World Health Organization Takes on Tobacco July 16, 2006 • The World Health Organization meets this weekend in Washington D.C. to discuss strategies for preventing tobacco-related health problems. Debbie Elliott speaks with Dr. Armando Peruga, a participant and the team leader for Pan-American Health Organization's tobacco control and consumer health program. World Health Organization Takes on Tobacco Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5561376/5561377" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Living with HIV and AIDS The U.N.'s Role in the AIDS Fight July 12, 2006 • The United Nations and international aid groups have made progress fighting AIDS in the developing world, but much is left to be done. Stephen Lewis, the U.N. Secretary-General's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, talks with Farai Chideya about the epidemic. He is the author of Race Against Time. The U.N.'s Role in the AIDS Fight Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5551311/5551312" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Living with HIV and AIDS AIDS in Kenya: Glimmers of Hope July 12, 2006 • AIDS has devastated the lakeshore communities of Lake Victoria in western Kenya. But a handful of ambitious nonprofit programs give orphans a new home and widows a way to make a living. AIDS in Kenya: Glimmers of Hope Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5550378/5550546" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Living with HIV and AIDS AIDS in Kenya: Hunger's Tragic Link to HIV July 11, 2006 • In Kenya's western Suba District, AIDS has ravaged fishing communities up and down Lake Victoria. Women have been hardest hit, and an entire generation of children has been orphaned. The first of a two-part report details why women trade sex for food, and how HIV touches all aspects of life. AIDS in Kenya: Hunger's Tragic Link to HIV Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5548537/5548538" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Living with HIV and AIDS July 10, 2006 • A series of reports and interviews explores how African-Americans are dealing with the deadly epidemic, and how the death and illness that follows the virus is radically reshaping the continent of Africa, leaving a generation of widows and orphans in its wake.
Living with HIV and AIDS Living with AIDS: In Their Own Words July 10, 2006 • This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first reported case of AIDS in the United States. In the first of a three-part series exploring the disease's impact at home and abroad, we'll hear from those affected by the disease in their own words. Living with AIDS: In Their Own Words Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5545586/5545587" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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View from Darfur: Delivering Aid in Sudan July 7, 2006 • Solomon Kebede, country director for Darfur, Sudan for the International Medical Corps, talks about the year-and-a-half he spent in war-torn region. Many groups have pulled out from or stayed away from Darfur, fearing for the safety of their staff. View from Darfur: Delivering Aid in Sudan Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5540582/5540583" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bird Flu Transferred from Human to Human June 30, 2006 • Researchers confirm the human-to-human transmission of avian influenza, though health experts said that there were no signs that the virus had mutated into an easier-to-transmit form. Bird Flu Transferred from Human to Human Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524915/5524916" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Gates' Goal Shows High Hopes for Global Health June 27, 2006 • Bill Gates surprised even his closest advisers when he said his dream is to eliminate the world's top 20 diseases in his lifetime. Gates-watchers say it's not naïve over-reaching. The Gateses have an optimistic belief in technology and management that, combined with their resources, could make a difference. Gates' Goal Shows High Hopes for Global Health Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5516257/5516258" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation June 27, 2006 • Warren Buffett, the investment guru known as the Oracle of Omaha, now has another title: most generous philanthropist in history. Buffett has pledged to give away $37 billion, with most of it going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Q&A: Gates' Growing Public Health Brand June 26, 2006 • The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation now wields a fortune that holds the potential for dramatic change. Two public-health experts examine the attractions and perils of the Gates' role in global health.
National Nation's Capital Urges Wider Testing for HIV June 26, 2006 • Washington, D.C., launches a campaign to urge every resident of the District between ages 14 and 84 to get tested for HIV. The city plans to distribute rapid HIV tests for free to emergency rooms, physicians' offices, community health programs, and more. Nation's Capital Urges Wider Testing for HIV Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5512908/5512909" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Gates Foundation's Work Targets Global Health June 26, 2006 • Thanks to the pledge of $31 billion in stock from investment guru Warren Buffett, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will soon have far more resources to use in its work to fight diseases around the world. The foundation, which gave out about $1.35 billion in 2005, has had its greatest successes in global health. Gates Foundation's Work Targets Global Health Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5512899/5512900" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Joining with Gates, Buffett Targets World's Ills June 26, 2006 • Warren Buffett's pledge of $31 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been long in the making, according to friends of the astute investor from Nebraska. Fortune magazine's Carol J. Loomis says Buffett told her months ago about his plan. Joining with Gates, Buffett Targets World's Ills Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5512896/5512897" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Buffett Gift Sends $31 Billion to Gates Foundation June 26, 2006 • Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and founder of Berkshire Hathaway, has announced he is donating much of his fortune to charity. Over time, most of Buffett's $44 billion in stock holdings will be given to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett Gift Sends $31 Billion to Gates Foundation Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5512893/5512894" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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