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World Summit On Food Security Wraps Up
20 November 2009
The U.N. World Summit on Food Security ended Wednesday in Rome with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) head Jacques Diouf calling for the global community to shift the fight against global hunger from "words to...
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U.S. To Consider Purchasing Some Food Aid Locally, Acting USAID Head Says At World Food Summit
19 November 2009
The U.S. is interested in potentially using more locally-produced food aid rather than U.S. grown food as a way to expand investment in agricultural development in the developing world, said Alonzo Fulgham, acting head...
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Also In Global Health News: Sleeping Sickness; Aid For Philippines; U.S., China In Africa; Polio Eradication In Afghanistan; Ethiopia Famine
19 November 2009
Lancet Infectious Diseases Examines Hold-Ups In Implementation Of Sleeping Sickness Therapy
Lancet Infectious Diseases Newsdesk examines how despite evidence that a new therapy to treat sleeping...
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