No Comment - 26 Jun 2007

Welcome to the first issue!

Just a week after Commonwealth Women Affairs ministers called for more research efforts in microbicides as a women-friendly HIV prevention method, researchers in South Africa have announced the start of trials for a new microbicide type to help women to protect themselves from HIV infection.

Also this week, WHO donates medical supplies, equipment to Zimbabwe, A new three-dimensional ultrasound scanner provides in-depth view of the brain and there is an uptake of community-based health insurance in rural India.

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Dr Bridget Farham, editor: www.bizcommunity.com.