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Health and aids

three of the eight MDGs are health related.

Current issues

The Norwegian response to the global health workforce crisis [13.03.2009] Achieving a coherent health workforce policy at home and abroad is necessary to combat the appalling shortage of health personnel globally. Last year the Norwegian government commissioned two workgroups to work on the issue and their reports are now in.

New vaccines can save two million children each year [13.03.2009] New vaccines are about to be introduced through GAVI. It offers an opportunity to deliver comprehensive prevention and treatment packages for diarrhea and pneumococcal disease, two of the leading causes of deaths in children under five years.

$30 billion needed to save 10 million women and children’s lives [13.03.2009] More mothers and children will die of preventable diseases this year than in 2008 as the financial crisis derails improvements that poorer countries are making in their healthcare systems.

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