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Strengthening collective voice, influence of biomedical researchers in global health field

In this post in the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases' "End the Neglect" blog, guest blogger Jessica Taaffe, founder of Scientists for Global Health (SciGlo) and a postdoctoral fellow researching severe malaria immunopathogenesis at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "discusses the importance of the biomedical community's contributions to improving health worldwide,"

18 Apr 2012

New Malawi President Joyce Banda offers women 'hope for a better future,' but donor support necessary

"On Saturday April 7th, Joyce Banda became Africa's second sitting female president," Lyndon Haviland, a senior strategy fellow at Aspen Global Health and Development, notes in this AlertNet opinion piece, writing, "President Banda offers women in Africa a second chance to experience women's leadership (Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's recent Nobel Peace Prize demonstrates what can happen when women lead) -- and for the women of Malawi that cannot come soon enough."

18 Apr 2012

Gates Foundation, Brazilian health ministry form alliance to expand Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced it has formed an alliance "with the Brazilian Ministry of Health in the latest expansion of the foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative," the Puget Sound Business Journal reports.

18 Apr 2012

Innovation in healthcare without borders: An invaluable contribution of diagnostics

For the third year in a row, the European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association (EDMA) has been one of the strategic partners of the European Commission in organising the Innovation in Healthcare without Borders conference.

17 Apr 2012

Responses to U.S. nomination of Jim Kim for World Bank presidency

The following is a summary of several recent pieces published in response to the U.S. nomination of Jim Yong Kim to be the next president of the World Bank.

17 Apr 2012

WHO report discusses financing, coordinating R&D for health needs in developing countries

This post on IntraHealth International's "Global Health Blog" discusses a new report from the WHO, titled "Research and Development to Meet Health Needs in Developing Countries: Strengthening Global Financing and Coordination," which "concludes that 'all countries should commit to spend at least 0.01 percent of GDP on government-funded R&D [research and development] devoted to meeting the health needs of developing countries.'"

17 Apr 2012

Global Fund's restructuring shows organization's viability

This post by writer Cynthia Schweer in Foreign Policy Blogs Network describes the recent restructuring of the Secretariat at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, with a focus on grant management.

16 Apr 2012

U.S. nominee Jim Kim likely to emerge as World Bank president

"Jim Yong Kim, the U.S. nominee, seems certain to become the next president of the World Bank after developing countries failed in an effort to unite behind a single candidate," the Financial Times reports, noting, "Jose Antonio Ocampo, the former Colombian finance minister, withdrew from contention and endorsed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian finance minister, after she won wider support among a group of developing countries on Friday."

16 Apr 2012

Politico Pro examines reaction to Melinda Gates's TEDxChange speech on family planning

Politico Pro examines the reaction to a speech delivered by Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, at a TEDxChange conference in Berlin on April 5.

16 Apr 2012

Regulatory streamlining can improve access to treatments

Loren Becker, manager of the Global Health Technologies Coalition's (GHTC) Global Health Regulatory Team, discusses the new East African Community's (EAC) Medicines Regulatory Harmonization initiative, launched at the end of March in Arusha, Tanzania, in this post in GHTC's "Breakthroughs" blog.

12 Apr 2012

Researchers, industry leaders meet in New York to discuss global health R&D

"New York global health researchers and industry leaders gathered Monday in Manhattan to discuss how global health research and development is fueling innovation and saving lives, not to mention funding jobs and companies in the state," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

12 Apr 2012

Jim Kim's 'experience and humility' make him a good nominee for World Bank President

In this Washington Post opinion piece, Paul Farmer, a Harvard professor and co-founder of Partners In Health, and John Gershman, a professor at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, discuss the nomination of Jim Yong Kim, a global health expert and Dartmouth College president, to be president of the World Bank.

12 Apr 2012

IOM report: Tax medical care, double public health spending

An Institute of Medicine panel recommended a new tax on medical care to generate more funding for public health initiatives to help prevent disease.

12 Apr 2012

WHO publishes 'Programmatic Update' on use of ARVs to treat pregnant women, prevent PMTCT

The WHO "recently published a 'Programmatic Update' on the use of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to treat pregnant women and prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

11 Apr 2012

New initiative focusing on GBV and HIV/AIDS will help prevent both

"The advancement of women's health and their rights is one of the core principles of President Barack Obama's Global Health Initiative," a VOA editorial states, adding, "And so it is that the United States has rolled out a new initiative that will tackle one of the greatest threats to women's health, HIV/AIDS, by attacking another scourge: gender-based violence [GBV]."

10 Apr 2012

Wall Street Journal examines Jim Kim's nomination to head World Bank

The Wall Street Journal reports that "a long list of development experts, government officials and news organizations around the world have mounted a rebellion of sorts" in response to the nomination of Jim Yong Kim, a global health expert and Dartmouth College president, to head the World Bank, as "many of them say the two other candidates, Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, are better qualified for the post."

10 Apr 2012

To improve global health, toilets must be redesigned to work without connection to sanitation grid

"The toilet is a magnificent thing. ... Unfortunately it is an impractical luxury for about two-thirds of the world's seven billion people because it relies on connections to water and sewerage systems that must be built and maintained at great expense," a Bloomberg editorial writes.

10 Apr 2012

U.S. must embrace competitive election process for World Bank presidency to support Kim's nomination

In this New York times opinion piece, Thomas Bollyky, senior fellow for global health, economics and development at the Council on Foreign Relations, comments on the controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's nomination of Jim Yong Kim for the World Bank presidency, writing, "For the first time since the World Bank's creation at the end of World War II, the United States is facing a real challenge over the bank's leadership. Leaders of some developing and emerging economies have refused to support President Obama's unexpected choice of Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College, to lead the bank."

10 Apr 2012

Analysis examines potential global health impact of Obama administration's FY13 budget request

A new analysis from amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, "estimates potential human impacts of funding changes [in global health programs] proposed in the President's fiscal year 2013 budget request when compared to current operating budget levels (fiscal year 2012)."

7 Apr 2012

World Health Care Congress to be held in Washington D.C.

The 9th Annual World Health Care Congress will be held April 16-18, 2012 in Washington D.C.. The event is a cross-industry event convening of health care leaders from business, government and academia.

7 Apr 2012

Global Health News and Research

Strengthening collective voice, influence of biomedical researchers in global health field

New Malawi President Joyce Banda offers women 'hope for a better future,' but donor support necessary

Gates Foundation, Brazilian health ministry form alliance to expand Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative

Innovation in healthcare without borders: An invaluable contribution of diagnostics

Responses to U.S. nomination of Jim Kim for World Bank presidency

WHO report discusses financing, coordinating R&D for health needs in developing countries

Global Fund's restructuring shows organization's viability

U.S. nominee Jim Kim likely to emerge as World Bank president

Politico Pro examines reaction to Melinda Gates's TEDxChange speech on family planning

Regulatory streamlining can improve access to treatments

Researchers, industry leaders meet in New York to discuss global health R&D

Jim Kim's 'experience and humility' make him a good nominee for World Bank President

IOM report: Tax medical care, double public health spending

WHO publishes 'Programmatic Update' on use of ARVs to treat pregnant women, prevent PMTCT

New initiative focusing on GBV and HIV/AIDS will help prevent both

Wall Street Journal examines Jim Kim's nomination to head World Bank

To improve global health, toilets must be redesigned to work without connection to sanitation grid

U.S. must embrace competitive election process for World Bank presidency to support Kim's nomination

Analysis examines potential global health impact of Obama administration's FY13 budget request

World Health Care Congress to be held in Washington D.C.

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