8 African nations added to U.S. anti-malaria plan
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President George W. Bush named eight more countries on Thursday to receive U.S. assistance for malaria prevention and treatment in Africa, where the disease kills a million people a year, and asked Europeans to do more to help.
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - Rwanda and Burundi have been accepted as members of the East African Community (EAC), expanding the regional economic bloc to five nations, the EAC said on Thursday.
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The United States said it was to set up a new US regional command to oversee military activities in Africa in a move reflecting US fears that some African nations may be harboring suspected terror groups.
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The government said Tuesday it would donate one billion pounds (1.4 billion euros, two billion dollars) over eight years to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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More poor countries may soon be pumping up their arsenal against malaria with DDT, the pesticide long banned in the United States.
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NEW YORK  - In a new study, researchers  present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in  Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually  originated in southeast Asia.
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An international fund said on Wednesday it had greatly expanded malaria prevention and treatment efforts this year that have helped beat back the disease in pockets of Africa, but much more needs to be done.
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Leaders of Africaâs Great Lakes Region have signed a Dar es Salaam Declaration, a blueprint to haul the troubled region out of multiple and endemic conflicts.
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PRETORIA -- The Bush administration said yesterday it would extend by two months a deadline for other countries to contribute roughly $240 million to the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an amount that is required before the United States releases its full pledge.
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The leaders of the Group of Eight met with African leaders on their summit's concluding day Friday, agreeing on a $60 billion package to fight disease in Africa as diplomats worked behind the scenes on a possible deal with Russia over Kosovo's future.
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The United States is building a partnership with Africa to pull the continent out of poverty, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday as she lent her support to moves to boost U.S.-African trade.
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First Lady Laura Bush started a four-nation Africa tour Monday that is expected to focus on how the U.S. can help fight AIDS on a continent where many countries struggle to even provide basic health care.
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LONDON -- The first affordable combination anti-malarial drug tailored for children will soon be available across Africa, potentially saving millions of lives, the nonprofit organization and the pharmaceuticals giant who worked to develop it said Thursday.
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Many African countries now have more medics working abroad than they do at home, research shows.
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WASHINGTON -- Many African countries have sharply reduced the deaths of young children in recent years, saving hundreds of thousands of lives, according to new data from 46 nations that contradict the perception that the world's poorest continent was making little gain against killer diseases.
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GENEVA - Polio vaccinators set out on camels, boats and on foot Friday to immunize 80 million children under age five in 23 African countries.
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Former President Bill Clinton launched a program on Sunday to make subsidized malaria drugs available in Tanzania in a test scheme that could serve as a blueprint for Africa as a whole.