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Anti-Malarials Often Ineffective But Historic First Vaccine Could Save 500,000 a Year

It's not just a lack of funding causing millions to die from malaria. Even where provision for anti-malaria medicine exists, too often it's ineffectual . But there is hope with a new vaccine. ActWatch have just released a study of seven African...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2009 11:24 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog
World Pneumonia Day 2009: Join The Fight

Pneumonia is preventable and treatable; so why does a child die from pneumonia every 15 seconds? Today is the first World Pneumonia Day, and Save the Children is taking action to protect children from a disease that takes nearly 2 million lives each year...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2009 6:06 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog
Ecuador Breaking 2,000 Drug Patents, Big Pharma Says No Problem

Ecuador are breaking drug patents left, right, and center, bypassing patents on 2,000 drugs "in order to produce them locally or buy cheaper versions elsewhere." And that's not the most interesting bit: 14 of the world's biggest pharmaceutical...

Published Sun, Nov 01 2009 6:16 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

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