West African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak are shifting the scope of health systems strengthening to build resilient health systems that can deal with a variety of challenges, said panelists at a CSIS forum last week. Affected countries are developing recovery plans that put health systems strengthening at the forefront, but are pushing for strengthening […]
HIV
The Berlin patient has died of cancer Timothy Ray Brown had been telling his story for a couple of years when he first was covered in […]
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, […]