GLOBAL HEALTH: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News Review - October 25th, 2007

Published: Oct. 25, 2007, 5 p.m.

b'LSHTM Audio News Review - October 24th, 2007\\nA supplement to LSHTM Audio News reviewing this year\'s important medical developments.\\n\\nReduce Maternal Deaths!\\nThere are half a million maternal deaths each year, according to the Lancet\'s "Women Deliver" conference held in London. Ann Starrs, Carine Ronsman and Veronique Filippi discuss with Anna Lacey how to reduce unsafe abortions and obstetric complications all over the world to bring this startling figure down\\n\\nHIV Treatment And Leprosy\\nDiana Lockwood told the Chicago ICAAC conference how \\u2018hidden\\u2019 leprosy can be triggered in some patients who are receiving HIV antiretroviral therapy\\n\\nPolio Eradication Possible?\\nD. A. Henderson, who led the global smallpox eradication programme, said in a meeting held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine that we now need to readdress health priorities to eradicate polio'