The following is a post from Center for Global Health Policy Officer Carol Bergman, who recently traveled to Kenya with a group of Capitol Hill staff from key Congressional offices with jurisdiction over global health funding or programs. The purpose of our trip to Kenya was to better understand the impact of how US dollars […]
The second in a series of interviews with staff members of the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC), responsible for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program, Science Speaks sat down with Winnie Roberts, PhD. As director of multilateral diplomacy, Roberts manages OGAC’s engagement with the Global Fund to Fight […]
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 […]