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Scientists see new hope in fight against HIV and TB
Special issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases examines new scientific advances to curb HIV, TB epidemics; call for new policy advances to create breakthroughs WASHINGTON, DC (20 May 2010)—As US policymakers consider scaling back on its historic initiative to fight AIDS … Continue reading
Posted in HIV/Aids, TB
Tagged aids around the world, aids care, anthony s fauci, antiretroviral agents, clinical infectious diseases, columbia university, drug resistant tb, el sadr, exposure prophylaxis, hiv aids, hiv infection, hiv prevention approaches, mailman school of public health, national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, physician scientists, prevention strategies, promising advances, school of public health, tb drugs, wafaa
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Infectious diseases caused two-thirds of the nearly 9 million child deaths globally in 2008
Preventable infectious diseases cause two-thirds of child deaths, according to a new study published today by The Lancet. Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF’s Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) assessed data from 193 countries to produce … Continue reading
Posted in Infectious disease
Tagged birth complications, bloomberg school of public health, causes of death, child deaths, child health epidemiology, global efforts, impact malaria, infectious diseases, johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health, last decade, less than five years, millennium development, newborn deaths, preventable causes, public health organizations, reference group, regional estimates, s child, school of public health, world health organization
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Vaccines preventing pneumococcal disease protect African children with sickle-cell disease
New study reinforces urgent need for life-saving vaccines in Africa WASHINGTON, DC – A new study released this week in The Lancet Infectious Diseases finds that African children who contract pneumococcus – a bacterial infection that causes pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis … Continue reading
Tagged abnormal hemoglobin, bacterial illness, bacterial infection, blood disorder, blood protein, childhood death, conjugate vaccines, death data, democratic republic of the congo, disease burden, dr keith, foege, infectious diseases, invasive pneumococcal disease, klugman, lancet infectious diseases, red blood cells, republic of the congo, rollins school of public health, school of public health
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In developing countries, shorter maternal height associated with higher death rates for children
Among 54 low- to middle-income countries, a mother’s shorter height is associated with a higher rate of death for her children and a greater likelihood of these children being underweight and having a reduced rate of growth, according to a … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 million, child mortality, emre, harvard school of public health, health surveys, height category, infancy and early childhood, likelihood, maternal stature, middle income countries, mortality data, mortality risk, niger, offspring, policy significance, prevalence, response rate, school of public health, study population, subramanian, women
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First steps taken toward the development of a malaria transmission-blocking vaccine
PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative announces collaboration with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Sabin Vaccine Institute BETHESDA, MD, January 15, 2010 — The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) today announced a new collaboration to initiate development toward a … Continue reading
Posted in Malaria
Tagged aspirational goal, bethesda md, bloomberg school of public health, exciting research, jhsph, johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health, malaria infection, malaria parasite, malaria research, malaria vaccine initiative, mosquito transmission, mvi, nobel laureate, novel vaccines, peter agre, sabin vaccine institute, school of public health, transmission cycle, transmission of malaria, vaccine approach
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Study suggests why circumcised men are less likely to become infected with HIV
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Jan. 5, 2010 — Circumcision, which substantially lowers HIV risk in men, also dramatically changes the bacterial communities of the penis, according to a study led by scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Johns … Continue reading
Posted in HIV/Aids
Tagged bacterial communities, bacterial diversity, bloomberg school of public health, epidemiological studies, harmful bacteria, health ramifications, hiv acquisition, HIV risk, johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health, johns hopkins university, male circumcision, male reproductive organ, molecular assessment, national institutes of health, phoenix ariz, plos one, preventative strategies, school of public health, tgen, translational genomics research institute
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AIDS research reveals a lack of family-planning programs in Uganda
University of Alberta graduate student Jennifer Heys wants to make her message clear: there needs to be more education in Ugandan communities about contraception. Heys’ research, on HIV-positive individuals and their desire to bear more children, was read by experts … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, HIV/Aids
Tagged condoms, contraception, depo provera, dual protection, family planning, graduate student, having children, heys, hiv positive, hiv transmission, interview subjects, lack of education, lack of knowledge, method of contraception, misconceptions, oral contraceptives, provera, school of public health, university of alberta, urban communities
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