From Science Daily:

A National Institutes of Health network study provided the first conclusive evidence that treating pregnant women who have even the mildest form of gestational diabetes can reduce the risk of common birth complications among infants, as well as blood pressure disorders among mothers.

Treatment of severe gestational diabetes is known to benefit mothers and infants. Although treatment is routinely prescribed for all women with gestational diabetes, before the current study, there was no evidence to show whether treating the mild form of the condition benefited, or posed risks for, mothers or their infants.

From the BBC: Article about a possible gene which may be linked with pre-eclampsia women - bringing with it the possibility of better diagnostics and treatment:

Pre-eclampsia accounts for 15% of all premature deliveries in the UK.

This is because the only way to completely cure pre-eclampsia is to deliver the baby. Left untreated, the condition can lead to convulsions, kidney failure and serious liver problems.

The researchers from Harvard Medical School looked at proteins which may be involved in pre-eclampsia by affecting the level of oxygen delivered to the placenta.

They settled on COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase), an enzyme involved in the development of new blood vessels and a protein it produces called 2-methoxyoestradiol (2-ME).

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Global Voices, a non-profit global citizens’ media project founded at
Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, is seeking
to hire a Public Health Editor.

The Public Health Editor will be responsible for writing
weekly articles which cover the latest discussions and topics related
to public health and human rights in the developing world from citizen
media like blogs, podcasts, and video-blogs. S/he will work closely
with the rest of the Global Voices editorial staff(managing, regional
and language editors), and will also be expected to attend regular
online editorial meetings.

In September 2007, we will conduct the first of what we hope will be a series of distance learning workshops on topics of importance to all young scientists.

Via the People's daily:

From the Globalization and Health website, an article reaffirming the centrality of Health in Sustainable Development.

Abstract:

This is a good editorial from the British Medical Journal on Mother to child transmission of HIV in China

Excerpt:

When discussing transmission of the AIDS virus from Mother to Child, the success of Cuba's HIV policies often comes up.