The Center for Global Health Policy & the HIV Medicine Association teamed up last week for a series of advocacy meetings on Capitol Hill, drawing attention to the domestic and global fight against HIV/AIDS. The meetings—featuring top HIV/AIDS doctors and researchers—come at a critical moment, with Congress set to make vital funding decisions about HIV/AIDS […]
Starting Wednesday, John Donnelly, a former reporter with the Boston Globe, will be live blogging in this space from the HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting. The conference will delve into the latest research and program innoviations on a gamut of topics–from male circumcision to HIV/TB co-infection to program planning amid the current economic uncertainty. Coming as Congress considers funding for […]
HIV
Sub-Saharan African countries where adolescents 15 or younger could be tested for HIV without sign-off by parents or guardians show 11 percent higher rates of testing […]
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
A year that started with a shutdown of the U.S. government is ending the same way, demonstrating ongoing instability in American policy, funding and global health […]