International
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is May 18th
Here’s a little known fact. Hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic, developing countries are also hard at work on new tools to prevent HIV. Those who bear the biggest burden of the AIDS pandemic are doing their part to ensure that we have a vaccine for future generations. HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is an occasion to thank the thousands of volunteers, community members, health professionals, and scientists who are working together to find a safe and effective AIDS vaccine. It is also an opportunity to underscore that supporting science and technology are core elements of good development policy.
Dr. Seth Berkley, IAVI’s President and CEO, blogged yesterday “that the Obama administration should extend its fervor for science to its foreign aid policy, putting science and technology at the heart of U.S. assistance to the developing world.” The full post can be found here.
For those of you in the Washington, DC area today, May 11th please come listen to leading African scientists talk about the novel research they are doing to help advance AIDS vaccine science. The Global Health Council, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) are co hosting a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill at 2 PM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419. For more information, please contact: Sara Jane Muratori at smuratori@iavi.org.
If you are not in DC, please checkout Global Health TV. Leading AIDS advocates share their commitment to finding a vaccine: Dr David Kihumuro Apuuli, director-general of the Uganda AIDS Commission and Dr Seth Berkley, IAVI. Additional interviews will be posted leading up to HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.
-Nicole Schiegg, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative – Washington, DC
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15/10/2011 at 2:48 pm
PIHDO Dengue Awareness Campaign For Pakistani People
BY SAJJAD AHMED PRESIDENT PIHDO
PIHDO, Panacea International Human Development Organization a non Governmental Organization, (NGO) in Islamabad, Pakistan has launched a comprehensive dengue awareness campaign regarding preventive measures against dengue virus in all the ICT , ISLAMABAD REGION . The PIHDO management has also directed all hospitals on its panels to provide best medical facilities to its People and their family members admitted with dengue fever.
http://www.pihdo.com
17/10/2011 at 12:18 pm
PIHDO Dengue Awareness Campaign For Pakistani People
BY SAJJAD AHMED PRESIDENT PIHDO
PIHDO, Panacea International Human Development Organization a non Governmental Organization, (NGO) in Islamabad, Pakistan has launched a comprehensive dengue awareness campaign regarding preventive measures against dengue virus in all the ICT, ISLAMABAD REGION . The PIHDO management has also directed all hospitals on its panels to provide best medical facilities to its People and their family members admitted with dengue fever.
http://www.pihdo.com
18/10/2011 at 2:59 pm
PIHDO, Dengue prevention Awareness Campaign
PIHDO, Panacea International Human Development Organization a non Governmental Organization, (NGO) in Islamabad, Pakistan has launched comprehensive dengue prevention Awareness Campaign
Dengue is the most widespread mosquito-borne infection which in recent years has become a major international public health concern. The magnitude of dengue problem has increased dramatically and has extended fears of an outbreak especially within Punjab and throughout the Pakistan.
PIHDO, Panacea International Human Development Organization a non Governmental Organization, (NGO) in Islamabad, and is working for the promotion of health, education and environment protection in Pakistan within our scope to conduct dengue prevention awareness sessions to adopt better preventive measures to avoid becoming dengue virus carrier.
http://www.pihdo.com