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After 12 consecutive months without a single worm detected, Nigeria is moving closer to the eradication of Guinea worm. Two more years are needed for the WHO to make it official, but it appears that Nigeria, once the worst-affected country (653,000 cases in 1989), is free of worms.

Thanks for asking the U.S. delegation to the Copenhagen Climate Summit and Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen not to double-count money to help developing countries adapt to climate change.

It's not just the holiday season, it's budget season -- when President Obama makes critical decisions impacting the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Ask him to give a global gift and include $1.75 billion for the Global Fund in his Fiscal Year 2011 budget.

On Monday, my husband Wes and I joined other members of ONE to meet with Brad Smith of Congressman Ron Kind’s staff. Of the nearly 28,000 ONE members in Wisconsin, over 3,000 are in the 3rd Congressional District – a number we are looking to grow!

The group of experts predicted that paying to fight AIDS would prove to be a huge burden for many developing nations.

Diarrhea and pneumonia kill millions of children and are easily treatable, but wealthy nations’ focus remains on the costly fight against AIDS.

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Bill and Melinda Gates will make an unusual personal appeal to Washington officials Tuesday night, asking them to continue funding global health initiatives despite the recession and to commit to nearly halve the number of child deaths worldwide by 2025.

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EU sends 'clear message' to the world with ambitious target