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                    [Title] => New information tool developed to address HIV
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In the face of rising cases of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM), a new information tool for implementing programs to address HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the sector has been developed.

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it will spend $50 million to support emergency response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, marking the group's largest donation to a humanitarian effort.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-12 09:18:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274878 [AuthorName] => Donna Gordon Blankinship [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140912/gates-foundation-ebola.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1356131 [Title] => Video game vs poverty [Summary] =>

Manila-based advertising agency Digital FCB Manila is following through on its award-winning concept in Cannes Chimera by developing a video game that takes on poverty.

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Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-29 08:50:02 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488805 [AuthorName] => Maria Cheng [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1309481 [Title] => Bill Gates to donate to Indonesian health care [Summary] =>

Bill Gates, an American billionaire and founder of Microsoft Corp, and eight Indonesian prominent businessmen pledged on Saturday $80 million to helping Indonesian government in addressing public health problem across the country.

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The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is thrilled to announce that it has received over 300 applications in the third round of the Innovation in Development Reporting Grant Programme.

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Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates pitched an optimistic future for the world's poor and sick in their annual letter Tuesday, arguing passionately against three myths they say hurt efforts to bring people out of poverty, save lives and improve living conditions.

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Boys are slightly more likely to be born premature than girls, and they tend to fare worse, too, says a new report on the health of the world's newborns.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-16 00:06:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1448032 [AuthorName] => Lauran Neergaard [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/8089/gum8.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 947975 [Title] => Dramatic call at Women Deliver 2013 [Summary] =>

Women Deliver 2013 is a dramatic call to action for governments and the private sector to place girls and women on top of their agenda. Some 3,500 participants from 145 countries,  including parliamentarians, officials from government and private agencies, policy  makers,  healthcare professionals, funders and donors, and representatives of NGOs, are in the second day of a global summit that addresses and aims to ensure the health and rights of girls and women.

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Despite six decades of free medical care and widespread health campaigns, Britons are among the unhealthiest people in Western Europe, a new study says.

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