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Accordia Foundation Measures Impact of Capacity-Building Programs
Global health advocates discussed the findings of an ongoing study measuring the effectiveness of infectious disease training programs at a recent briefing hosted by The Accordia Global Health Foundation. The Integrated Infectious Disease Capacity-Building Evaluation (IDCAP) is a three-year program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with the goal of evaluating training programs [...]
World Malaria Day briefing highlights global killer
To commemorate World Malaria Day, top malaria researchers came together Wednesday to present their work at a research and development event on Capitol Hill, hosted by Malaria No More. Representatives from 20 academic and research organizations discussed the contributions American private companies, universities and research institutions are making to the fight against malaria through R&D. [...]
Alliance Launches African Medicines Regulatory Program
Several high-level international health organizations joined together in Arusha, Tanzania on March 30 to launch the East African Community (EAC) Medicines Registration Harmonization Program, which will help Africans access essential, high-quality, safe and affordable medicines. The project marks the start of implementing the project across the continent, and brings together the Partnership for Africa’s Development [...]
Journals give access to TB articles
To commemorate World TB Day, the editors of Clinical Infectious Diseases and the Journal of Infectious Diseases have made various articles about tuberculosis freely available until the end of March. Topics range from recent advances in TB diagnostics, to new TB drugs, to how smoking affects TB susceptibility. Both journals are publications of the Infectious [...]
World TB Day Activities
What do you have planned next week to commemorate World TB Day on March 24? Several organizations and federal agencies are hosting events aimed at raising awareness about global and domestic TB, and what donors are doing to tackle the problem. Although most of these events take place in Washington, DC, some are being simultaneously [...]
World leaders on the Global Fund, cuts to PEPFAR as bad policy, new UNAIDS guidance, and more
The following is a compilation of recent articles and releases making headlines in HIV, TB and global health news. Joint UN statement calls for closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers: In this joint statement, 12 United Nations entities call for the closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers as they often threaten [...]
Global health community mourns the loss of Rep. Payne
This week the global health community lost one of its most ardent supporters, Rep. Donald Payne (D -NJ). Payne passed away Tuesday afternoon from complications related to colon cancer. During his 25 years in Congress, Payne worked tirelessly to further the cause of global health and humanitarian issues in general. As one of the original [...]
Global Health Leaders Discuss Need for Global Health Innovation at Congressional Briefing
The Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) has released their annual policy report, “Sustaining Progress: Creating US policies to spur global health innovation,” which outlines crucial advances made in global health research and development, thanks to U.S.-government investment. The report urges policymakers to continue their strong support for global health innovation during a time when President [...]
Lives in the Balance: MSF report exposes threat of HIV and TB in Myanmar
Nine-year-old Phoe Lone was diagnosed with HIV at the age of two, after both his parents passed away and he became increasingly ill. He began receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART) one year later, one of the 23,000 people living with HIV in Myanmar who receive treatment from Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Today, he is healthy. [...]
Global Health Experts Discuss President’s FY2013 Budget
At a webcast Wednesday, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) invited global health experts to discuss President Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal and what it means for global health. In particular, panelists attempted to address the implications of the President’s proposed $542.9 million cut from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in his fiscal year 2013 [...]
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