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Emergency Yellow Fever Vaccines Set to Run Out in 2010; Recent Outbreaks in Africa and Latin America Draw 6 Million Doses - from Reuters South Africa, May 26, 2009


Zimbabwe cholera cases to top 100,000 - from the Associated Press, May 26, 2009


New South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to launch an accelerated plan for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in an attempt to reduce the “war-like” infant mortality statistics. - article from The Times, May 25, 2009


“Pregnancy and childbirth kill more than 536,000 women a year, more than half of them in Africa, according to the World Health Organization.” - article from the NYTimes, May 23, 2009


“The U.S. Commitment to Global Health: Recommendations for the Public and Private Sectors”, from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Summary available here - May 20, 2009


Celebrating Relief from Fistula in the Ivory Coast



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