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Global Maternal Health

Dying for the Lack of a Simple Test

Professor Rosanna Peeling | Posted 12.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Syphilis, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Health, Women's Health, Prenatal Testing, Pregnancy, Global Maternal Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Impact, UK News
Professor Rosanna Peeling

Today, I'm speaking at the Pacific Health Summit on the importance of harmonising the regulation of diagnostic tests. Having worked in diagnostics for over 20 years, it's frustrating to see people dying for the lack of a simple diagnostic test when tests such as those for HIV have revolutionised our approach to healthcare.

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Doubling our Impact in a Single Shot

Helen Evans | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Motherhood, GAVI Alliance, Measles, Rubella, Maternal Health, Global-Maternal-Health, Measles Initiative, UK Impact, UK World, UK News
Helen Evans

We have a chance to make history in the fight against rubella and measles. The human and economic toll of these diseases is huge and preventable.

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