World health ministers discuss forgotten diseases, ignored ...
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MEXICO CITY -- International experts kicked off the first worldwide health research summit Tuesday in a desperate bid to focus attention on the so-called forgotten diseases -- illnesses of the poor that account for half the world&#39;s deaths.
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On Monday, the First Ministers will gather to discuss some of the major health-care issues and what they can agree to do about them.
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A watchdog says ministers have failed to make the case for spreading government jobs around the country.
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While hospitals, clinics and nursing homes have been surveyed to determine the amount of flu vaccine they need, private doctors say they have felt ignored.
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BRUSSELS, Jun 22 (IPS) - Increases in development aid will not be sufficient  to reach the United Nations targets on improving health in poor  countries, a new European Parliament report has warned.
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[Presenter] There has been a long-awaited news conference: 25 minutes of talking with journalists and not a word about the illness.
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Â· Medical experts initially failed to tell of affiliationsÂ· MPs told only after explicit request for information
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The Bush administration was accused of ignoring the health problems that arose among workers who toiled at ground zero and the claims of downtown residents who say they were also sickened by the dust.
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The world is likely to fail to meet the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals related to health, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday at a global forum on health research for poor nations.
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The World Health Organization meeting is being held in response to recent reports of deadly strains of tuberculosis.
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Indonesia will resume sharing bird flu samples with the World Health Organization (WHO), but under a new mechanism aimed at ensuring developing nations get access to vaccines, the health minister and the WHO said on Friday.
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Doctors trying to treat HIV-infected  newborns in sub-Saharan Africa are being held back by  over-priced treatments, an absence of diagnostic tools, and a  general lack of focus from policymakers and international  organizations, Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Tuesday.
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India's health minister calls a meeting of health officials from eight states which have registered new polio cases.
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THE worldâs leading finance officials and ministers yesterday failed to reach agreement on debt relief for the poorest nations. Wrapping up a weekend of IMF and World Bank talks in Washington, no agreement appeared to have been secured.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Developed countries are failing to live up to their  commitments to fund sexual and reproductive health care leaving  poorer countries to pick up the bill, says a new UN report  released Wednesday.
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The World Health Organization still lacks half the funds it needs to help countries fight bird flu as more human cases are expected in the coming months, the acting director-general said Tuesday.
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European health ministers rally in Lithuania to bolster the fight against a 'silent plague' of  HIV/Aids.