TB was all the talk on Capitol Hill Thursday. The Global Health Council and the American Thoracic Society, among other groups, helped to orchestrate two fantastic briefings on TB, just as the WHO is set to release some alarming new data about TB-HIV co-infection. “We’re really at a crossroads” with TB, said Diana […]
Here’s a blog dispatch from the Center’s Christine Lubinski: In Washington today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa announced a groundbreaking partnership to establish an international research center on HIV/TB co-infection. The initiative will also focus on training a new generation of scientists in Africa. The creation […]
HIV
While plan will target 48 “hot spots” with services, and people at high risks with PrEP, will it change policies that fuel HIV? More details are […]
Tuberculosis
With the release of a “pre-final text” of updated guidelines for treatment of multidrug- and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis, the World Health Organization made official substantial changes to […]
Research & Development
A trial to test the safety of, and immune response prompted by, the latest candidate for a vaccine to protect against Zika virus infection has begun […]
Policy
Drawing on previously published findings and on-the-ground interviews, a report from Planned Parenthood details damage to global health gains, including in closed programs, weakened civil society, […]