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Opinions and Analysis
Surgery is cheap and effective, but donors neglect it
Doruk Ozgediz and Robert Riviello make the case for devoting more resources to easily treated surgical conditions in Africa.
10 June 2008
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Source: PLoS Medicine
Vaccine success signals rethink in pneumonia care
Successful vaccination against the main causes of pneumonia will complicate care of remaining cases, say J. Anthony G. Scott and Mike English.
Uphill struggle against tuberculosis
17 March 2008
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中文
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
News and Features
'Wide health gap' among Mexico regions
The southern states of Mexico have the highest mortality rates and 'poverty diseases', says a WHO study.
20 June 2008
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Clinical signs a 'reliable measure' of HIV treatment progress
Clinical examination can provide as reliable a guide to patient progress in HIV treatment as laboratory testing, a study finds.
Uganda 'close to stamping out Hib meningitis'
25 March 2008
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