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11/30/2007 A Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS
On December 1, the American Red Cross commemorates World AIDS Day.
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11/29/2007 Global Partners Get Jump on Measles
Thanks to the Red Cross, partner agencies and dedicated volunteers, the Measles Initiative helps to reduce measles deaths in Africa by 91 percent.
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12/18/2006 OP-ED: Ensuring that Malaria is No More
Malaria might be the world’s most underestimated killer. Even though it is a preventable and treatable disease, each year malaria kills more than a million people and makes 300 million around the world very sick.
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9/13/2006 Measles Initiative Partners Launch Integrated Health Campaign in Indonesia
It’s a rare occasion to be in a room filled with screaming, crying children and see only smiles on mothers’ faces. But today is a no ordinary day – it’s measles vaccination day in Indonesia.
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4/18/2006 “Malaria Free Aceh” Campaign Launches in Indonesia
Everyone has experienced it – the buzzing sound of mosquitoes interrupting a restful night's sleep. In Indonesia's Aceh province, the hardest-hit area of the 2005 catastrophic tsunami, mosquitoes are more than just an annoyance. They carry a deadly disease—malaria.
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4/27/2005 Red Cross Spurs Anti-Malaria Campaign
It has been four months since the tsunami, and the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement continues to provide invaluable assistance to vulnerable families – notably it began an anti-malaria campaign.
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