As the global economic crisis takes an increasingly steep toll on access to HIV/AIDS drugs in the developing world, the new head of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibe, floated an innovative solution—calling for Africa to develop its own generic manufacturing capacity for antiretroviral drugs. Sidibe said such a move would increase access to ARVs, while also developing […]
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) are conducting a search for a director to lead their new TB and HIV research center in Durban, South Africa. The director will oversee the development and implementation of the Center’s research plan, lead efforts to obtain research funding, and establish a […]
HIV
Progress seen in recent years against the HIV pandemic, including in rising numbers of people diagnosed and treated accompanied by dropping rates of incidence and death, […]
Tuberculosis
SYDNEY – When Merinda Sebayang was undergoing treatment for multidrug-resistant TB in Indonesia – a nation with the third highest tuberculosis burden in the world after […]
Research & Development
A randomized, multi-country clinical trial testing a regimen for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in less than a year against the up to two-year regimen recommended by the […]
Policy
With a report showing that 2018 yielded the highest case numbers seen so far of a paralyzing condition largely among children who had been sick with […]