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What is HIV?
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Progress report
Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions

Members of an assessment team from WHO meet with people living in a camp in Kibati, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

WHO/Christopher Black

Democratic Republic of the Congo: WHO and partners work to improve health situation
2 December 2008 -- WHO and its partners have launched an intense operation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The aim is to prevent and control potentially life-threatening diseases and to ensure safe water supply and proper sanitation in temporary camps where thousands of displaced people are now living. This photo gallery provides a snapshot of the operation.
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Essential medicines out of reach for most people
1 December 2008 -- An alarming lack of availability of essential medicines in the public sector drives patients to pay higher prices in the private sector or go without, according to a WHO study reported in today’s online edition of The Lancet.
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World AIDS Day, 1 December

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EVENTS

WHO event on climate change and health at UNFCCC conference
1-12 December 2008

International Day of Persons with Disabilities
3 December 2008

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