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Bill Gates Predicts Eradication Of Polio In Pakistan By 2017

Bill Gates said Wednesday that "with any luck" polio will be eradicated by 2017 in the last two countries where it remains active, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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The Next Great Elimination Story: Malaria

Editor’s note: In commemoration of World Malaria Day, April 25, PATH will be sharing stories over the next five weeks from the front lines of the malaria elimination ...

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Environment

The Future Of The Frog Looks Bleak; Unless Humans Change

Amphibians, the oldest group of land vertebrates, are regarded as themost threatened across the globe. From Brazil’s tropical rain forests, to Canada’s temperat...

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Health

Global Health Funding Becoming Scarce: Study

People wasting away from AIDS or succumbing to malaria may become an increasingly common sight within the next 25 years, as funding for universal health care shrivels up. Read More

Environment

Climate Change Not About Temperature, It's About Dying, Starving, Displaced People

Among the range of physical health impacts, Americans can look forward to a future of more food and water contamination, increased asthma rates, and tenfold jumps in death ...

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Health

That Little Piece Of Myself: Living With Depression

Living with depression is like living with a roommate who eats all your snacks.
I posted that as my Facebook status a while back, and it got a lot of likes, most of t...

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Health

3 Striking Charts Show How Vaccines Have Impacted 20th Century Diseases

Despite the few very loud voices still claiming vaccines are dangerous (and getting a lot of attention in the process), there is overwhelming evidence that they make the wo...

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Sustainable Development

The Globalisation Of Bad Food And Poor Health: Sustainable Development Or Sustainable Profits?

The proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12 percent in 1990 to 15 percent in 2013. Globally, cancer is already the second-leading cause of dea...

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Health

Communicable Diseases Rise 32 Perccent In 5 Years, Spending Up 7 Percent

Spending on programmes to control India’s three main communicable diseases — malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy A — increased seven percent over five years...

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Health

World Health Day To Focus On Food Safety This Year

Food poisoning and diarrhoeal infection are the two leading causes of food-borne illnesses in India. Moreover, due to lack of laboratories and shortage of manpower, many ou...

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