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All rights reserved. http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/h1n1-endangers-amazon-indians1734.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/h1n1-endangers-amazon-indians1734.html Global Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:47:00 -0600 The Venezuelan government has sealed off part of the country to stop H1N1 from devastating the Yanomami Indians. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/maternal-mortality-afghanistan1704.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/maternal-mortality-afghanistan1704.html Global Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:53:00 -0600 Badakhshan in northeast Afghanistan now ranked second worst in the world in maternal mortality -- how NGOs are stepping in to help. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/new-hiv-vaccine-reduces-infection1638.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/new-hiv-vaccine-reduces-infection1638.html Global Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:29:00 -0500 An AIDS vaccine trial in Thailand showed the vaccine cut the risk of infection by as much as a third; scientists encouraged by results. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/ddt-battle-uganda1575.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/ddt-battle-uganda1575.html Global Health Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:43:00 -0500 The U.S. and WHO encourage African countries to use DDT to fight the spread of malaria, but some Ugandans are protesting. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/phony-drugs-around-the-world1562.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/phony-drugs-around-the-world1562.html Global Health Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:23:00 -0500 Fake drugs prevalent in developing world, where scant regulation lets useless and sometimes dangerous medicine land on store shelves. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/living-with-hiv-new-zealand1523.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/living-with-hiv-new-zealand1523.html Global Health Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:43:00 -0500 Shane, an HIV-positive New Zealand man shares his story of coping with the physical and psychological isolation of the disease. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/hiv-decline-south-africa1447.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/hiv-decline-south-africa1447.html Global Health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:43:00 -0500 A new report says HIV infections among young teens are down in South Africa. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/key-finding-aids-research1524.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/key-finding-aids-research1524.html Global Health Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:31:00 -0500 An international team of scientists has made a discovery that may change our understanding of the history and future of AIDS. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/glaxosmithkline-generic-aids-drugs1497.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/glaxosmithkline-generic-aids-drugs1497.html Global Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:50:00 -0500 Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline says it will allow manufacturers to produce generic versions of all its HIV and AIDS medicines. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/audio-diary-aids-activist-thembi-ngubane1486.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/audio-diary-aids-activist-thembi-ngubane1486.html Global Health Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:25:00 -0500 Thembi Ngubane documented her battle with AIDS in audio diaries -- she recently died of complications from AIDS-related tuberculosis. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/h1n1-concerns-in-africa1471.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/h1n1-concerns-in-africa1471.html Global Health Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:12:00 -0500 Fewer than ten H1N1 cases are confirmed in Africa, but health experts worry the disease may spread in the continent’s crowded slums. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/yogurt-limit-hiv-aids1435.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/yogurt-limit-hiv-aids1435.html Global Health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:53:00 -0500 Researchers are working with HIV patients in Africa to explore whether yogurt can slow the spread of HIV. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/womens-health-nepal1422.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/womens-health-nepal1422.html Global Health Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:16:00 -0500 Nepal is one of the poorest countries and healthcare is a major challenge, but one doctor hopes to improve conditions for women there. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/china-county-encourages-smoking1411.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/china-county-encourages-smoking1411.html Global Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:30:00 -0500 A county in south central China isn't encouraging people there to stop smoking; in fact, it's ordering public workers to smoke. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/who-ddt-malaria1383.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/who-ddt-malaria1383.html Global Health Mon, 18 May 2009 09:00:00 -0500 The health problems associated with DDT outweighs its effectiveness in controlling malaria , and the WHO plans to phase it out worldwide by 2020. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/h1n1-public-health.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/h1n1-public-health.html Global Health Fri, 08 May 2009 19:12:00 -0500 Public health lessons from Mexico's handling of the H1N1 influenza outbreak -- from information transmission to virus transmission. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/swine-flu-answers.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/swine-flu-answers.html Global Health Sat, 02 May 2009 09:33:00 -0500 Answers to questions about the swine flu -- from the government's response and whether the virus can be contained, to ways to take early precautions. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/polluted-water-pakistan.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/polluted-water-pakistan.html Global Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:27:00 -0500 Pakistan's limited water supply is making many millions sick from water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, hepatitis and typhoid. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/panama-hpv-vaccine.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/panama-hpv-vaccine.html Global Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:56:00 -0500 Panama's campaign to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer focuses on cancer but not the sexually transmitted virus. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/malaria-in-cambodia.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/malaria-in-cambodia.html Global Health Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:22:00 -0500 The global effort to combat Malaria faces possible major setback as doctors fight to eliminate a drug-resistant malaria parasite in Cambodia. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/improper-sewage-disposal.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/improper-sewage-disposal.html Global Health Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:34:00 -0500 Inadequate sanitation kills more people in developing nations than AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/lead-battery-poisoning.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/lead-battery-poisoning.html Global Health Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:17:00 -0600 Lead batteries are becoming a deadly problem in developing countries where they are melted down and sold as scrap metal. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/golden-rice-loe.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/golden-rice-loe.html Global Health Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:25:00 -0600 Rice genetically modified to produce Vitamin A could be the answer to some childhood health problems in the developing world. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/iranian-aids-doctors.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/iranian-aids-doctors.html Global Health Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:15:00 -0600 Iran imprisons two doctors, architects of its HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs, over alleged plot to overthrow the government. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/economic-transition-mortality-rates.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/economic-transition-mortality-rates.html Global Health Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:12:00 -0600 A new study links health with economic change, focusing on the collapse of the Soviet Union and higher death rates of men. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/cholera-epidemic-zimbabwe.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/cholera-epidemic-zimbabwe.html Global Health Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:59:00 -0600 A humanitarian crisis is developing as a raging outbreak of cholera has struck thousands in the troubled African nation of Zimbabwe. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/journey-life-saving-drugs.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/journey-life-saving-drugs.html Global Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:47:00 -0600 The challenge of delivering AIDS drugs in Africa -- the journey of a bottle of pills from an Indian factory to a patient in Ivory Coast. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/china-diabetes-epidemic.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/china-diabetes-epidemic.html Global Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:29:00 -0600 With nearly 40 million diabetics and growing, China faces a raging health epidemic -- the coming impact the disease will have on the country. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/low-cost-diagnostic.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/low-cost-diagnostic.html Global Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:05:00 -0600 Scientists at Harvard University are developing low-cost, portable tools to help health workers in the developing world. http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/sierra-leone-mental-health.html http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/sierra-leone-mental-health.html Global Health Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:18:00 -0600 The challenges of delivering mental health care to the thousands of Sierra Leone adolescents who were forced to fight as soldiers during that country's civil war. 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