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
Transmitted by people without symptoms, hitting populations regarded too widely as “disposable,” its spread facilitated by claims the deadly public health threat is a hoax, and […]
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, […]