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Opinions: Pakistan's rebuilding; Kenya's constitution; Development financing; Africa's black market for malaria drugs

A Washington Post editorial encouraging the U.S. to generously support Pakistan as it recovers from major flooding, states: the "humanitarian interest is heightened by Pakistan's centrality to America's national security interests. The Obama administration must seize this chance to deepen and broaden what is already a large commitment, lest Pakistan become even more of a breeding ground for terrorism."

3 Sep 2010

AHF proposes innovative solution to resolve AIDS drug crisis in Florida

As the State of Florida grapples with a budget shortfall that is crippling its AIDS Drug Assistance Program and forcing the state to place more than 1,300 low-income Floridians on waiting lists to access lifesaving AIDS medications, AIDS Healthcare Foundation has proposed an innovative solution to state health officials and seven leading AIDS drug companies that would create a public/private partnership to resolve the drug crisis and get vulnerable Florida AIDS patients on to lifesaving antiretroviral treatment.

2 Sep 2010

Cannabis Science issues statement on marijuana study for post-surgery neuropathic pain

Cannabis Science, Inc., a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products, has issued a statement regarding a Canadian study on marijuana and intractable post-traumatic or post-surgery neuropathic pain that did not respond to conventional treatment.

2 Sep 2010

HHS Secretary announces grants for patient-centered outcome research

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced three sets of grants and cooperative agreements totaling nearly $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), or research that compares treatments and strategies to improve health outcomes for patients.

2 Sep 2010

LifeCell, Novadaq Technologies sign exclusive sales, marketing agreement

LifeCell Corporation, a business unit of Kinetic Concepts, Inc., and Novadaq Technologies Inc. announced today the signing of an exclusive sales and marketing agreement for distribution of Novadaq's SPY Imaging System in North American surgical markets. LifeCell will drive adoption for the SPY System in breast reconstructive, head and neck, and colorectal surgical specialties, with more than half a million procedures projected annually.

2 Sep 2010

Study on kidneys may help to treat high blood pressure

A study of the body system that deals with Americans' love affair with salt may yield more insight into why so many end up hypertensive and how to better treat them.

2 Sep 2010

U.N. Secretary-General, UNAIDS Executive Director highlight role NGOs can play in achieving MDGs

During the 63rd U.N. Department of Public Information/NGO Conference on Monday in Melbourne, Australia, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "call[ed] on delegates to do more to save the lives of mothers and babies," the Australian Associated Press/Sydney Morning Herald reports (Alexander/Rose, 8/30).

2 Sep 2010

Also in Global Health News: China's first HIV discrimination case; Congo mass rape; S. Sudan flooding; Kenya's population growth; Family planning in the Philippines

"A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday," the Associated Press reports (8/31). "The lawsuit alleges city officials denied the plaintiff, a recent college graduate, a teaching job after a medical screening revealed he had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS," Agence-France-Presse reports (8/31).

2 Sep 2010

World becoming numb to HIV/AIDS: UNAIDS executive director

HIV infection is on the rise but there is potential to control the upsurge of infections with effective measures only if there are adequate funds. According to UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe the world has become numb to the fact that 7,400 people are being infected with AIDS every day and funds to combat it are not pouring in as they should. Since 2001, the number of newly infected people has fallen by 17 per cent a year - but there are still 2.7 million new cases each year.

1 Sep 2010

Report finds some donated malaria drugs are being stolen, resold In Africa

Some of the malaria drugs given to Africa by international donors are "being stolen and resold on commercial markets," according to a study to be released Thursday in the journal Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, the Associated Press reports.

1 Sep 2010

Sonomax and Solar Ear Brazil sign Term Sheet to develop hearing aids

Sonomax Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a Term Sheet with Brazil based Solar Ear. Under the terms of the agreement, Sonomax will adapt it's V4 earmold so that it can be paired with Solar Ear's BTE (Behind-the-ear) hearing aids and supported by Solar Ear's unique solar chargers. The hearing aids resulting from the marriage of these leading edge technologies will be for distribution throughout the developing world.

31 Aug 2010

AHF online community grows to 100,000

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, today announced that its online community has grown to 100,000 people, including 64,643 Facebook followers and 32,690 members of its website e-community. The group credits its rapidly growing online community with significantly bolstering its recent advocacy efforts targeting heavy-hitters such as President Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS).

31 Aug 2010

U.N.-NGO conference on MDGs kicks off in Australia

Ahead of next month's U.N. Summit in New York, a joint U.N.-NGO conference tracking the world's progress toward reaching the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) kicked off in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, ABC News reports (8/30).

30 Aug 2010

Opinions: MDG progress; Drug patents; Aid for scientific research; Avoiding food crises; Hunger in India; U.S. commitments to PEPFAR, Global Fund

"Between the catastrophes of the Haiti earthquake and the Pakistan floods, there was actually some good news this spring on the global health front, which offers hope that the United Nations' ambitious Millennium Development Goals might not be at a standstill. Though a great deal remains to be done, all of us are living longer, fewer mothers are dying in childbirth, and fewer children are dying before school age," Eli Adashi, professor of medical science at Brown University, writes in Boston Globe editorial.

30 Aug 2010

Also in Global Health News: GM mosquitoes; Iodine deficiency in Nepal; South African health workers strike; Novartis to build vaccine plant in Brazil; Population control in Niger

Malaysia is still "considering releasing" up to 3,000 mosquitoes that are genetically modified to "combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for criticism from environmentalists," Agence France-Presse reports. The insects are modified "so that their offspring quickly die," which researchers hope will cull the population and lessen the risk of dengue.

30 Aug 2010

Revolutions Medical seeks due recognition for RevVac vacuum operated auto retractable safety syringe

Revolutions Medical Corporation has notified the MDEA that there had been an error in awarding the Free Vac syringe the 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award when in fact Free Vac misrepresented ownership of the syringe. The syringe was actually Revolutions Medical Corporation's RevVac auto retractable safety syringe.

30 Aug 2010

Authorities arrest more than 80 people, seize 10 tons of counterfeit meds in E. Africa

Authorities have arrested more than 80 people and seized 10 tons of counterfeit medicines across six East African countries, the international police agency Interpol announced Thursday, United Press International reports (8/26).

27 Aug 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

"[N]ew diagnostic techniques [for tuberculosis] need to be studied in children," according to a Lancet Infectious Diseases Reflection. "Tuberculosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide, but estimates of disease burden are inaccurate because most cases are not confirmed," the author writes. He discusses a study published in the same issue that examines various methods for diagnosing TB in children.

27 Aug 2010

Elsevier, KIT sign MoU to provide developing country researchers access to ScienceDirect and Scopus

Elsevier and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam announced on 26th of August the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) providing 150 researchers working in least-developed and low-income countries (for example Benin, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Togo etc.) with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus, Elsevier's online scientific research platform and flagship abstract and citation database.

27 Aug 2010

National Association of Free Clinic available to uninsured residents in New Orleans

Free HIV/AIDS tests, other significant tests and medical exams (including physicals) will be available to uninsured residents of the area when the National Association of Free Clinics holds a massive free clinic in New Orleans on Aug. 31 and Sept 1.

27 Aug 2010

AIDS News and Research

Opinions: Pakistan's rebuilding; Kenya's constitution; Development financing; Africa's black market for malaria drugs

AHF proposes innovative solution to resolve AIDS drug crisis in Florida

Cannabis Science issues statement on marijuana study for post-surgery neuropathic pain

HHS Secretary announces grants for patient-centered outcome research

LifeCell, Novadaq Technologies sign exclusive sales, marketing agreement

Study on kidneys may help to treat high blood pressure

U.N. Secretary-General, UNAIDS Executive Director highlight role NGOs can play in achieving MDGs

Also in Global Health News: China's first HIV discrimination case; Congo mass rape; S. Sudan flooding; Kenya's population growth; Family planning in the Philippines

World becoming numb to HIV/AIDS: UNAIDS executive director

Report finds some donated malaria drugs are being stolen, resold In Africa

Sonomax and Solar Ear Brazil sign Term Sheet to develop hearing aids

AHF online community grows to 100,000

U.N.-NGO conference on MDGs kicks off in Australia

Opinions: MDG progress; Drug patents; Aid for scientific research; Avoiding food crises; Hunger in India; U.S. commitments to PEPFAR, Global Fund

Also in Global Health News: GM mosquitoes; Iodine deficiency in Nepal; South African health workers strike; Novartis to build vaccine plant in Brazil; Population control in Niger

Revolutions Medical seeks due recognition for RevVac vacuum operated auto retractable safety syringe

Authorities arrest more than 80 people, seize 10 tons of counterfeit meds in E. Africa

Recent releases in Global Health

Elsevier, KIT sign MoU to provide developing country researchers access to ScienceDirect and Scopus

National Association of Free Clinic available to uninsured residents in New Orleans

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Exploring the G:Box and for high-quality imaging

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