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Drowning Prevention Measures to Keep Kids Safe in Water

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EU action on nutrition in development cooperation

At the Nutrition for Growth, Beating Hunger through Business and Science Event in London on 8 June, European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will also launch three new Country Cooperation Frameworks: in Benin, Malawi and Nigeria. These...

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Poor Sleep May Worsen Heart Woes in Women, Study Finds

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Living on Margins Drives HIV Epidemic in Europe and Central Asia

Social and structural factors – such as poverty, marginalization and stigma – and not just individual behaviours are shaping the HIV epidemic in Europe and central Asia.

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World Bank Group Scales Up Support for Global Nutrition Programs in Response to Stunting Crisis, Food Price Volatility

The World Bank Group projects that it will nearly triple direct financing for maternal and early childhood nutrition programs in developing countries in 2013-14 to $600 million, up from $230 million in 2011-12.

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Secondhand Smoke Causes Longer Hospitalization in Infants with Respiratory Infections

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WHO issues guidance on emerging double threat of childhood obesity and undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries

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PEPFAR budget cuts cause anxiety

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"The world won't end AIDS without PEPFAR."

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4 Billion People Worldwide Have Untreated Cavities: Study

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Ban appeals to philanthropists to help fight five deadly diseases, curb cholera in Haiti

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Infant surrounded by protective malaria bed net in Ghana.

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