The world last year spent about $13 billion to fight AIDS, and there are warnings from many quarters that the funding is entering a period of stagnation. But in a presentation today at the Global Health Council’s annual conference in Washington, D.C., an economist predicted that spending in 20 years could rise well above current […]
Last week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) brought together a number of panelists from various administration agencies and NGOs at an event called “Linkages between Gender, AIDS, and Development – Implications for U.S. Policy.” Panelists discussed the importance of placing women’s and girl’s health at the forefront of the Obama Administration’s global […]
HIV
Innovative approaches can help find vulnerable young women in need of HIV prevention services The following is a guest post by Michelle Li, MS, and Quinn […]
Tuberculosis
In the six weeks before South Africa responded its first diagnoses of COVID-19 with the start of physical distancing measures, more than 47,000 people on average […]
Research & Development
With 2018 data showing highest incidence acute flaccid myelitis since monitoring began, officials say awareness, recognition of rare life threatening condition will be crucial to early […]
Policy
By Karen Carvajal, M.D. Over the course of human history we have come a long way in our fight against the threat of infectious diseases and, […]