By Tendai Maphosa London 22 February 2008 A team of international disease experts has accused rich nations of committing a crime by luring African health professionals away from their home countries where their services are badly needed. From London,...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 20 August 2007 Doctor's from the Ugandan peacekeeping force in Somalia examine a malnourished boy at their field hospital at the Halane Camp just south of Mogadishu The medical group Doctors Without Borders is reporting a dras...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 August 2007 Medical aid groups - fighting for access to cheap medicines for the poor - are applauding an Indian court's decision to throw out a Swiss drug company's legal challenge on patent issues. Anjana Pasricha tel...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 August 2007 A recent photo from files of UNHCR-built tent-camp for Palestinians in Iraq, near Syrian border The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says Syria has allowed four seriously ill young Palestinians to en...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 July 2007 An American lawyer has tapped medical experts in India to help with legal cases in the United States. Mike O'Sullivan reports, it is part of a growing trend in the outsourcing of professional services. Doro...
By Ivana Kuhar Washington 29 May 2007 A Congressional hearing on Russia last Thursday reverberated with concerns over the deteriorating state of democracy in the world's largest country. Meanwhile, the U.S. government says it will continue cooperati...
By Melinda Smith Washington 02 May 2007 Pierre Kraehenbuehl, director of operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, speaks about the situation of civilians in Iraq, during a press conference in Geneva, 11 Apr 2007 The Internati...
By Steve Herman Washington 23 January 2007 India's ancient ayurvedic medical tradition is about to get some mainstream recognition in the United States. Plans are under way to introduce the alternative practice to future physicians at some U.S. medi...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 07 September 2006 watch Overworked Intern report Researchers say that medical interns are overworked Doctors in training -- known as residents or interns -- have traditionally worked long hours with little sleep, as t...
By David Gollust State Department 09 May 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is sending $10 million in emergency medical aid to the Pale...