World Bank boosts malaria fight
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The World Bank announces $180m in funds to help Africa fight malaria ahead of a US summit on the disease.
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Improving the environment and establishing more connections with civil society and the business sector have become increasingly important to the World Bank during the past 10 years, according to the bank&#39;s president, James Wolfensohn.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany -- The world's leading industrialized nations yesterday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, mainly in Africa, but human rights groups termed it an insufficient commitment and part of a pattern of unfulfilled promises.
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A transport system used by the malaria parasite to infect blood cells could be a target for new treatments, scientists hope.
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The World Bank has approved a $13 million grant to help combat the threat of the deadly bird flu in the West Bank and Gaza, the development institution announced Friday. The money will be used to help minimize any threats of the bird flu posed to people from the area's domestic poultry industry, it said.
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The World Bank, aligned with other global financial institutions dominated by rich nations that promote free trade, is advising poor nations that have already signed agreements to open up for more trade on &quot;all fronts.
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Researchers say targeting a protein may overcome the malaria parasite's increasing resistance to drugs.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) called on here Tuesday African governments to provide more resources and show political commitment in the fight against maternal and neonatal mortality.
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The Manhica Health Research Centre in Mozambique has high hopes that a new malaria vaccine could save many lives in future. This comes after the centre, one of the smaller health research centres in the world
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Scientists are one step closer to a vaccine against one of the world&#39;s most devastating diseases. Malaria causes more than 300 million cases of illness and claims at least a million lives every year.
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A major UN report on world poverty calls for a huge increase in development aid to the poorest countries.
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LONDON, Nov 17 (IPS) - Malaria is billed as top priority in a new health   initiative being launched in Africa this week.
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African leaders call for more funds to fight the world's deadliest diseases - Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.
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The worldâs most promising malaria vaccine has been shown to work in infants less than a year old, the most vulnerable group.
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World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick said yesterday that he is optimistic that a push to raise money for a fund that grants billions of dollars to Africa will be successful because of early feedback from donor countries.
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The World Health Organization launched a new global effort on Monday to find a vaccine against malaria, which infects up to 500 million people each year, and the donors to pay for it.
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International organisation and countries are poring in relief and over $500 million have already been pledged. This includes $250 million for tsunami relief offered by the World Bank on Thursday.