greatest advances in fighting malaria, the scourge of the tropics, since the discovery of quinine centuries ago. Artemisinin’s discovery is being talked about as a candidate for a Nobel Prize in Medicine.]]></description>
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		<title>A Victory, Not A Conspiracy: Bill Gates And Ending Polio</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning brought a victory in humanity’s battle against the germs that surround us, infect us, and define our history: polio virus appears to have been eliminated from India, one of only four nations in which the disease that paralyzed Franklin Delano Roosevelt is still endemic.]]></description>
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		<title>India Reports Completely Drug-Resistant TB</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 48 hours, news has broken in India of the existence of at least 12 patients infected with tuberculosis that has become resistant to all the drugs used against the disease.]]></description>
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		<title>The Economics of Access to Medicines: Meeting the Challenges of Pharmaceutical Patents, Innovation, and Access for Global Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvard International Law Journal
Kristina M. Lybecker
An Article from the Symposium: Developments and Challenges in International Intellectual Property Law
Each year more than eighteen million human lives end in death from poverty-related causes, fully one-third of all human deaths globally. This amounts to fifty thousand deaths per day from causes such as respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer, Glaxo expand discount vaccine agreements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drugmakers Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline announced Friday they have agreed to supply hundreds of millions of additional doses of pneumonia vaccine to an international partnership that provides immunization to children in developing countries.]]></description>
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		<title>G-Finder Report 2011:  Neglected Disease Research and Development &#8211; is Innovation Under Threat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fourth G-FINDER survey reports on 2010 global investment into research and development (R&#038;D) of new products for neglected diseases, and identifies trends and patterns across the four years of global G-FINDER data.]]></description>
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		<title>Global malaria death toll falling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite difficulties in compiling the statistics, there is a clear, and welcome, downward trend in deaths. It is estimated that malaria killed 655,000 people in 2010, compared to 800,000 in 2004.]]></description>
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		<title>Unparalleled global progress in HIV response but sustained investment vital</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[30 NOVEMBER 2011 &#124; GENEVA - Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. The latest report by the WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS Report on the global HIV/AIDS response indicates that increased access to HIV services resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade and a 22% decline in AIDS-related deaths in the last five years.
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		<title>WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SEEKS MAP SUPPORT FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ERADICATION OF GUINEA WORM IN COTE D’IVOIRE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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ATLANTA (October 31, 2011) – In an effort to reach the certification of the eradication of Guinea worm in Côte d’Ivoire, a contingent of officials from the World Health Organization Afro and the Ministry of Health have paid a visit to MAP International Côte d’Ivoire office. The objective of this visit was to express appreciation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lilly Foundation Commits US $30 Million to The Lilly MDR-TB Partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LILLE, France, October 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ &#8211;
- Funding Continues Partnership&#8217;s Fight against
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation has committed US $30 million in funding to further support The Lilly MDR-TB Partnership in its fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis &#8211; a disease that disproportionately affects developing countries and kills more than 150,000 people each year. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Pharmaceutical Companies &amp; Research Institutions Offer IP and Expertise for use in Treating Neglected Tropical Diseases as Part of WIPO Re:Search</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA, October 26, 2011 – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in an unprecedented collaboration with leading pharmaceutical companies and BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH), launched today WIPO Re:Search, a new consortium where public and private sector organizations share valuable intellectual property (IP) and expertise with the global health research community to promote development [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, on World Polio Day, USAID joins with countries and organizations working diligently around the world to eradicate polio by recognizing the unflagging dedication of health workers, laboratory technicians, community organizations, and volunteers. Their efforts have led to a remarkable 99 percent reduction in cases, seen the elimination of one of the three types of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USAID Welcomes Trial Results for New Malaria Vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE, WA. – Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), issued the following statement on behalf of the United States at the Bill and Melinda Gates Malaria Forum.]]></description>
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		<title>TUBERCULOSIS ON THE DECLINE FOR FIRST TIME EVER – UN REPORT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New data, published in the World Health Organization (WHO) 2011 Global Tuberculosis Control Report, shows that the number of people who fell ill with TB dropped to 8.8 million in 2010, after peaking at 9 million in 2005. ]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Global Health Case Studies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2nd Edition of Publication to Serve as Guide to Understanding and Building Partnerships to Tackle Global Health Challenges




October 11, 2011 – The Alliance for Case Studies for Global Health announces a call for topic submissions for the 2nd edition of the Case Studies for Global Health, a collection of case studies that provides an inside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Announces Collaboration with World Health Organization’s Stop TB Department to Strengthen Community Based Care of Tuberculosis Including HIV Co-Infection in Five African Countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRINCETON, N.J.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation today announced a collaboration with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Stop TB Department for a two-year pilot initiative to strengthen community based prevention, care and control of tuberculosis (TB) including co-infection with HIV in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of the Congo. These five countries collectively represented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study on access to essential HIV/AIDS treatments shows  political will as most important factor for success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 October 2011, Geneva &#8211; A report “Evidence on Access to Essential Medicines for the Treatment of HIV/AIDS[1]” shows that access to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) has increased dramatically over the last ten years. Political commitment is cited as the single most crucial driver in helping increase the number of patients receiving treatment. Ten years ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;Innovative Partnerships with UN Agencies and NGOs to Help Ensure Measurable Health Impact in Five-Year Commitment to UN&#8217;s Global Strategy &#8211;Additional New Efforts Aim to Prevent Chronic Disease and Improve Health Worker Training
 
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ &#8212; Johnson &#38; Johnson /quotes/zigman/230812/quotes/nls/jnj JNJ +0.56% today announced important progress made in [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geneva, 27 September 2011 – The GAVI Alliance today announced it will provide funding for 16 more developing countries to introduce rotavirus vaccines and 18 more countries to introduce pneumococcal vaccines &#8212; a major step towards protecting children against severe diarrhoea and pneumonia &#8212; the two leading child killers.
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		<title>From burden to &#8220;best buys&#8221;: Reducing the economic impact of NCDs in low- and middle-income countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From burden to &#8220;best buys&#8221;:
Reducing the economic impact of NCDs in low- and middle-income countries
Summary: World Health Organization, September 2011
New WHO study details low-cost solutions to help curb the tide on noncommunicable diseases
Strategies to prevent and treat cancer, heart disease, diabetes and lung disease for just US$ 1.20 per person per year
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION    www.paho.org
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION                  www.who.int
News and Public Information
Press Release
From the Americas: Success Stories in the Fight against Noncommunicable Diseases
PAHO/WHO report cites model efforts that can be replicated in both high- and lower-income countries
New York, 21 September 2011 (PAHO/WHO) — Countries in the Americas [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Global Economic Burden of Non-communicable Diseases
A report by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health
September 2011
Available online PDF [48p.] at: http://bit.ly/odBjrH
“……As policy-makers search for ways to reduce poverty and income inequality, and to achieve sustainable income growth, they are being encouraged to focus on an emerging challenge to health, well-being [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Draft resolution submitted by the President of the General Assembly
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		<description><![CDATA[Merck Joins Global Fight to Help Save Women&#8217;s Lives
During Pregnancy and Childbirth
President and CEO Ken Frazier Announces 10-Year, $500 Million Mobilization
&#8220;Merck for Mothers&#8221; Joins Global Community to Apply Scientific and Business Expertise in Support of UN Goal to Decrease the Maternal Mortality Ratio by 75 Percent
NEW YORK, N.Y., September 20, 2011 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noncommunicable diseases country profiles 2011
World Health Organization 2011
Available online PDF [209p.] at: http://bit.ly/nG9Hu8
This report provides information required by countries to assess their situation in face of the growing threat posed by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
“….The country profiles presented here reveal an enormous burden on mortality and alarming rates for risk factors like tobacco smoking, physical inactivity, [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top line results of 1st report in the IFPMA NCD Research Series: IMPROVING ACCESS TO MEDICINES FOR NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD[1] – Authors Soeren Mattke, Marla Haims, Nono Ayivi-Guedehoussou, Emily Gillen, Lauren Hunter, Lisa Klautzer, Tewodaj Mengistu – RAND Health
The review shows that NCDs present a growing challenge for developing countries and create [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global pharmaceutical industry contributes action plan and research to fighting Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the developing world
19 September 2011, New York &#8211; To coincide with the United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs, the research-based pharmaceutical industry today outlined the steps it is taking to address the rise of NCDs in the developing world. Building on [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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In the second of a series of new reports, a coalition of pharmaceutical industry trade organizations outlines the serious and growing burden of non-communicable diseases on global health.
The World Economic Forum’s 2009 Global Risks Landscape Assessment Report identified NCDs and chronic diseases as one of the most significant threats facing global economies. In fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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In the first of a series of new reports, a coalition of pharmaceutical industry trade organizations outlines the serious burden that chronic diseases place on patients and global health care systems and notes the importance of public-private partnerships in developing solutions.

Health conditions including strokes, heart disease and diabetes, cancers, neuropsychiatric and respiratory disorders place [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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In the third of a series of new reports, a coalition of pharmaceutical industry trade organizations outlines the importance of public-private partnerships in improving access to health care and developing solutions to the burden of chronic disease.
Health conditions including strokes, heart disease and diabetes, cancers, neuropsychiatric and respiratory disorders place a heavy burden on [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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In the last of a series of new reports, a coalition of pharmaceutical industry trade organizations highlights the ongoing research and medical innovation that can help combat the burden of chronic disease.
Non-communicable diseases like stroke, heart disease and diabetes, cancers, neuropsychiatric and respiratory disorders place a heavy burden on economies and health care systems [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journal of Health Communication
Volume 16, Supplement 2, 2011 September 14, 2011
Available online at: http://bit.ly/plEZH5
Foreword
The Noncommunicable Disease Challenge
Scott C. Ratzan
&#8220;&#8230;.This special issue of the Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives entitled ‘‘Communicating the Noncommunicable’’ was born at the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease and Wellness held in Dubai in November 2010. In [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
September 2011
The mission of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF) is to reduce health disparities and improve the health outcomes of populations disproportionately affected by serious diseases and health conditions around the world.  Partnerships and programs address both non-communicable and communicable diseases and are undertaken in geographic areas where disease burden is the greatest: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation needed to fight non-communicable disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John C. Lechleiter
Friday, September 16, 2011
As the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Health Summit wraps up in San Francisco in advance of an important U.N. meeting on noncommunicable diseases, it&#8217;s fair to ask: In this time of global economic crisis, how can we afford confronting the problem of non-communicable diseases?
The truth is, we can&#8217;t afford not to. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EFFORTS OF UN-LED GLOBAL ANTI-MALARIA PARTNERSHIP SAVE A MILLION LIVES IN A DECADE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global malaria deaths have dropped by about 38 per cent over the past decade, saving the lives of more than one million people, mostly children, through the efforts of a United Nations-led global partnership that put emphasis on prevention and treatment, particularly the use of insecticide-treated nets, according to a report unveiled today. 
Some 43 [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Post Live Presents Global Health Conference
Top experts meet to find solutions for alarming rates of diabetes, cancer, heart and other noncommunicable diseases
Washington, D.C.—September 8, 2011—Washington Post Live, the live journalism division of The Washington Post, will host a global health conference called “Sharing the Responsibility: Non-Communicable Diseases”  Wednesday, September 14.  Internationally-recognized leaders from around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lilly Invests $30 Million in Partnership  to Address Non-Communicable Diseases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Release: Immediately
Refer to:  David Marbaugh – U.S. office (317) 277-5620, mobile (317) 489-7109
  Karen Van der Westhuizen – Geneva +41-22-306-0322
Lilly Invests $30 Million in Partnership
to Address Non-Communicable Diseases
The Lilly NCD Partnership will seek innovative solutions to help fight chronic diseases in developing countries
Indianapolis, IN – Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Importance of Non-Communicable Diseases on a Global Level
Cost of Non-Communicable Diseases
Innovative Medicines to Fight Non-Communicable Diseases
Pharmaceutical Innovations to Address Chronic Diseases
Importance of Non-Communicable Diseases on a Global Level
Importance of Non-Communicable Diseases on a Global Level
Importance of Non-Communicable Diseases on a Global Level
Importance of Non-Communicable Diseases on a Global Level

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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND
TECHNOLOGIES FOR NCDS
• Lack of adequate access and high cost of essential  NCD  medicines and
technologies in many countries increases morbidity and mortality and cost of
care that forces people and families into poverty due to disability and out-ofpocket expenses
• Governments are responsible for ensuring equitable reliable access to
efficacious, safe and quality assured [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Berlin, August 15, 2011 – Bayer HealthCare has agreed to support the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership in the fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) by making 620,000 tablets of the antibiotic moxifloxacin available to WHO. Through the Stop TB Partnership's Global Drug Facility, WHO will provide the antibiotics to China's national TB programme. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA/MENLO PARK, Calif.--Funding disbursements from donor governments for the AIDS response in low- and middle-income countries fell in 2010, dropping 10% from the previous year's level, according to an annual funding analysis conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), available at http://www.kff.org/hivaids/7347.cfm.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EUR 100,000 donated to the U.N. World Food Programme]]></description>
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		<title>New Commonwealth film highlights fight against spread of Non-communicable Diseases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth Secretariat has produced the first of a series of advocacy DVDs on youth and Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) ahead of September’s United Nations High Level Meeting on NCDs.
The films aim to raise awareness about NCDs and young people across the Commonwealth and to advocate for an accelerated response by policy makers in preventing and [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up to 100,000 internally displaced people have arrived in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, over the last two months in search of food, water, shelter and other vital humanitarian assistance after fleeing famine-hit areas, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
“The number is growing by the day, with daily arrivals averaging 1,000 in July,” Vivian Tan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public-Private Partnerships Important to Global Health, says Financial Times</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/article-shows-public-private-partnerships-important-to-global-health/</link>
		
				
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jul 25, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public-Private Partnerships Important to Global Health, says Financial Times
Financial Times Article Highlights Role of Product Development Partnerships for Neglected Diseases
Public-private partnerships are becoming a key aspect of medical innovation for ensuring global health, reporter Andrew Jack wrote last week.
Jack interviewed Tachi Yamada, who is stepping down from his position as head of global health for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Save the Children Respond to the Hunger Crisis in East Africa</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/help-save-the-children-respond-to-the-hunger-crisis-in-east-africa/</link>
		
				
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jul 25, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of children are in danger of becoming critically malnourished due to severe droughts in the region. Save the Children is already on the ground saving lives, rapidly providing food, water, medicine and crucial support to families who have lost their incomes.]]></description>
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		<title>UN High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/un-high-level-meeting-on-non-communicable-diseases/</link>
		
				
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jul 25, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recognizing the enormous human suffering, socio-economic impact and growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in developed and developing countries, the UN will hold a High-Level Meeting on NCDs (UNHLM) the 19th and 20th of September 2011. The UN HLM will address the social and economic impact of NCDs and risk factors, as well as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAVI welcomes Australian Review of Aid Effectiveness</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/gavi-welcomes-australian-review-of-aid-effectiveness/</link>
		
				
				<source>GAVI Alliance</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jul 12, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geneva, 6 July 2011 – The GAVI Alliance welcomes the Australian Government-commissioned Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness released today in Canberra and commends the Australian Government on clearly and transparently setting out the strategic directions for Australia’s aid programme through to 2015.
The review commends GAVI’s critical work in providing life saving vaccines to children in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck to Participate in New Research Efforts to Eradicate HIV</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/merck-to-participate-in-new-research-efforts-to-eradicate-hiv/</link>
		
				
				<source>Merck Global Communications</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jul 11, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that company researchers will participate in two new collaborative efforts led by the prominent academic institutions of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to develop new approaches towards eradicating HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative Partnership Advances Novel Drug Candidate to Combat Sleeping Sickness</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/innovative-partnership-advances-novel-drug-candidate-to-combat-sleeping-sickness/</link>
		
				
				<source>Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jun 30, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLoS Journal article highlights initial research success of a boron-based compound, ready to enter into clinical development, resulting from collaboration between two U.S. biotechs and DNDi
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Anacor Pharmaceuticals, and SCYNEXIS Inc. today announced the successful completion of pre-clinical studies for the first new oral drug candidate discovered specifically to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: As of 2008, 347 million adults worldwide had diabetes</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/study-as-of-2008-347-million-adults-worldwide-had-diabetes/</link>
		
				
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jun 28, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lancet, a leading medical journal, recently published a study on diabetes and its impact worldwide.]]></description>
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		<title>Effective Partnerships Vital for Tackling Diseases, UN Officials Stress</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/effective-partnerships-vital-for-tackling-diseases-un-officials-stress/</link>
		
				
				<source>United Nations (UN)</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jun 17, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top United Nations officials today stressed the need for governments, the private sector and civil society to work together and more effectively to address cancers, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases, which account for nearly two thirds of global deaths each year.]]></description>
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		<title>AstraZeneca to establish new Research and Development centre in Russia</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/astrazeneca-to-establish-new-research-and-development-centre-in-russia/</link>
		
				
				<source>Reuters</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jun 16, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The move to establish the Predictive Science Centre over the coming year also reflects a drive by the Russian government to develop the country's pharmaceutical sector by promoting local production and research.]]></description>
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		<title>Research-based pharmaceutical industry launches collaborative framework to tackle NCDs</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/research-based-pharmaceutical-industry-launches-collaborative-framework-to-tackle-ncds/</link>
		
				
				<source>International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jun 16, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The research-based pharmaceutical industry launches today a Framework for Action to respond to concerns that cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases are posing mounting threats to public health as well as public and private finances worldwide.]]></description>
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		<title>Drugmakers cut vaccine prices for poorer nations</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/drugmakers-cut-vaccine-prices-for-poorer-nations/</link>
		
				
				<source>Reuters</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Jun 06, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several leading drugmakers are cutting their prices on potentially life-saving vaccines for people in developing countries in an effort to sustain supplies via the GAVI international vaccine alliance.]]></description>
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		<title>World Health Advocacy&#8217;s Summary of the World Health Assembly</title>
		<link>http://www.whadvocacy.com/articles/international/223-64th-world-health-assembly-resolutions-and-highlights</link>
		
				
				<source>World Health Advocacy</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 19:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 24, 2011</smallDate>
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		<title>World Health Assembly Passes Resolution on NCDs</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/world-health-assembly-passes-resolution-on-ncds/</link>
		
				
				<source>World Health Assembly</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 19:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 23, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Health Assembly passed its resolution on NCDs incorporating the Moscow declaration.]]></description>
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		<title>Sixteen Countries Pledge Support for UN Initiative to Reduce Maternal Mortality</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/sixteen-countries-pledge-support-for-un-initiative-to-reduce-maternal-mortality/</link>
		
				
				<source>United Nations</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 14:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 20, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen countries have announced concrete commitments aimed at drastically reducing current levels of maternal, newborn and child mortality, the United Nations reported today.]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Communicable Diseases: Addressing Africa’s Next Challenge through Innovative Partnerships</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/non-communicable-diseases-addressing-africas-next-challenge-through-innovative-partnerships/</link>
		
				
				<source>Global Health Progress</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 19:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 19, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Health Progress (GHP) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) hosted a luncheon discussion on the margins of the 64th World Health Assembly for Ministers, Ambassadors and senior health officials from Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates addresses the World Health Assembly: Innovation- the world&#8217;s greatest resource</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/bill-gates-addresses-the-world-health-assembly-innovation-the-worlds-greatest-resource/</link>
		
				
				<source>Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 17, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates addresses the World Health Assembly]]></description>
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		<title>Many countries hit by health threats from both infectious and chronic diseases</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/many-countries-hit-by-health-threats-from-both-infectious-and-chronic-diseases/</link>
		
				
				<source>World Health Organization (WHO)</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 16:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 13, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An increasing number of countries are facing a double burden of disease as the prevalence of risk factors for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart diseases and cancers increase and many countries still struggle to reduce maternal and child deaths caused by infectious diseases, for the Millennium Development Goals, according to the World Health Statistics 2011 released by the WHO today.]]></description>
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		<title>New Report Examines the Importance of Non-Communicable Diseases in Global Health Care</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/new-report-examines-the-importance-of-non-communicable-diseases-in-global-health-care/</link>
		
				
				<source>Global Health Progress</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 19:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 12, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Report Examines the Importance of Non-Communicable Diseases in Global Health Care]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting Chronic Disease: Pharmaceutical Innovations to Address Chronic Diseases</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/wp-content/uploads/4_PFCD-Innovations_8.5x11.pdf</link>
		
				
				<source>EFPIA,IFPMA, JPMA, and PhRMA</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 13:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 12, 2011</smallDate>
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		<title>Fighting Chronic Disease: Innovative Medicines to Fight Non-Communicable Diseases</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/wp-content/uploads/3_PFCD-Pipelines_8.5x11.pdf</link>
		
				
				<source>EFPIA,IFPMA, JPMA, and PhRMA</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 13:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 12, 2011</smallDate>
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		<title>Fighting Chronic Disease: Cost of Non-Communicable Diseases</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/wp-content/uploads/2_PFCD-Cost-of-NCDs_8.5x11.pdf</link>
		
				
				<source>EFPIA,IFPMA, JPMA, and PhRMA</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 13:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 12, 2011</smallDate>
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		<title>Fighting Chronic Disease: Importance of Non-Communicable Diseases on a Global Level</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/wp-content/uploads/1_PFCD-Overview_8.5x11.pdf</link>
		
				
				<source>EFPIA,IFPMA, JPMA, and PhRMA</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 13:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 12, 2011</smallDate>
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		<title>Consultation on Draft Technical Paper of the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health</title>
		<link>http://www.who.int/sdhconference/consultation/en/</link>
		
				
				<source>World Health Organization (WHO)</source>
				
		
		
		<comments>http://www.who.int/sdhconference/consultation/en/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 21:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 10, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHO seeks your comments and feedback on the current draft of the Conference technical paper, which aims to inform the conference discussions and provide policy-makers with an overview of key strategies to implement action on social determinants of health. ]]></description>
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		<title>Global Health Progress Releases Non-Communicable Diseases Partnerships and Programs List</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/global-health-progress-releases-non-communicable-diseases-partnerships-and-programs-list/</link>
		
				
				<source>Global Health Progress</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 05, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Health Progress Releases Non-Communicable Diseases Partnerships and Programs List ]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Communicable Disease Health Partnerships and Programs Worldwide</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/wp-content/uploads/NCD-Health-Partnerships-and-Programs_Worldwide-05-02-11.pdf</link>
		
				
				<source>IFPMA and Global Health Progress</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 18:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>May 02, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This report was compiled from IFPMA’s Developing World Partnership Directory (2010) and Global Health Progress.]]></description>
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		<title>New WHO report: deaths from noncommunicable diseases on the rise, with developing world hit hardest</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/new-who-report-deaths-from-noncommunicable-diseases-on-the-rise-with-developing-world-hit-hardest/</link>
		
				
				<source>World Health Organization (WHO)</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Apr 27, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noncommunicable diseases are the leading killer today and are on the increase, the first WHO Global status report on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) launched today confirms.]]></description>
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		<title>Population Attitude to Personal Health: Perception of Health, Understanding of Risk Factors, Morbidity and Mortality</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/wp-content/uploads/AIPM_IFPMA_Population-Attitude-to-Personal-Health_Study_2011.pdf</link>
		
				
				<source>Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Apr 26, 2011</smallDate>
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		<title>Russians Evidently Overestimate Their State of Health as Good and Fair</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/wp-content/uploads/Press_Release_AIPM-IFPMA_Research_26April2011_ENG.pdf</link>
		
				
				<source>Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Apr 26, 2011</smallDate>
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		<title>Africans Leading the Charge on Global Health Progress</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/africans-leading-the-charge-on-global-health-progress/</link>
		
				
				<source>Francis Ansong, Special to Global Health Progress</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Apr 25, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through GHP, African health officials met with U.S. government representatives, members of the donor community, the private sector, NGOs and universities, to talk with global health stakeholders and work to align their priorities in the fight to overcome Africa’s health challenges.]]></description>
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		<title>Malaria: Solid Success but No Time for Complacence</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/malaria-solid-success-but-no-time-for-complacence/</link>
		
				
				<source>The Huffington Post</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Apr 25, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a rural hospital in Ethiopia that cares for the poor, a fragile young girl called Zakhiya has recovered recently from severe malaria. In the six short years of her life, Zakhiya has battled a number of infectious diseases. Her struggle will probably continue throughout her childhood.]]></description>
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		<title>African Health Leaders Highlight On the Ground Experiences in Washington</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/african-health-leaders-highlight-on-the-ground-experiences-in-washington/</link>
		
				
				<source>Global Health Progress</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Apr 21, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Health Progress (GHP) hosted senior health officials from seven sub-Saharan African countries for its 4th Annual African Health Delegation, a week of meetings with key global health stakeholders in Washington, D.C. and New York City (April 11-15, 2011).]]></description>
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		<title>IFPMA Supports WHO World Health Day: New Efforts Needed to Combat Anti-Microbial Resistance</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/ifpma-supports-who-world-health-day-new-efforts-needed-to-combat-anti-microbial-resistance/</link>
		
				
				<source>The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers &amp; Associations (IFPMA)</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Apr 07, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers &#038; Associations (IFPMA) today gives its support to the 2011 WHO World Health Day, which this year takes as its theme Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) and raises awareness of the problem of antibiotics losing their effectiveness over time as bacteria naturally evolve and mutate to become resistant to drug treatments.]]></description>
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		<title>UN-BACKED PARTNERS HELP DR CONGO INTRODUCE PNEUMONIA VACCINE</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/un-backed-partners-help-dr-congo-introduce-pneumonia-vaccine/</link>
		
				
				<source>United Nations</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Apr 05, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today added the vaccine against pneumonia to its national immunisation programme in a United Nations-backed initiative to drastically improve the chances of survival for children under the age of five. ]]></description>
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		<title>UN CHIEF URGES &#8216;BOLD&#8217; ACTION TO TRANSFORM GLOBAL AIDS RESPONSE</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/un-chief-urges-bold-action-to-transform-global-aids-response/</link>
		
				
				<source>United Nations</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Apr 01, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged world leaders to take bold decisions to tackle the AIDS epidemic, as he launched a new United Nations report that warns that recent gains, while laudable, are fragile.]]></description>
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		<title>Lilly Launches Global Employee Volunteer Program</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/lilly-launches-global-employee-volunteer-program/</link>
		
				
				<source>Eli Lilly and Company</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 31, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eli Lilly and Company has announced the launch of a global service program designed to help its employees gain a deeper, more intimate understanding of different cultures and see firsthand the complex problems and opportunities associated with improving health in developing areas.]]></description>
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		<title>UN-BACKED POLIO IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY IN SOUTHERN SUDAN</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/un-backed-polio-immunization-campaign-under-way-in-southern-sudan/</link>
		
				
				<source>United Nations</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 30, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A United Nations-backed polio immunization campaign is under way in Southern Sudan, targeting children under the age of five in a region that experienced an outbreak of the sometimes deadly disease in 2008 after being free for the previous three years.]]></description>
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		<title>Geneva Pharma Forum: Anti-Microbial Resistance</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/geneva-pharma-forum/</link>
		
				
				<source>International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 29, 2011</smallDate>
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		<title>New Angola Sickle Cell Initiative draws energy, medical sector partnership</title>
		<link>http://www.bcm.edu/news/item.cfm?newsID=3643</link>
		
				
				<source>Baylor College of Medicine</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 23, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chevron Africa Latin America Exploration and Production Company has signed a Cooperation Protocol with the Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) at Texas Children's Hospital and the Republic of Angola today in Luanda, Angola to establish the West African nation's first comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease program.]]></description>
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		<title>World TB Day &#8211; March 24, 2011</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/world-tb-day-march-24-2011/</link>
		
				
				<source>National Institutes of Health (NIH)</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 23, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The theme of World TB Day 2011 — "On the move against TB: Transforming the fight towards elimination"— reflects renewed momentum to approach the global problem of tuberculosis with greater intensity and seriousness of purpose. This growing interest is broad-based, emerging from leaders in public health to laboratory scientists, from physicians to activists.]]></description>
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		<title>World TB Day Round Up</title>
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				<source>World Health Organization (WHO) and USAID</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 23, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World TB Day
World TB Day raises awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. One-third of the world&#8217;s population is currently infected with TB. The Stop TB Partnership, a network of organizations and countries fighting TB, organizes the Day to highlight the scope of the disease and how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative pharma firms give $37 million in aid to Japan</title>
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				<source>Pharmatimes.com</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 23, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Japan starts to recover from the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck the country on March 11, drugmakers have been helping with cash, medicines and supplies.]]></description>
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		<title>World Water Day 2011</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/world-water-day-2011/</link>
		
				
				<source>USAID</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 22, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water is everywhere – covering almost three-quarters of the earth’s surface – yet nearly 1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water. In just 20 years, the world’s demand for freshwater will outstrip supply by 40 percent. ]]></description>
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		<title>Top 30 medicines to save mothers and children</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/top-30-medicines-to-save-mothers-and-children/</link>
		
				
				<source>World Health Organization (WHO)</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 21, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHO's first ever list of priority medicines for maternal and child health recommends to countries which medicines are most important for saving lives.]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Innovation Protection Stressed in EU-India Free Trade Agreement Talks</title>
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				<source>Global Health Progress</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 17, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Health Progress highlights the need for intellectual property to protect medical innovation and research.]]></description>
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		<title>ABC global health series features new meningitis vaccine</title>
		<link>http://globalhealthprogress.org/mediacenter/index.php/abc-global-health-series-features-new-meningitis-vaccine/</link>
		
				
				<source>PATH</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 11, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC News will feature the groundbreaking new MenAfriVac™ meningitis vaccine and the lives the vaccine is changing in sub-Saharan Africa as part of the year-long global health series “Be the Change: Save a Life.” The segment will air on Good Morning America on Monday, March 14, between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.]]></description>
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		<title>Global Partnership Launch</title>
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				<source>The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation</source>
				
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<smallDate>Mar 09, 2011</smallDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USAID, The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation, the Government of Norway, Grand Challenges Canada, and the World Bank will announce a new partnership that will seek innovative solutions to reduce maternal and newborn mortality in developing countries. The challenge will be unveiled at the launch event, streamed live.]]></description>
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