Tuberculosis and Malaria

WHO Celebrates Major Progress in Fighting Malaria

By Jim Lobe
Enhanced efforts to fight malaria have saved an estimated 3.3 million lives and nearly halved the disease's global mortality rate since 2000, according to the latest edition of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) annual "World Malaria Report", released Wednesday.

Health Gaps Between Most Countries Could Close by 2035

By Jim Lobe
The gap in health standards between the world’s poorest countries and the more advanced middle-income nations could close by the year 2035, according to a major new report published Tuesday by Britain’s The Lancet medical journal.


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