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UNICEF
Vaccinates Children against Measles in DRC
MaximsNewsGlobalHealth
A
staff member of the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) vaccinates a
child against measles in a refugee camp. North Kivu, Democratic Republic
of the Congo. 10 September 2007. UN
Photo# 165142/Marie Frechon
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The
Launch of MaximsNewsGlobalHealth: 03/08/2008
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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
MaximsNewsGlobalHealth
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 Banks Commitment to Achieving the MDGs 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)
EBRDs
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)
LAMษLIORATION
DE LA VACCINATION DANS LE MONDE CONTRIBUE ภ LA RษALISATION DES OMD: LE
RAPPORT DE SITUATION DE GAVI ALLIANCE INSISTE DUR LES PROGRศS 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 STRATษGIE DE VACCINATION VISE EN PRIORITษ SEPT MALADIES
MORTELLES; LA MษNINGITE ภ PNEUMOCOQUES DE TYPE A, L'ENCษPHALITE JAPONAISE ET
LE CANCER DU COL PARMI LES MALADIES IDENTIFIษES: 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)
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Woman
Waits for Food Supplies (MaximsNewsGlobalHealth)
Woman
waits in line to pick her share of the food supplies at food distribution
centre. The government of Mexico has donated 20 tonnes of food distributed
with the assistance of United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH). Jean Rabel, Haiti. 18 July 2008. UN
Photo# 186150/Logan Abassi
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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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Mothers
Wait with Children to Receive Polio Vaccination (MaximsNewsGlobalHealth)
Mothers
line up with their children to receive polio vaccinations in Salamanca,
Liberia. The third round of the National Immunizations Days for Polio was
launched in Liberia. The campaign aims to immunize 1.2million children
against the deadly decease and Liberia's Health and Social Welfare
Minister Peter Coleman thanked the World Health Organization, UNICEF and
other non-governmental organizations for supporting Liberia's health
sector. 10 November 2005. UN Photo#
120807/Eric Kanalstein
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