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Contributor [1]
Thursday, February 7, 2002 - 02:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
52 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Scaling Up the Response to Infectious Diseases: A Way Out of Poverty, a new report by WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, the World Bank, UNESCO and UNFPA will be launched at the World Economic Forum. The Report calls for new investment for treating and preventing TB, malaria and HIV/AIDS. By expanding the use of known interventions, TB and malaria deaths can be cut in half and new HIV infections in young people can be reduced by 25% in a decade.

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Food & Health [4]
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