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Cholera resurfaces in Haiti, at least 7 reported dead

Oct

Cholera resurfaces in Haiti as gangs imperil water and hospital access Haiti had gone three years without a new cholera case, after an outbreak in 2010 killed more than 10,000 people. Washington Post

At least one person has died of cholera in Haiti, officials said this week, stoking fears of an outbreak as widespread gang control over several parts of the country worsens access to fuel, clean drinking water and medical care.

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AT UN, World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria

Sep

World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria on UN sidelines The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on Wednesday reached $14.25 billion pledged as world leaders seek to fight the killer diseases after progress was knocked off course by the COVID-19 pandemic. Daphne Psaledakis,Steve Holland Reuters

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Canada to contribute C$1.2 bln to fighting AIDS, malaria

Sep

Canada to contribute C$1.2 bln to health fund to fight AIDS, malaria Canada would contribute C$1.21 billion ($898.9 million) to a global health fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and support health services that have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the Canadian government said in a statement on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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Global Fund to get powerful help with $18 billion funding goal

Sep

Global Fund gets powerful help with $18 billion funding goal NEW YORK (AP) — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will get some high-powered help this week to reach its $18 billion goal to fund another three years to slow the spread of these diseases. AP NEWS

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New anti-malaria vaccine shows promising results

Sep

Oxford malaria vaccine data bodes well for effort to combat deadly disease Encouraging new data on a malaria vaccine from Oxford University bodes well for global effort to combat the mosquito-borne disease that kills a child every minute, its makers said on Wednesday. Natalie Grover Reuters

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Pfizer isn’t sharing Covid vaccines with researchers for next-gen studies; Donates Paxlovid to poorer countries i

Sep

Pfizer isn’t sharing Covid vaccines with researchers for next-gen studies Researchers studying next-gen vaccines to fight an evolving Covid threat are running into problems getting existing vaccines to use in their research. Rachel Cohrs STAT

WASHINGTON — Researchers studying next-generation vaccines to fight an evolving Covid-19 threat are running into problems getting existing vaccines to use in their research.

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