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Spain resumes the fight against the three epidemics after eight years

Source: elpais.com On Tuesday at the UN, Pedro SƔnchez announced Spain will contribute 100 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF) Spain managed to become the fifth global donor in the fight against the three large epidemics that strike...

Brazilian Health Minister Dr. Luiz Henrique Mandetta New Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Board

Source: stoptb.org 10 September 2019, Geneva, Switzerland ā€“ The Stop TB Partnership Board has appointed Dr. Luiz Henrique Mandetta, Minister of Health of Brazil, as new Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Board to serve for a three-year period...

New data calls for greater focus on innovation to eradicate malaria

Source: unitaid.org Geneva – Unitaid welcomes new findings by the World Health Organization (WHO) and The Lancet that cite innovation, research and development as indispensable factors in eradicating malaria. The findings, shared this week at a WHO...

Jamaica tops Caribbean countries for human rights violation, Guyana comes second

Source: Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica has recorded the most incidents of human rights violation when compared to its Caribbean neighbours. According to the regional civil society-led human rights reporting mechanism, the Shared Incident Database (SID), of the 1,413 reports...