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26 September 2018 World leaders meeting today at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly have committed to ensure that 40 million people with tuberculosis (TB) receive the care they need by end 2022. They also agreed to provide 30 million people with preventive treatment to protect them from developing TB. “Today is a landmark in …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 3 August 2017 – Six years after the first Africa Regional Dialogue on HIV and the Law and five years since the report of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law was released, over 140 advocates are gathering this week in Johannesburg, South Africa, to take stock of progress on the …
6 JUNE 2017 | GENEVA – New advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances is among the additions to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Model List of Essential Medicines for 2017. Other additions include medicines for HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and leukaemia. The updated …
The first recorded instance of people travelling to obtain medical treatment dates back thousands of years and refers to Greek pilgrims travelling from all over the Mediterranean to the small territory in the Saronic Gulf called Epidauria. This territory was the sanctuary of Asklepios – the Greek God of medicine . Asclepius represented the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters being Hygieia (“Hygiene”, the goddess/personification of …