Breaking the desease and poverty cycle
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The first effective malaria vaccine promises to save millions of lives. Scientists were jubilant last Thursday when results of the trial involving children between one and four years in southern Mozambique
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New research gives mixed messages about the success of the government's attempt to reduce poverty.
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Public health reforms to be piloted in deprived areas in a bid to tackle high levels of poor health.
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A Bridgewater company is betting the road to success goes through some of the world's poorest countries.
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In the gloomy shade deep in Africa's rain forest, the noontime silence was pierced by the whine of a far-off chain saw. It was the sound of destruction, echoed from wood to wood, continent to continent, in the tropical belt that circles the globe.
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Some habits aren't meant to be broken.
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Across Latin America, supermarket chains have brought unanticipated and daunting challenges to millions of struggling, small farmers.
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Support groups that discuss health  issues during pregnancy and after childbirth can help to reduce  infant and maternal deaths in poor countries, researchers said  on Friday.
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More than 1 billion children suffer from poverty, war, and HIV/AIDS, a new UNICEF report says, indicating that gains in reducing child deaths in
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Helping the "underbanked" pays off. So does diversity.
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By Nisha Sabanayagam; Ranjeetha Pakiam; Minderjeet Kaur; Teresa Yong;  THE tipping point is very close.   Environmentalists warn that once past it, our countrys environmental deterioration will lead to irreversible consequences.  It may already have happened.
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LONDON, Dec 10 (IPS) - Poverty, conflict and HIV/AIDS are the biggest  threats to children's lives in developing countries, says a  new Unicef report.
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Hunger and malnutrition kill more than 5 million children each year and cost developing countries billions of dollars in lost productivity, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) annual hunger report.
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NEW YORK  - A combination of environmental and nutritional programs that target the poor can substantially reduce childhood mortality globally, new research suggests.
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Developing countries are making real gains in promoting reproductive health and womenâs rights, but they are hampered by inadequate support from rich nations and serious problems persist, Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations
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The devastation wrought by nature can be terrible. However, it can be made much worse by humans-by both our activity and inactivity.
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Health efforts in the developing world should not ignore the growing problem of non-communicable conditions such as cancer and obesity and need culturally appropriate, cheap solutions, an expert said on Thursday.