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Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in AfricaKampala (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed. President George W. Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), launched in 2003, focused largely on treating patients in urgent need of medicine, but the new US administration's programme has shifted away from emergency treatment. "George W. Bush is a hero in this country," said Peter Mugyenyi, who heads U ... read more |
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Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 29, 2010Haiti's desperate earthquake survivors faced a new threat Friday as the United Nations reported a rise in cases of diarrhea, measles and tetanus in squalid tent camps for victims. A vast foreign aid effort is struggling to meet survivors' needs 17 days after the disaster, which killed around 170,000 people and left one million homeless and short of medicine, food and water. "Several medi ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2010Handheld devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and the iPod Touch are prevalent among doctors. However a recent study shows that these devices may be particularly useful for emergency radiologists, who in the near future, may be able to use them for teleconsultation and emergency procedures, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenolog ... more  
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 28, 2010Stunned doctors said a 16-year-old Haitian girl was in a stable condition Thursday after surviving for 15 days buried in the rubble of the country's earthquake - apparently with nothing to eat or drink. "Nature always surprises us," said Claude Fuilla, the head medic with a French civil defense team in Haiti which pulled young Darlene Etienne from a collapsed building in the capital Port-au ... more |
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Medical emergency to last three months in HaitiPort-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 26, 2010 The emergency medical period in Haiti will probably last another three months as many of the wounded will need regular care for some time, a leading US surgeon said Tuesday. The emergency phase will be "probably two to three months," said Chris Jobe, the head of orthopedic surgery at Loma Linda University of southern California. Volunteer doctors have treated thousands of people since the January 12 quake hit the Caribbean nation, many of them with severe crush wounds and broken limbs after they ... read more |
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