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(MedPage Today) -- Low-income countries and those that spend little on healthcare have higher rates of stroke than wealthier nations and countries with higher healthcare expenditures, a systematic review showed.

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GENEVA (AP) -- A global health fund championed by celebrities and world leaders is considering scaling back its groundbreaking philosophy of full transparency about how it spends billions of dollars in health care in poor countries.

Its decision could have broad consequences for the ways international aid groups operate....

The fight against malaria and TB in the developing world should not obscure the problems poor countries face with hospital infections, experts say.

LONDON (AP) -- Health officials say a new test to diagnose tuberculosis in less than two hours will be available to poor countries for a fraction of its original price....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just over half of HIV-infected pregnant women in poor countries received crucial AIDS drugs to protect their unborn children last year, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday - one of a list of improvements in the global fight against HIV....

GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says people make a total of 93 million blood donations worldwide every year, but the rate of donation in poor countries is far too low....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Andrew Witty, who took over as GlaxoSmithKline PLC's chief executive in May 2008, has been remaking the company from a pure pharmaceutical business to a diverse healthcare conglomerate, a strategy most rivals now are pursuing....

LONDON (AP) -- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published Wednesday by UNICEF....

LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization has approved a second cervical cancer vaccine, this one made by GlaxoSmithKline, meaning U.N. agencies and partners can now officially buy millions of doses of the vaccine for poor countries worldwide....