The Kaiser Family Foundation’s panel talk on changes at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, focused on the impact of reorganization at the charity at a time when scientific progress offers unprecedented chances for inroads against the diseases. Panelists Joanne Carter, executive director of RESULTS/RESULTS EDUCATION FUND, J. Stephen Morrison, senior vice […]
On June 12, a Senate funding subcommittee voted on funding allocations for programs in health, human services, labor and education for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012. Many details have not been released and more information will become available when the full Senate appropriations committee votes on the bill on Thursday, June 14. […]
HIV
While plan will target 48 “hot spots” with services, and people at high risks with PrEP, will it change policies that fuel HIV? More details are […]
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
Drawing on previously published findings and on-the-ground interviews, a report from Planned Parenthood details damage to global health gains, including in closed programs, weakened civil society, […]