The following list of What We’re Reading is a compilation of recent releases and reports making headlines in global health: HIV may afflict almost half Asia-Pacific transgenders (UN): According to a new report from the United Nations (UN), almost 50 percent of transgender people in the Asia-Pacific region could be HIV infected – with poor […]
As of the end of the first quarter of 2012, nearly 864,000 GeneXpert MTB/RIF rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic cartridges had been procured under manufacturer Cephied’s concessional pricing mechanism. The information was part of a the three-page report released in May by the Stop TB Department of the World Health Organization (WHO), giving an update on […]
HIV
The following is a guest post By Sharon Weir, Ph.D. of MEASURE Evaluation For almost 35 years, HIV/AIDS has been a household word across the globe. […]
Tuberculosis
The following is a guest post by Stephanie Mullen, DrPH, and Jim Thomas, PhD of MEASURE Evaluation USAID announced September 26 a new approach to fight […]
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
Estimate exceeds previous estimates by more than $20 billion Deaths from non-Ebola causes contributed to highest West Africa outbreak costs, authors say During the 2013 to […]