Dossier 2016/10 infektionskrankheiten

Infectious diseases

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A doctor seeing a patient in Bangladesh.
Editorial
– by Sabine Balk

Government responsibility

The fight against infectious diseases is a task for national governments and the international community
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Medical research
– by Sheila Mysorekar

Diseases of the poor

Neglected tropical diseases affect more than a billion people worldwide
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Health care
– by Zafrullah Chowdhury

“Involve the local people”

To control diseases in poor countries, awareness raising and capacity building is needed at the grass-roots level
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Health care
– by Karoline Lerche

Medicine for all

Gavi and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are saving millions of lives
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Health
– by Lea Diehl

Global health challenge

Experts want poor people in tropical countries to benefit from advances in medical technology
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Neglected disease
– by Olaf Hirschmann, Herman Joseph Kawuma

Radio Wa is talking health

Media support can boost medical services’ outreach
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Sierra Leone
– by Anne Jung

Boom and bust

The consequences of the Ebola epidemic for Sierra Leone’s economy
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Planned parenthood
– by Hedwig Diekwisch

Advice matters

Contraception tends to be only as good as the counselling that supports it
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Pandemic threat
– by Edith Koesoemawiria

The global threat of dengue

390 million people in more than 120 countries were infected with dengue in 2014
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