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Red Cross Leader Describes First-Year Triumphs, Challenges
In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Gail McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross, described the challenges of running a nonprofit in the recession but also pointed to success in cutting the organization"s deficit by 75 percent and surpassing its goal of raising 100 million in nine months.
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New HIV Microbicide Developed-- And A Way To Mass Produce It In Plants
In what could be a major pharmaceutical breakthrough, research published online in The FASEB Journal describes how scientists from St George"s, University of London have devised a one-two punch to stop HIV. First the report describes a new protein that can kill the virus when used as a microbicide. Then the report shows how it might be possible to manufacture this protein in quantities large enough to make it affordable for people in developing countries.
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Mozambique's Health Minister Reviews Country's Health Status With Parliament

A nationwide vaccination effort in Mozambique helped to slash the number of reported cases of measles in Mozambique in 2008, Health Minister Ivo Garrido said Wednesday when addressing the country"s parliament, Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique/allAfrica.com reports. Garrido also reported that 2008 marked the year that leprosy "ceased to be a public health problem in Mozambique" and malaria cases and deaths fell while the number of patients receiving antiretrovirals continued to climb - growing "from 6,000 in December 2004 to over 140,000 at the end of May this year." During the same period, the number of doctors in Mozambique also rose 35 percent, allowing what equates to "one doctor for every 23,000 inhabitants," AIM/allAfrica.com writes. In Mozambique, health services are "essentially free of charge" -hospitalizations are free and consultations "cost the equivalent of 20 U.S. cents," according to AIM/allAfrica.com. "This was the case, [Garrido] declared, because the government "believes that health care is a duty of the state, and a fundamental human right"" (AIM/allAfrica.com, 6/3). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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