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‘Dramatic’ Fall In HIV/AIDS Deaths

According to a press release by UNAIDS, HIV-related death rates fell from 2.3 million during its peak in 2005 to 1.6 million last year, with the number of new infections falling by a third since 2001 to 2.3 million. Furth...
by Josie Poulter
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Making Way For Mary Jane

CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is confident in the value of medical marijuana. A previous opponent of the drug’s legalization, Gupta has had a change of heart. “We have been terribly and systematically misled for nea...
by Bre Cruickshank
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WATCH: One Step Closer to a Cure for Cancer?

At age 5, Emma Whitehead was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Two years ago it looked like the disease would kill her; she had relapsed twice after chemotherapy and all conventional treatments had failed. This extr...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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WATCH: The Worst Case Scenario & Tips For Prevention For Viral Pandemics

Bird Flu, Swine Flu, SARS: ever wondered how they work, what dangers they face, or what can be done to prevent them? This short, funny and stylish film by public information group TakePart outlines the worst-case scenario for a...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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WATCH: Global Sanitation – Let’s Talk Crap

In this TED talk, British journalist and author Rose George discusses – with enjoyable and necessary humour – diarrhoea and global sanitation. She offers some sobering statistics: 2.5 billion people – 40% of the world’s...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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From Littering to Spitting: Sanitary Problems in India’s Public Spaces

Lack of hygiene in India’s public space is not a new occurrence. It has stayed in the country for many generations and continues to grow to this day, without people realizing that keeping their environment clean is a societ...
by Urban Times
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COP18: Climate change and Africa’s health

For health anywhere to be sustained, people need clean air, safe water, adequate food, tolerable temperature, stable climate, and high levels of biodiversity. Climate change is envisaged to alter all these requirements of a hea...
by Daniel Wasonga
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