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Fact Sheet: World Malaria Report 20159 December 2015This fact sheet includes key estimates from the World Malaria Report 2015 The report draws on data from 95 countries and territories with ongoing malaria transmission, and a further 6 countries that have recently eliminated malaria Glo ...

Methamphetamines(say: meth-am-FET-uh-meenz)are stimulants Stimulants are a type of drug that speed up your brain They are produced as pills, powders, or chunky crystals called ice The crystal form, nicknamed crystal meth, is a popul ...

What You Need to Know About Drugs: Cocaine Cocaine is a white powder that comes from the dried leaves of the coca plant that is found in South America Crackcocaine is a form of the drug that gives a very quick, intense high Crack is made by cooking cocaine powder with baking ...

Marijuana(say: mare-uh-WAH-nuh) is the most widely used illegal drug in the United States It is made from the shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp (Cannabis sativa) plant It looks like green, brown, or gray dried parsley Marijuana is a mind-altering drug and is ...

When people talk about a "drug problem, " they usually mean abusing legal drugs or using illegal drugs, such as marijuana, ecstasy,cocaine,LSD, crystal meth, andheroin (Marijuana is generally an illegal drug, but some states allow doctors to recommend it to adults for certain illness ...

More than 1 2 million people in the United States are living with HIV infection, and almost 1 in 8 (12 8%) are unaware of their infection Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSMa), particularly young black African American MSM, are most seriously affected by HI ...

Since the discovery of the virus almost 30 years ago, millions of people throughout the world have been infected with HIV Most are adults, but some kids and teens have HIV, too In the world today, AIDS remains an epidemic (say: eh-puh-deh-mik), whi ...

HIV AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases cause 32% of the burden of ill health in Africa, and seriously impact on health outcomes in every region of the world The HIV AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (HTM) Cluster is concerned with the prevention and treatment of these high-burden diseases see details at http: www who int about structure organigram htm progress-hiv-tb-malaria-ntd en ...

On February 1, 2016, WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern after the rapid increase of microencephaly cases in newborn babies, which is strongly believed to be linked to women with an infectious history of the...