United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted Global Health innovator IntraHealth International to participate as a lead technical partner in a new five-year contract to improve public health needs in the West Bank, Gaza and Ea

PUTRAJAYA: Only one of the six SK Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1) pupils struck by hand, foot and mouth disease remains in hospital. The others have been discharged, with two receiving outpatient treatment, Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said.

No-cost antiretroviral drugs have significantly decreased HIV/AIDS-related deaths in rural areas of Malawi, according to a study recently published in the journal Lancet, Health-e reports. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicin

There are, of course, things we can do to help our children avoid some of those cold and flu bugs. Teaching preventative hygiene, like frequent hand washing and not sharing mouth-touched drinks and foods with friends, can certainly help. Preventative medi

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