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Most people get allergic conjunctivitis when their eyes come into contact with an allergen - a substance which makes the body"s immune system overreact. The eye becomes sore, inflamed and sometimes painful. Symptoms occur because the overreacting immune system makes the body release histamine and other active substances by mast cells - these cause dilation of blood vessels (blood vessels expand, widen), which irritates the nerve endings and causes increased secretion of tears.
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MSM HIV Infection Rates In Some African Countries Significantly Higher Than General Population Rates, Study Says
HIV infection rates among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in "some African countries are 10 times that of the general male population, and stigma, poor access to treatment or testing are to blame," according to a Lancet study published online on Monday, AFP/China Post reports. University of Oxford researchers looked at published studies to examine HIV prevalence rates between 2003 and 2009. "The difference varies a lot across Africa, but in most of the countries studied," MSM HIV prevalence rates "were substantially higher than among heterosexuals," writes AFP/China Post (7/20).
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Rockefeller Foundation Launches $100M 5-Year Initiative To Improve Health Systems In Africa, Asia

The Rockefeller Foundation launched a $100 million, five-year initiative aimed at improving health systems in Asia and Africa, Judith Rodin, the foundation"s president, said in a speech on Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya, Xinhua reports. The Transforming Health Systems (THS) project will begin with investments in Ghana, Rwanda and Vietnam, and will also support certain regional and global activities (Ooko, 7/1). The goal of THS is to "help countries in Africa and Asia that lack the latest treatments and technology; and where many people are forced to pay their medical bills out of pocket," VOA News writes (DeCapua, 7/1). Rodin said THS will put the emphasis on assisting low-income countries with the challenges their health systems face, shifting the focus from treatments and vaccines. She said the goal is to expand health coverage and provide new health and financial protections for everyone, Xinhua writes. "Although it is imperative that we continue developing and delivering new vaccines and medicines, many people still cannot access a clinic, pay out-of-pocket costs for medication and treatment, and fall into poverty as a result," Rodin said, adding that THS "will help ensure that investment is felt universally by supporting national efforts to provide equitable access." "A country"s shift to universal coverage does not happen overnight," Ariel Pablos-Mendez, managing director responsible for THS, said. Low-income countries have already demonstrated, the shift is "built on the reorganization of domestic financing rather than the influx of increased amounts of foreign aid," Pablos-Mendez said, adding, "If invested more wisely, increases in health spending can contribute to sound economic policy, better health outcomes, and lower rates of poverty" (7/1). The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports the foundation will try three approaches for the new initiative, which are: "training health professionals and developing better health policies, data-gathering, and financing mechanisms; improving regulation and partnership of private hospitals and other nongovernment health players; and using mobile phones, electronic health records, and other information technology to improve access to health services and making them less expensive" (Wilhelm, 7/1). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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