And the trend is worrying policy-makers such as Aline Wong, the country's senior minister of state for health.

CNN: SPECIAL REPORT: HEALTH

Luana Santos Silva, 23, managed to escape with the help of her sister, Aline, 29, who dragged her "out on the ground" to safety.

BBC: Eyewitness: Kiss night club fire in Santa Maria, Brazil

The idea, says Aline Wong, Singapore's senior minister of state for health and education, is to allow government hospitals greater flexibility and creativity in how they serve patients.

CNN: HOSPITALS IN FLUX

The head of Interpol's Pharmaceutical Crime Programme, Aline Plancon, told the BBC that the funds would be used to support countries with crime detection and help them to follow up investigations.

BBC: Interpol deal to combat fake drugs

His comely dance partner was based on Aline Charigot, Renoir's 23-year-old mistress of three years, who would bear the first of their three sons two years after this painting was completed.

WSJ: Renoir at the Frick

"We will develop a program according to what is best for the international community and what will save lives, " Aline Plancon, head of Interpol's counterfeiting and pharmaceutical crime program, told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview.

NPR: Drugmakers, Interpol Ramp Up Fight Against Fakes