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18/11/2008
Aids drugs side effects probed
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05/11/2008
Aids foundation calls for action from Obama
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17/11/2008
Aids testing encouraged in India
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04/11/2008
Asian countries pool data to fight flu
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13/11/2008
No sign of HIV in transplant patient
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10/11/2008
Bird flu found in northern Thailand
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18/11/2008
Calculating malaria drug demand 'crucial'
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05/11/2008
Call for universal vaccine
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11/11/2008
Chinese herbal therapy used to help fight HIV
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14/11/2008
Cholera cases triple in DR Congo
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12/11/2008
Commercial poultry 'more vulnerable' to flu
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12/11/2008
Drug resistant TB rare in US
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03/11/2008
Early vaccines 'ward against whooping cough'
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13/11/2008
Fear of increase in airport malaria in US
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04/11/2008
Fears over spread of HIV among families
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03/11/2008
Flu jab works despite irregularities
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06/11/2008
Food shortages obstruct HIV/Aids treatment
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11/11/2008
Global Fund approves $2.75bn
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06/11/2008
Growing resistance to TB meds
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13/11/2008
Indonesia denies bird flu death
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06/11/2008
Malawi gets $20m Aids grant
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17/11/2008
Malaysia bans poultry from Thailand
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18/11/2008
Meeting malaria targets 'unlikely'
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14/11/2008
Nasal vaccine for bird flu moves forward
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05/11/2008
Nigeria opts for in-house drugs
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17/11/2008
Old British law 'an obstacle' to fight against Aids
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07/11/2008
Poor bank cooperation stymies international aid
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10/11/2008
Scientists engineer HIV assassin cells
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07/11/2008
South Africa aims for 80 per cent treatment rate
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14/11/2008
South Africa tackles Aids drugs shortages
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03/11/2008
Study discovers bacterial pathway
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07/11/2008
Threat of HIV/Aids from rapes in the DR Congo
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12/11/2008
US donates $44.4m to tackle bird flu
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04/11/2008
Vietnam on dengue alert after flooding
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10/11/2008
Zimbabwe bank gives back aid cash
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11/11/2008
Zimbabwean health system receives funding
Dengue epidemic in the Philippines
Health officials in the Philippines have announced that weather conditions have triggered a dengue fever epidemic.
Dr Rodelin Agbulos, a city health officer, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer: "The number of cases this year has reached beyond the epidemic level recorded in 2005 and 2007.
"The first quarter saw the highest number we have recorded."
Filipino health officials have announced that a total of 642 people have been infected with the disease during the first three months of the year. Dr Agbulos said that this was alarming because the figures show an increase of more than 400 percent compared to 2005 data.
He spoke of his concerns because the rise in figures occurred "despite continuous efforts being done to address the problem".
Dengue is transmitted by mosquito's and symptoms include high fever, muscle and joint pain and a rash.
The World Health Organisation claims that there is no specific antiviral medicine for dengue and current treatments available mainly increase hydration levels.
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