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Millions of people, most of them children, die each year in developing countries from diseases that are preventable and treatable. Poverty contributes to ill-health because it forces people to live without decent shelter, clean water or adequate sanitation -- environments that make them sick. But health problems not only exist in developing countries – disease transcends borders and health issues affect people globally.

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First HIV/TB Global Leaders Forum

A Global Leaders Forum against HIV and TB was held at UN Headquarters in New York on 9 June 2008. The organizers plan to drew attention to the urgent need for collaboration to reduce the number of people living with HIV, but dying of TB.
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Educational Resources


Real People, Real Stories

A new threat: drug-resistant TB

Living with diabetes: the daily trauma

Poverty and obesity: a new epidemic

Buy a bednet, save a family

Living with Autism: Alex's Story

Time to Get Tough on Malaria


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