UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / August 2008 -- MaximsNewsGlobalHealth is being launched this month to publish news on such Global Health issues as hunger, HIV/AIDS, childhood mortality, maternal health, environmental health, malaria and other diseases. 

MaximsNewsGlobalHealth is publishing news from the U.N., its agencies and important development organizations and presenting it within the context of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 

"MaximsNewsGlobalHealth aims to be one of the leading online sources of international news in Global Health," said Dr. Max Stamper, publisher of MaximsNews Network, News Network for the United Nations and the International Community.  

"Its sister publication MaximsNewsWATER, was launched last year and quickly became a leading source of global news in the field of water and sanitation," said Dr. Stamper.

MaximsNewsGlobalHealth will present news within the context of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a blueprint agreed to by all the countries and many leading development institutions.

These include: the Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Hunger, the Achievement of Universal Primary Education, the Promotion of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, a Reduction of Child Mortality, the Improvement of Maternal Health, the Combating of HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases, the Ensuring of Environmental Sustainability and the Development of a Global Partnership for Development.

This month MaximsNewsGlobalHealth presents news from the United Nations and various agencies such as WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, WFP, UNFPA, OCHA, UNAIDS, UNITAID, UNECLAC, UNODC, and the UN Influenza Coordinator.

MaximsNewsGlobalHealth also presents news from the GAVI Alliance, the Global Fund, the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, OECD, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Chatham House, International Red Cross, the United Nations Foundation and the World Economic Forum.

MaximsNews is now developing Media Partnerships with leading institutions to promote and feature their work in these fields.

UNAIDS Executive Director Addresses AIDS Conference Opening (MaximsNewsGlobalHealth)

Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, addresses the opening of the seventeenth international conference on AIDS, with a focus on the universal action now. Mexico City, Mexico. 03 August 2008. UN Photo# 189159/Evan Schneider

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••• GAVI ALLIANCE, UNAIDS, GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TB & MALARIA AND UNICEF: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH AND REDUCTION OF MALARIA & HIV/AIDS DEATHS IN POOREST NATIONS: 23/09/2008 (MaximsNewsNetwork) 

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW ASIA-FOCUSED WATER INITIATIVE - WATERLINKS, by KATHY SHANDLING: 22/09/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• JANE ROBERTS: MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS & 34 MILLION FRIENDS OF UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA): 20/09/2008 (MaximsNewsNetwork) 

AUTHORITIES ARE EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE 'CRITICAL CONDITION' OF LATIN AMERICA WATER RESOURCES: 15/09/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THE INTERNATIONAL WATER ASSOCIATION CALLS ON POLITICAL AND CIVIC LEADERS TO ACT AND INVEST FOR SANITATION: 14/09/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION & VODAFONE TO EXPAND MOBILE HEALTH IN AFRICA: 10/09/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GAVI ALLIANCE & WHO: 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE SUCCESSFULLY VACCINATED IN ABIDJAN, COTE d'IVOIRE FOLLOWING YELLOW FEVER OUTBREAK: 09/09/2008 MaximsNewsNetwork

••• AFRICAN HEALTH MINISTERS TO INTRODUCE NEW VACCINE TO PREVENT DEADLY MENINGITIS EPIDEMIC: 05/09/2008 (MaximsNewsNetwork) 

••• BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR BOLD AND INNOVATIVE GLOBAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS: 04/09/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GAVI ALLIANCE SHARES LESSONS LEARNED ON MAKING AID EFFECTIVE WITH ACCRA AUDIENCE: 03/09/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNICEF: TRAPPED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN TRAFFICKED IN SOUTH ASIA NEED THE LAW ON THEIR SIDE: 03/09/2008  (MaximsNews Network)

GREATER EFFORTS NEEDED TO PROVIDE SAFE WATER FOR MORE THAN 1 BILLION PEOPLE SAYS BAN: 01/09/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

IFC CEO SAYS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS CAN AVERT WATER CRISIS: LARS THUNELL'S FULL SPEECH AT STOCKHOLM WORLD WATER WEEK: 28/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

WATER AND SANITATION LOOMS BEHIND FOOD, ENERGY AND CLIMATE CRISIS, CONCLUDES WORLD WATER WEEK: 24/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• Amb. RICHARD HOLBROOKE AND LAURIE GARRETT: GLOBAL HEALTH RISKS AND "VIRAL SOVEREIGNTY": 18/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THE PRINCE OF JORDAN TO SPEAK AT UPCOMING WATER CONFERENCE, by KATHY SHANDLING: 16/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

The African Development Bank Join Forces with the Government of Mali for a Water and Sanitation Program, by KATHY SHANDLING:        07/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

African Development Bank’s Commitment to Achieving the MDG’s for Water and Sanitation , by KATHY SHANDLING: 07/08/2008 (MaximsNews    Network)

New Asia-Pacific Network Launched, by KATHY SHANDLING: 07/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

EBRD’s first syndicated loan in Mongolia, by KATHY SHANDLING: 07/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

The Middle East to hold “Arab Environment 2008” Conference, by KATHY SHANDLING: 07/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

New Water Academy Launched in the Middle East, by KATHY SHANDLING: 07/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• UNFPA: GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN FACE DOUBLE VULNERABILITY, AND DOUBLE EFFORTS NEEDED TO PROTECT THEM: 07/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WHO LAUNCHES NEW HIV/AIDS GUIDE TO HELP COUNTRIES REACH UNIVERSAL ACCESS: 05/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNFPA: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, BOTH CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE OF HIV AND AIDS: 05/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNFPA: EDUCATION: A 'SOCIAL VACCINE' TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HIV: 05/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNFPA: WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IS KEY TO PREVENTING HIV: 05/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• NEW UN SCHEME SEEKS TO BOOST RESPONSE OF NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS TO HIV/AIDS: 05/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• BAN URGES END TO PREJUDICE AGAINST PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS: 05/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GROWING RICH-POOR DIVIDE THREATENS CHILD HEALTH IN ASIA-PACIFIC, FINDS UN REPORT: 05/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GAVI ALLIANCE: FIRST SHOT OF PENTAVALENT VACCINE FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS: SUPPORT FROM THE GAVI ALLIANCE ENABLES INTRODUCTION OF VACCINE AGAINST DEADLY HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (OR HIB) AND FOUR OTHER DISEASES: 02/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNFPA: IFRC AND UNFPA EXTEND COLLABORATION IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES: SIGN LETTER OF COOPERATION ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, GENDER, POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT: 02/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION: EXPERTS ASSEMBLE TO TACKLE GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY: CONFERENCE ENGAGES PRIVATE SECTOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS IN DEVELOPING VISION FOR IMPROVED HEALTHCARE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: 02/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNITAID, UNICEF AND WHO ANNOUNCE MASSIVE SCALE-UP IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV IN MOTHERS AND CHILDREN: 01/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• THE SURVEYOR'S DILEMMA AND OTHER ARTICLES IN THE AUGUST ISSUE OF THE WHO BULLETIN: 01/08/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: MEDIA ADVISORY: WHO AT THE XVII INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE, MEXICO CITY, 3-8 AUGUST 2008: 31/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO MEET IN HONG KONG ON EDUCATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, PUBLIC HEALTH: 2-3 DECEMBER 2008: 31/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA: US$ 21 MILLION APPROVED FOR REGIONAL MALARIA PROGRAM IN THE PACIFIC: GLOBAL FUND DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VISITS FIJI: 30/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA: GLOBAL FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VISITS PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 30/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA: G8 LEADERS REITERATE SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSAL HIV/AIDS TREATMENT: 30/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA: THE GLOBAL FUND LAUNCHES ADDITIONAL FUNDING ROUND IN 2008: 30/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WELCOMES NEW RESOURCES TO FIGHT TOBACCO USE: 30/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: 2.5 BILLION LIVE WITH POOR SANITATION FACILITIES: 30/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GLOBAL BUSINESS COALITION: AMID INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR BUSINESS HELP IN FIGHTING PANDEMICS, GLOBAL HONORS POINT WAY FORWARD: 30/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GLOBAL BUSINESS COALITION: PACKAGE OF BUSINESS ACTIONS TO CHANGE THE COMPLEXION OF THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, TB, AND MALARIA: 30/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GAVI ALLIANCE COMMITS FURTHER SUPPORT FOR VACCINES AGAINST PNEUMONIA AND MENINGITIS: GAVI ALLIANCE BOARD CONFIRMS ITS INTENT TO PROVIDE US$ 1.3 BILLION FOR THE PURCHASE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES: 25/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION: MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AND BILL GATES JOIN TO COMBAT GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC: BLOOMBERG AND GATES COMMIT $500 MILLION AND CALL ON GOVERNMENTS TO IMPLEMENT PROVEN INTERVENTION TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE, SAVE LIVES: 24/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GAVI ALLIANCE: SUCCESS IN GLOBAL IMMUNISATION BOOSTS PROGRESS TOWARDS MDGS: GAVI ALLIANCE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS MAJOR ADVANCEMENTS TO SAVE LIVES IN WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES: 22/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• L’AMÉLIORATION DE LA VACCINATION DANS LE MONDE CONTRIBUE À LA RÉALISATION DES OMD: LE RAPPORT DE SITUATION DE GAVI ALLIANCE INSISTE DUR LES PROGRÈS MAJEURS QUI ON PERMIS DE SAUVERDES MILLIERS DE VIES DANS LES PAYS LES PLUS PAUVRES: 22/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GAVI ALLIANCE: NEW VACCINE STRATEGY PRIORITISES DEADLY DISEASES; MENINGOCOCCAL JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS AND CERVICAL CANCER AMONG THOSE IDENTIFIED: 18/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GAVI ALLIANCE: LA NOUVELLE STRATÉGIE DE VACCINATION VISE EN PRIORITÉ SEPT MALADIES MORTELLES; LA MÉNINGITE À PNEUMOCOQUES DE TYPE A, L'ENCÉPHALITE JAPONAISE ET LE CANCER DU COL PARMI LES MALADIES IDENTIFIÉES: 18/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: ICGEB RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND BIOSAFETY SYSTEMS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA:   06/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNFPA: G8 MUST FACTOR IN POPULATION AND FAMILY PLANNING: 05/07/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GAVI ALLIANCE: ALLIANCE REPORTS PROMISING UPWARD TREND IN IMMUNISING CHILDREN IN POOREST NATIONS: 20/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• RISING IMMUNIZATION RATES HELPING POOR COUNTRIES, UN-BACKED ALLIANCE REPORTS: 20/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRESH OUTBREAK OF POLIO EMERGES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA - UN HEALTH AGENCY: 20/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNICEF REPORTS RISING TREND OF VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN IN STRIFE-TORN COUNTRIES: 20/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRESH OUTBREAK OF POLIO EMERGES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA - UN HEALTH AGENCY: 20/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• AGRICULTURE HAS VITAL ROLE IN ENSURING AFRICA'S FOOD SECURITY, SAYS UN OFFICIAL: 19/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FOOD SHORTAGES PUT MILLIONS OF ZIMBABWEANS AT RISK OF HUNGER: 18/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• COCA CULTIVATION IN ANDEAN COUNTRIES ON THE RISE, UN SURVEY SHOWS: 18/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• AVIAN INFLUENZA: SITUATION IMPROVING BUT THREAT REMAINS, UN EXPERT SAYS: 17/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNICEF BEGINS NEW PHASE OF CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE MALNUTRITION IN TOGO: 16/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: ASIA NEEDS STRONG VOICE FOR GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD, ENERGY, AND FINANCE SAY LEADERS AT OPENING OF WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ON EAST ASIA: 16/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CHATHAM HOUSE: WHAT THE UN SUMMIT ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY NEEDS TO ACHIEVE: 16/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CHATHAM HOUSE: NEW PAPER OUTLINES FOUR SCENARIOS FOR FUTURE OF FOOD SUPPLY: 16/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNICEF BEGINS NEW PHASE OF CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE MALNUTRITION IN TOGO: 16/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN FOOD AGENCY LAUNCHES FOUR-YEAR PLAN FOR GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: 13/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• COMMITMENTS ON HIV/AIDS MUST BE MATCHED BY ACTIONS - ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT: 13/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN DISTRIBUTES SEEDS IN MAURITANIA AS PART OF INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: 13/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN AGENCIES DRASTICALLY REVISE APPEAL AS ETHIOPIAN DROUGHT INTENSIFIES: 13/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN FOOD AGENCY APPEALS FOR NAVAL ESCORTS FOR SHIPMENTS TO SOMALIA: 12/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• NEW GRANT WILL HELP 17 AFRICAN COUNTRIES TRACK FOOD SUPPLIES - UN: 11/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN NATIONS MUST TACKLE EFFECT OF FOOD CRISIS ON POOR - UN: 11/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN SAYS GLOBAL FOOD AID DELIVERIES REACH LOWEST LEVEL IN ALMOST 50 YEARS: 10/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• SOME AFRICAN CULTURAL TRADITIONS INFLUENCE SPREAD OF AIDS - UN REPORT: 09/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN ANNOUNCES INCREASED FUNDING FOR FOOD CRISIS AT ROME SUMMIT: 09/06/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FOOD CRISIS EXPECTED TO WORSEN AS PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE, BY CAROLINE PATTON: 29/05/2008

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