ALLIES discuss health issues Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan
Health ministers from Taiwan's diplomatic allies Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu inked the Taipei Health  Communique and ...
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/12/02/2003213400>

HEALTH experts urge US to expand AIDS prevention policies
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA WASHINGTON - Health experts urged the Bush administration on Wednesday
to move beyond the ABCs of global AIDS prevention - abstinence, being faithful and using ...
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STUDY finds revived growth in health spending
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA NEW YORK -- The slowdown in the growth of health care spending leveled off this year after two years of declines, a new study found, with the cost of treating ...
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ANNUAL update of health basket gets preliminary go-ahead
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem,Israel The Knesset passed on preliminary reading a bill that would automatically
update the basket of services provided by the health funds by 2 percent of the Health ...
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NATION'S health centers increasingly offering speedy HIV tests
The Japan Times - Japan In an effort to reduce the incidence of AIDS in Japan, some public health centers have recently adopted a quick HIV testing regime that officials hope will be ...
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041202f2.htm
 

UK group slams poor health service in Iraq
Xinhua - Beijing,China 30 (Xinhuanet) -- A British activist group on Tuesday launched a research
report on the impacts of the Iraq war to criticize the poor quality of health care in ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/01/content_2280305.htm>

ANTHEM Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. completed their $16 ...
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL,USA INDIANAPOLIS - Anthem Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. ... WellPoint Health Networks Inc. owned BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia. ...
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10305478.htm>

WHAT Ngilu's Health Plan Will Really Cost: Sh121 Billion
AllAfrica.com - Africa The true cost of Mrs Charity Ngilu's proposed national health scheme can
be revealed today. It could cost up to Sh120 billion a ...
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NUMBER of Canadians claiming good health falls
CTV - Canada A report on the health of Canadians, released Tuesday, showed the number
who assess their own health as excellent or very good declined from the mid-1990s to ...
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PROPOSED Health Scheme's Cost Put At Sh121bn Yearly in Claims
AllAfrica.com - Africa BusinessWeek has obtained the highly confidential report commissioned and
paid for by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). ...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200411301159.html