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Expert panel discusses changing dynamics of global health at science forum in Norway

"Basic science plays a critical role in the quest to improve global health, but it's only one part of a multi-pronged effort that includes changing the dynamics of global health so that developing nations have a more leading role in fulfilling their health care needs," a panel of experts concluded at the 2012 Kavli Prize Science Forum in Oslo, Norway, held this week, according to a Kavli Foundation press release.

7 Sep 2012

History of TB policy shows need for care, investment equity in developed, developing countries

In a 200th anniversary article for the New England Journal of Medicine, Salmaan Keshavjee of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Paul Farmer of Partners in Health "seek to elucidate the reasons for the anemic response to drug-resistant tuberculosis [TB] by examining the recent history of tuberculosis policy," they write.

7 Sep 2012

Distribution infrastructure, effective education important for success of micronutrient powders to treat childhood anemia

In this post in the New York Times' "Opinionator" blog, journalist Sam Loewenberg examines the administration of micronutrient powders as a treatment option for anemia, "one of the most pervasive problems affecting the world's children, and one that goes largely unaddressed."

7 Sep 2012

Blog examines results of independent AMFm evaluation draft report

"In mid-July, ... the near-final draft of the independent evaluation of the Affordable Medicines Facility -- Malaria (AMFm) was released," Victoria Fan, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD), and Heather Lanthorn, a doctoral candidate at Harvard School of Public Health, write in this post in the center's "Global Health Policy" blog.

6 Sep 2012

Akonni receives NSF's Phase 2 SBIR Grant to develop Lab-on-a-Film microarray

Akonni Biosystems, a life science tools / molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and plans to market molecular testing devices for diagnosing infectious diseases and human genetic disorders, announced today the receipt of a $498,780 Phase 2 SBIR Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

6 Sep 2012

U.S. commitment to foreign assistance, global health to rise or fall with presidential election outcome

In this Lancet opinion piece, Laurie Garrett, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, examines a number of social, political, and financial issues at play ahead of the November 6 U.S. presidential election and their implications for domestic and global health programs.

6 Sep 2012

Developing countries NGO delegation to Global Fund submits report highlighting challenges, recommendations

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog discusses a report by the developing countries NGO delegation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, submitted recently to the Global Fund Secretariat.

6 Sep 2012

Nordion third quarter revenue increases 0.5% to $67.1 million

Nordion Inc., a leading provider of products and services to the global health science market, today reported results for the fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2012. The Company generated $67.1 million in revenue for the third quarter, an increase of $0.3 million, or 0.5%, over revenue of $66.8 million for the same period in 2011.

6 Sep 2012

Aidspan founder, executive director Bernard Rivers stepping down

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog profiles Bernard Rivers, founder and executive director of Aidspan, a watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, who is leaving his position after 10 years.

1 Sep 2012

Examining implications of hiring foreign-born health workers on U.S., global health care systems

In this post in the IntraHealth "Global Health Blog," Kate Tulenko, senior director of health systems innovation at IntraHealth, provides an excerpt of her recently published book, "Insourced: How Importing Jobs Impacts the Healthcare Crisis Here and Abroad."

1 Sep 2012

CSIS report examines reform in Liberia's health system

The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) on Tuesday released a report titled "Road to Recovery: Rebuilding Liberia's Health System," the center's "Smart Global Health" blog reports.

31 Aug 2012

Blog examines study looking at role of stigma in HIV PMTCT

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog examines a recent study that found only slightly more than 44 percent of women in the Nyanza province of Kenya deliver their infants in a health care facility, with many women citing fear of stigma and discrimination as a reason for not attending clinics for prenatal care.

31 Aug 2012

U.S. behind France, Germany, U.K. in stopping preventable deaths

The study, published in Health Affairs, pointed the finger at the lack of health insurance -- as well as conditions such as hypertension and medical errors -- in the U.S. as part of the problem.

31 Aug 2012

Blog reflects on London Summit on Family Planning

Noting that a "thin place" is "a place or situation that Celtic Mystics believed to be a coming together of heaven and earth," Gary Darmstadt, head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Family Health Division, and Wendy Prosser, a research analyst with the Family Health Division, write in the foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, "The London Summit on Family Planning was a 'thin place' for the global health community and for millions of women around the world who want to plan their families. It was transformational for so many reasons."

31 Aug 2012

India's contribution to global health R&D needs domestic, international support

As the BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- invest more in innovations in health technologies and other areas, "many are looking to these countries to correct the global health research and development (R&D) imbalance that leaves the poor without needed products such as an improved tuberculosis (TB) vaccine or tests to help diagnose patients in remote rural settings," David de Ferranti, president of Results for Development Institute (R4D), writes in the Huffington Post Blog.

30 Aug 2012

Sri Lanka succeeds in reducing malaria cases by 99.9% since 1999

Despite nearly three decades of conflict, Sri Lanka has succeeded in reducing malaria cases by 99.9 percent since 1999 and is on track to eliminate the disease entirely by 2014.

30 Aug 2012

NPR's new global health, development beat mixes social media, on-the-ground reporting

"NPR's new global health and development beat is a good example of a hybrid approach to storytelling, one that places just as much emphasis on social media as it does on shoe-leather reporting," Poynter.org Associate Editor Mallary Jean Tenore reports in the organization's blog.

29 Aug 2012

Blog calls on presidential candidates to discuss global health R&D

Noting "Mitt Romney will become the official nominee for the Republican Party at its convention in Florida" this week, Kim Lufkin, communications officer for the Global Health Technologies Coalition, writes in this post in the coalition's "Breakthroughs" blog.

28 Aug 2012

Despite controversy, WHO not likely to change its stance on misoprostol use

Highlighting a recent report by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine about the use of the drug misoprostol to prevent postpartum hemorrhage and the WHO's inclusion of the drug on its Essential Medicine List, Guardian health editor Sarah Boseley writes in this post in her "Global Health Blog," "Seldom has there been a drug that has excited as much controversy as misoprostol."

27 Aug 2012

Interview examines issues surrounding collaborative R&D to advance health technologies

In this post in the Results for Development Institute's "Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment" blog, Hassan Masum, a consultant at the institute, interviews Alph Bingham, co-founder of Innocentive, an online platform for crowdsourcing technical solutions, about issues surrounding collaborative research and development (R&D) to advance health technologies.

26 Aug 2012

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Expert panel discusses changing dynamics of global health at science forum in Norway

History of TB policy shows need for care, investment equity in developed, developing countries

Distribution infrastructure, effective education important for success of micronutrient powders to treat childhood anemia

Blog examines results of independent AMFm evaluation draft report

Akonni receives NSF's Phase 2 SBIR Grant to develop Lab-on-a-Film microarray

U.S. commitment to foreign assistance, global health to rise or fall with presidential election outcome

Developing countries NGO delegation to Global Fund submits report highlighting challenges, recommendations

Nordion third quarter revenue increases 0.5% to $67.1 million

Aidspan founder, executive director Bernard Rivers stepping down

Examining implications of hiring foreign-born health workers on U.S., global health care systems

CSIS report examines reform in Liberia's health system

Blog examines study looking at role of stigma in HIV PMTCT

U.S. behind France, Germany, U.K. in stopping preventable deaths

Blog reflects on London Summit on Family Planning

India's contribution to global health R&D needs domestic, international support

Sri Lanka succeeds in reducing malaria cases by 99.9% since 1999

NPR's new global health, development beat mixes social media, on-the-ground reporting

Blog calls on presidential candidates to discuss global health R&D

Despite controversy, WHO not likely to change its stance on misoprostol use

Interview examines issues surrounding collaborative R&D to advance health technologies

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