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28 May 2008

Japan pledges $560 million to the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Japan on Friday announced that it had pledged $560 million to the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, AFP/Google.com reports.

25 May 2008

Elderly sick with worry about money

According to a new annual report from the UK, poverty and loneliness are endemic among pensioners and 1 in every 4 are so worried about the future that it is making them ill.

21 May 2008

Black patients face higher death rates in early stages of kidney disease

Black patients are more likely to die in the early stages of chronic kidney disease than whites, according to a new study by a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) researcher and his team that will be published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

19 May 2008

More than 10,000 beneficiaries enrolled in Oklahoma insurance premium assistance program

Enrollment in the Oklahoma Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance Coverage, the state's health insurance premium assistance program, has exceeded 10,000 beneficiaries for the first time in the program's three-year history, the Oklahoman reports.

19 May 2008

Separation from parents linked with learning trouble in kids

In the wake of divorce, illness, violence and other problems that can unsettle homes, countless young children are liable to experience temporary separations from one or both parents before packing their knapsack for kindergarten. Published in the May/June issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics, a new, community-wide study from Rochester, New York, warns that such kids are at increased risk for learning difficulties and that these separations are good predictors of which children may require special educational interventions to succeed.

18 May 2008

Productivity surge boosts growth and living standards in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Big gains in the productivity of workers in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union during the past decade have helped boost growth and living standards, but more must be done to eliminate red tape and barriers to enable firms to become more productive in a rapidly globalizing world, says a new World Bank report.

14 May 2008

Indiana receives CMS approval to expand SCHIP

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Mitch Roob on Friday announced that CMS has approved an expansion of Hoosier Healthwise, the state's version of SCHIP, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports.

13 May 2008

Pediatric society leaders, health policy experts consider sisparities in children's health as top priority for political candidates

Top policy and research experts and leaders of seven pediatric societies last week convened in Hawaii at a public symposium about health care and poverty issues facing U.S. children and adolescents as part of an effort to make the issues a top priority for national and state election candidates this year, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports.

13 May 2008

HIV/AIDS hindering Mozambique's efforts to reduce poverty, E.U. delegate says

HIV/AIDS is hindering Mozambique's efforts to alleviate poverty, Glauco Calzuola, head of the European Union delegation in Mozambique, said Sunday, Reuters reports. Calzuola added that corruption and bureaucracy also are obstacles in the country's efforts to eradicate poverty.

13 May 2008

HIV/AIDS cases increasing among sex workers in Uganda

HIV/AIDS cases are increasing among women and girls involved in commercial sex work in Kampala, Uganda, HIV/AIDS advocates said recently, Uganda's Monitor reports.

13 May 2008

New data reveals impact of deadly human papillomavirus in Latin America, Caribbean

Thirty-three thousand women in Latin America and the Caribbean die each year of preventable cervical cancer, caused by a virus that infects 20 percent of men and women in the region and as many as 30 percent of the youngest women, according to a new study.

12 May 2008

Mentally ill often trapped in poverty/debt cycle

A study by a mental health charity has found that many people with mental health problems often go without food because of financial problems.

12 May 2008

Letter from Bush administration indicates states have more flexibility to prove they enrolled 95% of currently eligible children in SCHIP

The Bush administration on Wednesday sent letters to state health officials to clarify a policy directive issued last year that restricts states' ability to expand their SCHIP programs, CQ HealthBeat reports (Carey, CQ HealthBeat, 5/7).

8 May 2008

Shift in HIV prevention priorities needed - reducing multiple sexual partnerships and providing male circumcision services should be emphasized

According to a new policy analysis led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of California, Berkeley, the most common HIV prevention strategies-condom promotion, HIV testing, treatment of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), vaccine and microbicide research, and abstinence-are having a limited impact on the predominantly heterosexual epidemics found in Africa.

8 May 2008

A stable post-divorce family environment helps minimize long-term harm to children

For children of divorce, what happens after their parents split up may be just as important to their long-term well-being as the divorce itself.

7 May 2008

Uninsured kids in middle class have same unmet needs as poor

Nationwide, uninsured children in families earning between $38,000 and $77,000 a year are just as likely to go without any health care as uninsured children in poorer families. More than 40 percent of children in those income brackets who are uninsured all year see no physicians and have no prescriptions all year, according to new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center.

5 May 2008

Poverty News and Research

More attention to neglected tropical diseases

Japan pledges $560 million to the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Elderly sick with worry about money

Black patients face higher death rates in early stages of kidney disease

More than 10,000 beneficiaries enrolled in Oklahoma insurance premium assistance program

Separation from parents linked with learning trouble in kids

Productivity surge boosts growth and living standards in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Indiana receives CMS approval to expand SCHIP

Pediatric society leaders, health policy experts consider sisparities in children's health as top priority for political candidates

HIV/AIDS hindering Mozambique's efforts to reduce poverty, E.U. delegate says

HIV/AIDS cases increasing among sex workers in Uganda

New data reveals impact of deadly human papillomavirus in Latin America, Caribbean

Mentally ill often trapped in poverty/debt cycle

Letter from Bush administration indicates states have more flexibility to prove they enrolled 95% of currently eligible children in SCHIP

Shift in HIV prevention priorities needed - reducing multiple sexual partnerships and providing male circumcision services should be emphasized

A stable post-divorce family environment helps minimize long-term harm to children

Uninsured kids in middle class have same unmet needs as poor

Commercial sex industry booming along Uganda, Sudan border; teachers increasingly joining trade, study says

Mental Health Commission of Canada outlines startling statistics on homelessness and mental illness

Bush Administration should rescind SCHIP directive that restricts enrollment expansions, editorial states

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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