Children's HeartLink Sends Medical Team To Kuala Lumpur In Malaysia

One in 100 children around the world is born with congenital heart disease. In developed countries, children are diagnosed and treated at birth. Children's HeartLink is reaching out and helping build sustainable pediatric cardiac programs in the underserved regions of the world, giving hundreds and thousands of children the same opportunity.

WFP Warns Of Potential Humanitarian Food Crisis In DPRK Following Critically Low Harvest

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that time is running out to avert looming food shortages and a potential humanitarian crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) following confirmation of a critically low national harvest stemming in part from last year's heavy August floods.

New Zealand Group Launches Fund To Provide HIV-Positive People With Assistance For Health, Travel Costs

The New Zealand AIDS Foundation this week launched a fund to provide HIV-positive people in the country with financial assistance for health and travel costs, the NZPA/New Zealand Herald reports.

Huge AIDS Program Approved By House Of Representatives

President George Bush had initially proposed doubling the program to fight AIDS in Africa and other parts of the world to $30 billion. Then the House, led by Democrats, raised it to $50 billion. The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill which will more than triple spending to combat AIDS abroad - the vote, a bi-partisan compromise, was passed, 308 to 116.

Challenge Yourself For Charity - The British Red Cross, UK

The British Red Cross is looking for thrill seekers to take part in their two most challenging events of 2008! We have places available for both the BUPA Great North Run on Sunday 5 October and the Yorkshire 1-2-3 Peak Challenge on Saturday 12 July..

PAHEF Discusses Neglected Diseases And Disaster Preparedness With Innovative Leaders

PAHEF is pleased to join Harvard University's Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation as a partner in the bi-annual conference Frontiers of Innovation: 20 Years of Innovation in Government held in Cambridge March 31st through. On Monday evening, the executive director of the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF), Mr.

In Face Of Continuing Katrina And Rita Needs, Red Cross Adds Resources To Gulf Coast

The American Red Cross announced an extension of mental health assistance and other benefits to Hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors living in the hardest-hit areas of southern Louisiana and south Mississippi. These funds, initially set aside to meet the post-disaster emerging needs of hurricane survivors, are being used to bolster existing individual assistance through recovery case management and enhance emotional support initiatives.

MSF Closes Medical Project In Kismayo, Somalia

Following the killing of three staff members on January 28, the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has decided to close its project in the southern city of Kismayo, Somalia. Although activities in Kismayo will end, MSF remains committed to providing medical care to the Somali people, therefore projects in other locations in Somalia will continue to operate.

UNICEF, V-Day Put Rape In Democratic Republic Of The Congo Front And Center

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman and playwright and V-Day founder Eve Ensler today announced a partnership focused on ending rape of women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They were joined by Dr. Denis Mukwege and Christine Schuler Deschryverha from the DRC.

Novartis Announces 20 Average Reduction In Price Of Malaria Drug Coartem R To Further Accelerate Access In Malaria-endemic Regions

Novartis has announced a 20% average reduction in the price of Coartem tablets (artemether/lumefantrine 20 mg/120 mg), the state-of-the-art artemisinin-based combination treatment (ACT) for malaria. Starting this Friday, which is World Malaria Day, this price reduction will increase access to Coartem for millions of malaria patients, especially children in low income regions of Africa.