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TB Alliance launches new combination drug trial

In an ambitious effort to stem the dangerous tide of tuberculosis (TB) and deadly drug-resistant TB around the world, TB Alliance today announced that it has launched a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to test a novel drug combination – in both patients who have TB and those who have multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).

19 Mar 2012

First international podoconiosis initiative launched

The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases' "End the Neglect" blog highlights "the first-ever international podoconiosis initiative, Footwork," launched on March 15.

19 Mar 2012

U.S. Ambassador for Global Women's Issues speaks about GHI's support for family planning in CNN interview

"Family planning is one of the best public health interventions that can be made," U.S. Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer said in an interview with Amar Bakshi, editor of CNN World's "Global Public Square" (GPS) blog, adding, "It makes such a difference in a woman's life for her to be able to have the wherewithal -- the family planning contraceptives available so that she can decide the size and the spacing of her children."

17 Mar 2012

Gates Foundation grants biotech firm Aeras $220 million over 5 years to develop TB vaccines

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is "to give $220 million over five years to the non-profit biotech firm Aeras to develop vaccines to fight tuberculosis [TB], a company statement said Thursday," Agence France-Presse reports (3/15).

17 Mar 2012

U.S. must recommit itself to ending AIDS, scientifically and financially

"There is a lot of optimism now in the community of public health officials and advocates who work on AIDS. ... But, even as we know more, there are still disputes about how best to move forward on both prevention and treatment," commentator Richard Socarides, a former White House adviser under President Bill Clinton, writes in the New Yorker's "News Desk" blog.

16 Mar 2012

EORTC, EASL publish first joint CPGs on management of hepatocellular carcinoma

The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) today publish their first joint Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma.

16 Mar 2012

Six reasons why Obama's proposal to cut PEPFAR funding should be rejected by Congress

In this post in The Hill's "Congress Blog," Chris Collins, vice president and director of public policy for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, responds to a recently released analysis of adult mortality rates in African countries, which "found that between 2004 and 2008, in those nations where the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was most active, the odds of death were about 20 percent lower than in other countries in the region."

15 Mar 2012

UMDNJ to receive TB biomarkers grant from Gates Foundation

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) announced today that Dr. David Alland, professor of medicine, chief of infectious diseases, and director of the Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, will receive a tuberculosis (TB) biomarkers grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health program, an initiative which seeks to overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world.

15 Mar 2012

Mobile phones could play a valuable role in helping HIV patients to take medication every day

Mobile phones could play a valuable role in helping HIV patients to take their medication every day, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The researchers found that patients were less likely to miss doses if they were sent weekly mobile phone text message reminders.

15 Mar 2012

One in four HIV patients have been sexually abused as a child

One in four HIV patients was found to have been sexually abused as a child, according to a two-year Duke University study of more than 600 HIV patients. Traumatic childhood experiences were also linked to worse health outcomes among these patients, who are aged 20 to 71.

15 Mar 2012

USAID's Shah provides 'critical leadership' in global health

Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) Communications Officer Kim Lufkin discusses USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah's second annual letter in this GHTC "Breakthroughs" blog post, writing, "Shah rightly emphasizes the role of science, technology, and innovation in meeting USAID's international health goals."

14 Mar 2012

Employing 'strategy' in global health

In this "Health Affairs Blog" post, Sachin Jain, a physician and former HHS adviser, explores the use of the term "strategy" in global health, writing "the term remains variably used and ill-defined."

14 Mar 2012

Peace Corps, PEPFAR, Global Health Service Corps launch public-private partnership to place medical professionals overseas

The Peace Corps, PEPFAR and the Global Health Service Corps on Tuesday will announce a public-private partnership program to place U.S. health workers overseas to help address medical professional shortages, CQ HealthBeat reports (Bristol, 3/12).

14 Mar 2012

Antibody-based therapies successfully protect monkeys from deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses

Army scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, that antibody-based therapies can successfully protect monkeys from the deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses. In addition, the animals were fully protected even when treatment was administered two days post-infection, an accomplishment unmatched by any experimental therapy for these viruses to date.

14 Mar 2012

Inovio achieves strong T cell immune responses in PENNVAX-B Phase I HIV study

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has achieved strong T cell immune responses in a Phase I clinical study of PENNVAX-B, its product for the treatment of the HIV subtype prevalent in North America and Europe, in HIV-positive subjects.

13 Mar 2012

Women in the World summit panel discusses using technology to solve global health problems

The Daily Beast reports on a panel discussion at the third Women in the World summit on Friday in which Barbara Bush, CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps, and Gabi Zedlmayer, head of Hewlett-Packard's (HP) global social innovation program, talked about "how to harness technology to solve world health problems."

13 Mar 2012

Global Health News and Research

TB Alliance launches new combination drug trial

First international podoconiosis initiative launched

U.S. Ambassador for Global Women's Issues speaks about GHI's support for family planning in CNN interview

Gates Foundation grants biotech firm Aeras $220 million over 5 years to develop TB vaccines

U.S. must recommit itself to ending AIDS, scientifically and financially

EORTC, EASL publish first joint CPGs on management of hepatocellular carcinoma

Six reasons why Obama's proposal to cut PEPFAR funding should be rejected by Congress

UMDNJ to receive TB biomarkers grant from Gates Foundation

Mobile phones could play a valuable role in helping HIV patients to take medication every day

One in four HIV patients have been sexually abused as a child

USAID's Shah provides 'critical leadership' in global health

Employing 'strategy' in global health

Peace Corps, PEPFAR, Global Health Service Corps launch public-private partnership to place medical professionals overseas

Antibody-based therapies successfully protect monkeys from deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses

Inovio achieves strong T cell immune responses in PENNVAX-B Phase I HIV study

Women in the World summit panel discusses using technology to solve global health problems

USAID annual letter discusses global health initiatives

USAID publishes special edition news report commemorating International Women's Day

ScienceInsider reports on Lancet letters regarding CDC Center for Global Health

Common sexually transmitted bacterial infection more than doubles risk of HIV

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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