Samuel Eto’o brings health promotion messages to West Africa (FIFA -...
(Source: FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association) A FIFA delegation led by FIFA Chief Medical Officer Prof. Jiri Dvorak and supported by Cameroonian superstar Samuel Eto'o has just...
View ArticleBank of America CEO Brian Moynihan to Open Bank of America Merrill Lynch...
(Source: Bank of America Corporation) Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan will welcome attendees to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banking and Financial Services Conference on...
View ArticleStopping Malaria: Affordable New Test Seeks To Reveal Hidden Reservoirs Of...
(Source: GE - General Electric Capital Corporation) In 1980, the world collectively shed not a single tear upon hearing that the scourge of smallpox would likely never take another life. A gargantuan...
View ArticleNew Grant to Support Human Rights in 10 African Countries (UNDP - United...
(Source: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme) Nov 19, 2015 New York - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Fund have signed a US$10.5 million grant to address human...
View ArticleBofA Merrill Unveils New Features on Options Trading Platform (Bank of...
(Source: Bank of America Corporation) Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) today unveiled new advanced features on its global trading and consulting platform, providing buy and sell-side...
View ArticleGeoVax to Commemorate World AIDS Day 2015 (GeoVax Labs Inc)
(Source: GeoVax Labs Inc) World AIDS Day International Theme: 'Getting to Zero'; GeoVax Brings Attention to the United States HIV Epidemic and the Need for a Vaccine On December 1, individuals and...
View ArticleMyBucks and Opportunity International Partner to Drive Financial Inclusion...
CHICAGO and LUXEMBOURG, Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Opportunity, Inc., a next generation microfinance organization that invests philanthropic and social impact capital to spark and scale innovative...
View ArticleNew plan to help end tuberculosis by 2035
Unless there is a complete overhaul of how tuberculosis (TB) is tackled, the world’s biggest infectious killer will claim lives for centuries – despite being preventable and curable. So says the Global...
View Article19/11/2015 UN Millennium Development Goal to reduce malaria burden achieved...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) 19 November 2015 - With roughly six weeks left under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - a set of eight universally-agreed goals adopted...
View ArticleUN Millennium Development Goal to reduce malaria burden achieved (UN - United...
(Source: UN - United Nations) 19 November 2015 - With roughly six weeks left under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - a set of eight universally-agreed goals adopted in 2000 to...
View ArticleUN Millennium Development Goal to reduce malaria burden achieved
Print 19 November 2015 With roughly six weeks left under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – a set of eight universally-agreed goals adopted in 2000 to rid the world of extreme...
View ArticleElton John AIDS Foundation and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation...
(Source: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation) The two-year, U.S. $2 million project is focused on adolescent intensified HIV case-finding in Kenya and Zambia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media...
View ArticleSwaziland makes progress in quest to eliminate malaria
An international health expert says Swaziland could eliminate malaria by the end of 2016 or in early 2017, likely making it...
View ArticleBofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Investors Regaining Risk...
(Source: Merrill Lynch & Co Inc) Investors have regained some appetite for risk with a strong consensus over a U.S. rate rise next month, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for...
View ArticleChancellor George Osborne and Bill Gates to join forces to end malaria (DfID...
(Source: DfID - UK Department for International Development) Chancellor George Osborne and Bill Gates have announced they are to join forces as part of the global effort to end malaria. A new £1...
View ArticleChancellor George Osborne and Bill Gates to join forces to end malaria (HMT -...
(Source: HMT - UK Her Majesty's Treasury) Chancellor George Osborne and Bill Gates have announced they are to join forces as part of the global effort to end malaria. A new £1 billion Ross Fund - named...
View ArticleUK sets up £1bn fund to combat malaria and other infectious diseases
The fund, created in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is part of ‘a fundamental restructuring of Britain’s aid budget’...
View ArticleUNMDG target to reduce malaria burden achieved
Nov 23, NY: With roughly six weeks left under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – a set of eight universally-agreed goals adopted in 2000 to rid the world of extreme poverty and...
View ArticleDouble number of people on HIV meds to 'break' epidemic: UN says
The UN on Tuesday urged countries to "break the AIDS epidemic" by doubling the number of people receiving HIV treatment within the next five years. In a new report, UNAIDS hailed "extraordinary"...
View ArticleHIV treatment programme saves 1.3-million lives
South Africa’s HIV treatment programme has saved 1.3-million lives over the past two decades, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids’ (UNAids) latest Aids report that was...
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