The first female condom was a flop. Now a second version is making its debut around the globe. It remains to be seen whether this new and improved protection–the FC2–will prove more successful at empowering women to ward off HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Click here for an interesting AP story on […]
Last week we posted an item about Burma facing a severe shortage of TB drugs next year unless emergency funding is secured. Today, there’s news that Uganda may be in an even worse situation. In northern Uganda, the lack of drugs—for HIV as well as TB—is already causing serious concern. Dr Paul Onek, director of […]
HIV
The following is a guest post by Emily Bobrow, PhD, of MEASURE Evaluation A combination of integrated service delivery approaches for mothers who are living with […]
Tuberculosis
Suppose you have a large group of people, confined together, considered likely to pose a threat to people outside their walls, but without the ready means […]
Research & Development
This year marks the close of a dynamic decade in global infectious disease research and responses that changed expectations of what humanity can accomplish toward making […]
Policy
The following is a guest post by Jeffrey Duchin, MD, FIDSA The quarantine and travel restrictions announced by the US federal government in response to the […]