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India and Africa have a common fight against poverty and disease.

Bearing in mind the new challenges for the international community in the field of development, poverty eradication and the elimination of the diseases that afflict humanity,

Bearing in mind the new challenges for the international community in the field of development, poverty eradication and the elimination of the diseases that afflict humanity,

The threat of avian influenza and other infectious diseases is far from over, and the possibility of the outbreak of a large scale pandemic still exists.

Indeed, they could be within reach, especially the eradication of poverty, hunger, the treatment of epidemics like HIV AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as the improvement of health and education conditions in our societies.

They adversely affect, in no insignificant way, our fight against poverty, hunger and disease.

The key question is are we able to combat poverty, disease, environmental degradation, terrorism and violence?

It is not impossible to eliminate malaria.

And bed nets have an effect on the epidemic, but you're never going to make it extinct with bed nets.

For men and women alike, the causes of this chronic morbidity include above all cardiovascular diseases, diseases of the muscular and skeletal systems and rheumatic diseases as well as diseases of the digestive system, of the urogenital system and various allergies.

Unless this gap is closed, 2 million children under five years of age will continue to die annually from vaccine preventable diseases.

To have, by then, halted, and begun to reverse, the spread of HIV AIDS, the scourge of malaria and other major diseases that afflict humanity.

Now we don't have a great track record when it comes to doing something like this, to eradicating diseases.

Indeed, mental illnesses are also very damaging to people's lives, but beyond just the burden of disease, let us consider the absolute numbers.

It was from that perspective that the Millennium Development Goals were set five years ago to fight poverty, hunger, disease and illiteracy.

To enhance the status of women, AGBEF has also launched a project on Women, Islam and Family Planning .

The international community might better focus its efforts on eliminating malaria, HIV AIDS, poverty and hunger if it was really concerned for the well being of humanity.

The workshop will discuss how to use sport to break down the stigma associated with HIV or AIDS and educate the public, especially the young, about the disease.

The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its anti smoking and healthy diet campaigns with a view to combating the causes of cardiovascular diseases.

All of this is happening in spite of the commitments entered into at the Millennium Summit to fight poverty, disease and misery.

Our resolve should therefore propel us towards a new dawn of hope to conquer poverty, hunger, ignorance and disease.

Health problems to be addressed include a number of non cancer diseases circulatory, respiratory, digestion, endocrine, gynaecological, blood diseases and cataract.

The fourth best problem is malaria dealing with malaria.

It is evident that diseases of circulatory systems are first with 8,300 per 100,000 persons, while the rate of bone and muscular diseases is also increasing, followed by the diseases of digestive systems and mental and behaviour disorders.

The attempt to reform the system of mental health, and particularly to de institutionalize chronic patients, is accompanied by actions aiming at the de stigmatisation of people with mental health disabilities.

All the rates had a tendency to decrease in 2001 when compared to 2000, with the exception of chronic diseases of digestive systems, whose rate in increasing.

By helping poor people and other target groups in our countries to overcome poverty and disease, we will have done good humanitarian deeds.

And this is because disease eradication, it's still the venture capital of public health.

An integrated campaign against disease and against maternal and infant mortality.

Apart from receiving regular education, these persons have also been diagnosed and treated for sexually transmitted diseases as well as other sickness. HIV AIDS counselling has also been provided.

Another factor is that it is a recurrent disease which is also linked to situations of poverty.

Combating HIV AIDS, malaria and other diseases

As part of the campaign against dental diseases, fluoridation of imported and locally produced salt will be required.

Just as we once eliminated smallpox, so can we eliminate others. It also bears remembering that 60 of the world s population dies of non communicable illnesses such as cancer or heart disease.

These VFUs carry out vaccinations against various livestock diseases, deworming and treatment of specific diseases under a cost recovery programme.

During pregnancy, 60.4 of women are found to have extra genital conditions (specifically, anemia, genitourinary tract infections, endocrine system disorders, disorders of the circulatory system and venous system, etc.).

While there is a positive outlook for achieving universal primary education, eliminating gender disparity in education at all levels, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health, there are considerable challenges to meeting the time bound targets for poverty eradication and for halting and reversing the spread of HIV AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.

Malign neoplasm were causes of death in 17.5 per cent of cases, injuries and poisonings, 3.2 per cent, and diseases of the digestive system 2.7 per cent.

First, Africa needs to overcome epidemic diseases.

Only by eradicating poverty, underdevelopment and epidemics, and by forgiving the crushing debt of developing countries, will collective well being be achieved.

Goal 6 Combat HIV AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

UNICEF helps in the chlorinating and social mobilization activities for the prevention of such diseases.

25. A variety of non cancer conditions are of concern to the local medical community, including circulatory, digestive and respiratory diseases, endocrinologic, gynaecologic, non cancer blood diseases and cataracts.

Apart from diseases in newborn children, these examinations are meant to identify metabolic disturbances, developmental and behavioural disturbances or diseases of the nervous system, the sense organs and the teeth.