Though funding from the IMF,the World Bank, the United States and other donors has made it possible to subsidize treatment and prevention methods in Africa, Dr.Rwagacondo says that local governments also have a key role to play in mobilizing their populations and eradicating malaria in the long term.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say hospital treatment for likely H1N1 is most common among children up to four years old.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

The Lancet medical journal recently published a series of reports on snakebite prevention and treatment.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Ambassador Goosby also administers the U.S.President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which provided Ethiopia an additional $350 million in AIDS prevention and treatment funding during the last fiscal year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

So yes,while we have national AIDS programs, while countries are attempting to draw up their national strategies, coverage,in terms of treatment, voluntary counseling and testing and even prevention, is very,very poor.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

The scientists say if their work is confirmed, it could lead to further research on how lifestyle choices figure in the prevention and treatment of age-related decline and diseases such as Alzheimer's.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

The Africa Director of United Against Malaria, Christina Barrineau,told reporters that the campaign aims to make malaria prevention and treatment available to every person on the African continent by the end of this year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

A recent progress report on HIV/AIDS says Botswana is one of the nine Southern African countries that continue to bear the global burden of HIV/AIDS, with each country having an adult prevalence of more than 10 percent. The government's national AIDS control program has boosted testing,prevention and treatment efforts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10