Full Coverage: Disease

28.07.2005 PAHO reports on how to strike a balance between being ignored and provoking panic when the next flu epidemic hits.

26.07.2005 The International AIDS Society conference meets this week in Brazil. With prevention one of the Millennium Development Goals and a focal point of the ONE campaign, SciDev.net offers exclusive perspectives on HIV/AIDS research from the South and experts in the field, as well as the latest news in the search for a cure.

25.07.2005 Chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mental disorders, and injuries and violence are major public health problems in developing countries. Together, they account for over 40 per cent of the disease burden in high mortality developing countries, and over 75 per cent in lower mortality developing countries. So why are they so often overlooked by policymakers?

22.07.2005 Some 65,000 HIV-positive Ugandans are now on anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment, achieving the government's 2005 target six months ahead of schedule. The government attributed the success to international support and promised that if more resources continued to come into the country, Uganda could triple the number of people accessing ARVs by the end of 2006.

21.07.2005 Congress passed an amendment yesterday that will eliminate contraceptives from efforts to prevent obstetric fistula--a disability resulting from obstructed labor, and often leading to the deaths of the mother and baby. The WHO reports that reducing unintended pregnancies is the most effective means to reduce the number of fistula cases worldwide.

18.07.2005 O acordo do Ministério da Saúde com a Abbott, fabricante de um dos remédios que compõem o coquetel distribuídos para pacientes com AIDS, não agradou à Rede Brasileira pela Integração dos Povos. Em nota pública, a organização se disse frustrada com o acordo.

12.07.2005 Le downtown eastside de Vancouver compte un nombre très élevé de toxicomanes, soit environ 4 000 selon les estimations. Dans cette partie de la ville, trente pour cent des toxicomanes sont séropositifs, et on estime que 90 % d'entre eux sont infectés par le virus de l'hépatite C.

En guise de première étape vers l'amélioration de la santé des toxicomanes, une équipe de recherche a mené une étude préliminaire de trois mois sur les attitudes par rapport à l'acupuncture et les effets de celle-ci dans deux contextes communautaires.