[RED DEMOCRATICA] Global Fund chief: Now is the time to defeat global infectious diseases

 

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	January 21, 2013 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Global Fund chief: Now is the time to defeat global infectious diseases The world has a rare window to apply scientific and public health breakthroughs and "completely control highly dangerous infectious diseases," argues Dr. Mark Dybul, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. "Those of us who work in global health know that there is no greater investment in the world than in prevention and treatment for these terrible diseases," he writes. The Huffington Post (1/21)      UNHCR fears wave of refugees from Mali  Bill Gates' mission to eradicate polio  Cost of combating warming keeps rising  Algeria death toll still in flux  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security |  #Malaria caused 500k child deaths in 2011. How we tackle this. #Promise4Children #infographic http://uni.cf/NTKpOC" @UNICEF "Global Witness and Amnesty have teamed up in a new project that mixes videos from official sources, news outlets and citizens that taken together offers a nuanced exploration of the human rights catastrophe befalling Mali right now." UN Dispatch UNHCR fears wave of refugees from Mali More than 400,000 people could flee the violence in Mali for neighboring countries, in addition to an estimated 300,000 internally displaced, according to the United Nations refugee agency. Separately, Malian government troops backed by France retook the town of Diabaly today. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (1/18), CBC.ca (Canada) (1/21), The Namibian (Namibia) (1/21)      UN's Pillay deplores Syrian "crimes against humanity" United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged Security Council action to end the "war crimes and crimes against humanity" occurring in Syria. 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