The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has teamed up with several other US government agencies to launch a new initiative to strengthen medical education in sub-Saharan Africa. This new program, called the Medical Education Partnership Initiative, is a joint effort by PEPFAR, the CDC, the Department of Defense, and other agencies. It is an effort […]
This post is by Center Director Christine Lubinski, who attended today’s meeting at the NIH of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. When Dr. Eric Goosby, Ambassador at large and the US global AIDS coordinator, addressed academic leaders of global health programs at a gathering outside Washington today, he spent most of his short […]
HIV
Amid unprecedented challenges to routine healthcare access, trial results mark a first for a critically needed HIV prevention measure An investigational drug administered by injection every […]
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
What we have learned from HIV can guide responses to COVID-19 that are innovative, effective and inclusive, and can help end the pandemic faster The following […]
Policy
The following is a guest post by Kenneth G. Castro, MD, FIDSA Since its formation in 1948, WHO has relied heavily on the U.S. for collaborations […]