World &#39;short of health workers&#39;
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An extra four million health workers are needed if global health is going to improve over the next decade, a group of 100 health leaders says.
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Nearly half of District residents, many with chronic diseases, live in areas with a critical shortage of doctors to provide basic care.
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While spending on health has tripled over the last 20 years, poor countries are not reaping the benefits, experts warn. BY MICHAEL O BOYLE/The Herald Mexico.
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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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In its annual State of the World&#39;s Children report, UNICEF says half of the world&#39;s population of children suffer from poverty, violence or AIDS.
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The World Health Organization&#39;s 3 by 5 Initiative goal of treating three million HIV-positive people with antiretroviral drugs by 2005 &quot;probably will not&quot; be met, WHO Director-General Jong-Wook Lee said in an interview last week, the CP/Canada.
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Not enough resources are being allocated to deal with the rise in sex infections  a specialist says.
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One of the biggest reasons that very poor countries can&#39;t provide decent education and health care is that they are stuck in a cycle of debt owed to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and regional development banks, much of it dating to the
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War, poverty and diseases such as AIDS are adding to mental health problems in poorer countries, which are generally ill-equipped to respond to depression, schizophrenia and other such ailments, according to health officials.
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Many African countries now have more medics working abroad than they do at home, research shows.
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MEXICO CITY - Many countries can&#39;t say how many of their citizens die every year or what kills them, undermining efforts to combat disease and deliver necessary medications to the sickest and poorest corners of the globe, a top health official said
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One billion people in tropical countries are still suffering from debilitating and disfiguring diseases associated with poverty, but many remain untreated due to official neglect, health officials said on Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 11 (IPS) - Many developing countries are failing to decrease  the number of deaths in line with the Millennium Development  Goals, says a new World Bank report.
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A global effort to fight poverty with better population management that UN officials once hoped could &quot;change the world&quot; has made limited progress after one decade, a new UN study said yesterday.
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Health centers staffed by trained   midwives are the key to reducing maternal deaths in poor   countries where more than half a million women die each year   giving birth.
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Economic growth does not always lead to better health or lower child mortality, new research suggests.
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LONDON -- Wealthy countries are falling billions of dollars short of their promises to help fund reproductive health care and efforts to improve the status of women around the world, the United Nations said yesterday.