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Investing in global health is in America’s best interest

"Too few people realize that the health of Americans and the health of people around the world are inextricably linked," Kevin De Cock, director of the Center for Global Health of the CDC, writes in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog.

21 Jul 2012

IAS releases 'road map' to find HIV cure ahead of AIDS 2012 Conference

The International AIDS Society (IAS) on Thursday in Washington, D.C., "released what they call a road map for research toward a cure for HIV -- a strategy for global teams of scientists to explore a number of intriguing leads that just might, years from now, pan out," the Associated Press reports (Neergaard, 7/20).

21 Jul 2012

60 organizations, Archbishop Tutu call on Obama administration to create 5-year HIV strategy

Sixty organizations and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Thursday released a "Call for a U.S. Government AIDS-Free Generation Strategic Plan" that "asks the Obama administration to put Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in charge of a task force to complete a [five-year] strategy in time to be announced by the next World AIDS Day -- Dec. 1, 2012," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

21 Jul 2012

Examining challenges facing Global Fund during its reform

Optimism surrounding the science of HIV treatment and prevention "is tempered by less auspicious trends, particularly shrinking budgets for global health in the U.S. and around the world," Victoria Fan, Amanda Glassman, and Rachel Silverman of the Center for Global Development (CGD) write in the center's "Global Health Policy" blog.

20 Jul 2012

'Saving Lives at Birth' finalists convene at DevelopmentXChange

In a post on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, the foundation's Gary Darmstadt, Wendy Prosser, and Andrew Serazin discuss the finalists of the Saving Lives at Birth initiative, who came together at last week's DevelopmentXChange in Seattle.

20 Jul 2012

Peace Corps Volunteers provide HIV/AIDS prevention, awareness

Carrie Hessler-Radelet, deputy director of the Peace Corps, discusses the agency's work in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support in an AIDS.gov blog post. "Last year alone, 52 percent of all Peace Corps Volunteers engaged in such work in communities overseas," she writes, noting, "In 2013, through the Global Health Service Partnership, we look forward to placing doctors and nurses as adjunct faculty in training institutions in Africa."

20 Jul 2012

Funding must support optimism surrounding HIV prevention, treatment

The goal of an "AIDS-free generation" "requires an ambitious implementation-science agenda that improves efficiency and effectiveness and incorporates strategies for overcoming the stigma and discrimination that continue to limit the uptake and utilization of treatment, prevention and care services," AIDS 2012 Co-Chair Diane Havlir of the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine and Chris Beyrer of the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research write in a New England Journal of Medicine opinion piece.

20 Jul 2012

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology receives Gates Foundation grant

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that it has received a fourth grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to promote discoveries that will solve urgent global health problems via support of infectious disease conferences in the "Keystone Symposia Global Health Series."

20 Jul 2012

Gates Foundation blog posts reflect on London Summit on Family Planning

In this post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the foundation, reflects on the London Summit on Family Planning, which took place last week, writing, "I was humbled and thrilled by the world's commitment to put women and girls back at the heart of the global health agenda. ... Their enthusiasm shows that family planning is a high priority in the countries where many women and girls lack access, and that is the key to success in the long term."

20 Jul 2012

Blog highlights factors potentially affecting U.S. support for global AIDS response in 2013

In this post in the Center for Global Development's (CGD) "Global Health Policy" blog, Jenny Ottenhoff, policy outreach associate at the center, says "four big issues will impact U.S. support for the global response to the AIDS epidemic over the coming year."

20 Jul 2012

Donor nation funding for HIV remains at 2008 levels, Kaiser Family Foundation/UNAIDS analysis says

A funding analysis released on Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and UNAIDS found that "funding to fight HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries has remained flat at $7.6 billion," Politico Pro reports.

20 Jul 2012

CSIS official discusses upcoming AIDS 2012 conference, introduces new AIDS 2012 course on iTunes U

In this post in the Center for Strategic & International Studies' (CSIS) "Smart Global Health" blog, J. Stephen Morrison, senior vice president of CSIS and director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, reflects on the upcoming International AIDS Conference, which opens in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, writing, "It is a choice opportunity in the midst of our bitter electoral season to tell the good news of the extraordinary achievements, at home and abroad, in both science and delivery of effective treatment, care, and prevention to people living with HIV or at risk of infection."

20 Jul 2012

Blog examines potential repercussions of CIA's fake vaccination campaign in Pakistan

In this post on her blog, "The Garrett Update," Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), examines the potential implications of a fake hepatitis vaccine campaign carried out by the CIA in Pakistan last year in an attempt to gather DNA from Osama bin Laden's family.

19 Jul 2012

First detailed analysis of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster's global health effects

Radiation from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may eventually cause anywhere from 15 to 1,300 deaths and from 24 to 2,500 cases of cancer, mostly in Japan, Stanford researchers have calculated.

18 Jul 2012

Advocates, policy experts respond to FDA approval of Truvada for HIV prevention

Though the FDA's Monday approval of the antiretroviral drug Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk of HIV infection among people at risk of contracting the virus "was hailed by many as an important step in the fight against AIDS, concerns that people will incorrectly use the drug -- potentially spurring drug resistance -- led others to blast the agency for not laying down tougher rules," the Wall Street Journal's "Health Blog" writes.

18 Jul 2012

Administration moving the 'right way' by emphasizing global health coordination at country levels

The recent announcement "that the Administration's signature Global Health Initiative (GHI) was being replaced by a new Office of Global Health Diplomacy at State was greeted with withering criticism from many in the global health community," PSI CEO Karl Hofmann writes in this post in the organization's "Healthy Lives" blog.

18 Jul 2012

China should abandon family planning policy

In this post on the Council of Foreign Relations' "Asia Unbound" blog, Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the council, argues that China should abandon its so-called "one-child policy," writing, "Despite the relaxation of the law, China is increasingly suffering the consequences of a draconian policy that was put in place in the early 1980s."

17 Jul 2012

Gilead receives FDA approval for Truvada to reduce risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection

Gilead Sciences, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved once-daily oral Truvada (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), in combination with safer sex practices, to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection in adults at high risk.

17 Jul 2012

Seattle summit addresses global crisis of preterm birth

Leaders of prominent, international philanthropic and research organizations are convening in Seattle July 14-16 to address the global crisis of preterm birth and develop an action roadmap of research priorities and opportunities.

16 Jul 2012

Johns Hopkins doctoral program graduate explores ways to control infectious diseases

Her passport is stamped with exotic locations: Myanmar, Tibet, South Africa, Vietnam, and Cambodia, as well as Baltimore, MD. But, when Carrie Tudor, PhD, MPH, RN, looks at it, she sees global battlefields in the fight against infectious disease. Her weapons: immunizations, programs to curb tuberculosis and HIV transmission, and a drive to carry on a rich tradition of public health nursing research.

16 Jul 2012

Global Health News and Research

Investing in global health is in America’s best interest

IAS releases 'road map' to find HIV cure ahead of AIDS 2012 Conference

60 organizations, Archbishop Tutu call on Obama administration to create 5-year HIV strategy

Examining challenges facing Global Fund during its reform

'Saving Lives at Birth' finalists convene at DevelopmentXChange

Peace Corps Volunteers provide HIV/AIDS prevention, awareness

Funding must support optimism surrounding HIV prevention, treatment

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology receives Gates Foundation grant

Gates Foundation blog posts reflect on London Summit on Family Planning

Blog highlights factors potentially affecting U.S. support for global AIDS response in 2013

Donor nation funding for HIV remains at 2008 levels, Kaiser Family Foundation/UNAIDS analysis says

CSIS official discusses upcoming AIDS 2012 conference, introduces new AIDS 2012 course on iTunes U

Blog examines potential repercussions of CIA's fake vaccination campaign in Pakistan

First detailed analysis of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster's global health effects

Advocates, policy experts respond to FDA approval of Truvada for HIV prevention

Administration moving the 'right way' by emphasizing global health coordination at country levels

China should abandon family planning policy

Gilead receives FDA approval for Truvada to reduce risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection

Seattle summit addresses global crisis of preterm birth

Johns Hopkins doctoral program graduate explores ways to control infectious diseases

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