Six years after the invasion of Iraq, amid continuing violence, the country’s health system, devoid of staff and facilities, is struggling to cope with the needs of the population.
The final report of a government-commissioned investigation into the 2003 outbreak of SARS in Toronto that killed 44 blames hospital downsizing and warns “serious problems persist and much remains to …
In the fight to cut infant mortality, is the world focused on the wrong diseases? For Ashok Talyan, putting children first is more than a sentimental idea. With him, it’s …
Advances against polio made in 2004 were lauded by WHO as “the most important progress ever made towards a polio-free world”. But the success of the global eradication initiative still …
Canadian scientists are helping Russia battle the growing scourge of AIDS LATE ONE AFTERNOON, Vinay Saldanha of Mississauga, Ont., finishes up another day at the Russian Federal AIDS Centre — …
Call for Canadian infection Control Reforms Six months after the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Toronto that killed 44 people, Canadian medical officials face calls from experts for …
With Russia’s HIV infection epidemic now thought to be exploding faster than anywhere else in the world, the hunt for clues about the epidemic’s causes, and how to curb it, …
