2005 Nutrition, Health and Population

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Global polio largely fading. The 17-year effort to eradicate polio from the world appears to be back on track after nearly unraveling in the past three years.  David Brown  Washington Post December 26, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Global number of people living with HIV continues to rise, though HIV infection rates decreasing in several countries   UNAIDS   November 21, 2005

Avian flu virus growing similar to lethal 'Spanish Flu' virus of 1918 that killed 10s of millions throughout the world  David Brown  Washington Post October 6, 2005  (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) World not set to deal with flu: strategy for pandemic needed, experts say  David Brown  Washington Post July  31, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Photo: BBC: At the Vasavya Mahila Mandali home for vulnerable  women and children in the city of Vijayavada in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, 23-year-old Nagmani clutches her five-year-old daughter in her lap. Neither smiles. The doctors say both of them are traumatized after their in-laws threw them out of their house after Nagmani's husband died of AIDS.

Virginity becomes a commodity In Uganda's war against AIDS  Emily Wax  Washington Post October 9, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Indian women face peril of HIV  Madeleine Morris
BBC News, Andhra Pradesh September 21, 2005 (You will leave this site.)

Health assistance not reaching the poor, World Bank study says  CNN September 15, 2005 (You will leave this site.)

Thailand has announced it will offer anti-retroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS to all 500,000 infected Thais, at virtually no cost to the patient  Tony Cheng  BBC News  July 15, 2005 (You will leave this site.)

Botswana's gains against AIDS put U.S. claims to test  Craig Timberg  Washington Post July 1, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Developing country access to HIV treatment continues to increase, but goal of three million in treatment this year will not be met, WHO and UNAIDS say  WHO June 29, 2005

Social network's healing power is borne out in poorer nations  Shankar Vedantam Washington Post June 27, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

n Africa, Lifting the Pall of Smoke From Cooking  Susan P. Williams   Washington Post May 23, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

U.S. Backs Off Stipulation on AIDS Funds:Plan Had Called for Overseas Groups to Publicly Denounce Sex Trafficking  David Brown  Washington Post May 18, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

"Too Soon" To Say If an International Initiative To Combat Malaria Has Had an Impact, Its Leaders Say  BBC News May 3, 2005 (You will leave this site.)

U.S. AIDS Policy: More Harm Than Good, Says Brazil  Sandy Krawitz May 3, 2005

Gates Foundation (Microsoft) Gives $750 Million to Vaccinate Children in Poor Countries  BBC News January 25, 2005 (You will leave this site.)

Foreign Drugs Approved for U.S. Global Anti-AIDS Program: Many More Will Be Helped, Major Dispute Resolved Shankar Vedantam Washington Post January 26, 2005 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

No Drop in World Hunger Deaths: A Child Still Dies of Hunger Every Five Seconds BBC News December 8, 2004

Childhood is a Brutal Experience for Half of World's Children, UNICEF Says: Crucial Years Destroyed by Poverty, Conflict, and AIDS UNICEF December 11, 2004 

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