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Without sustained investment in malaria fight, world faces resurgence of disease

"If we needed more evidence that the funding cuts at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria were going to be detrimental to people's lives, a new study ... makes it clear: Providing funding to fight malaria makes malaria go away," Kolleen Bouchane, director of ACTION, a global partnership of health advocacy organizations, writes in the Huffington Post's "Impact" blog.

30 Apr 2012

UCLA develops compact and cost-effective RDT-reading device

In the fight against emerging public health threats, early diagnosis of infectious diseases is crucial. And in poor and remote areas of the globe where conventional medical tools like microscopes and cytometers are unavailable, rapid diagnostic tests, or RDTs, are helping to make disease screening quicker and simpler.

30 Apr 2012

CityBusters battle illness on public transit

The best place to enjoy a breath of fresh air may be a city bus, if Rice University students have their way. A team of graduating seniors has created a system for public transit that would continually clear the air of pathogens that can lead to tuberculosis (TB), flu and pneumonia.

30 Apr 2012

Five U.S. federal agencies provide significant contributions each year to global health R&D

A new report that the United States government is the largest funder of global health research and development (R&D) in the world, investing $12.7 billion over the past 10 years in the creation of new vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other products for neglected diseases of the developing world. That funding, according to the report, helped lead to the development of more than half of the 45 new health products in the last decade that have been used to save lives around the world.

30 Apr 2012

IOM releases summary of workshop on drug-resistant TB in India

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) on Friday released a summary of a joint workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the Indian National Science Academy, and the Indian Council of Medical Research, titled, "Facing the Reality of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Challenges and Potential Solutions in India."

27 Apr 2012

Global Fund Deputy GM says organization 'not in crisis' at roundtable discussion

"Although coming off a rocky year in 2011, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is 'not in crisis,'" Inter Press Service reports, referring to comments made by the organization's deputy general manager, Debrework Zewdie, at a roundtable hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday. Zewdie noted the resumption of commitments to the fund from bilateral donors, despite the international economic crisis and last year's allegations of mismanagement, the news service adds.

27 Apr 2012

Opinion pieces examine malaria fight in recognition of World Malaria Day

Wednesday, April 25, marked World Malaria Day, which this year had the theme "Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria." The following opinion pieces address the fight against malaria.

27 Apr 2012

Blog continues coverage of International Treatment as Prevention conference in Vancouver

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog continued its coverage of the 2nd International Treatment as Prevention Workshop in Vancouver.

27 Apr 2012

Nature outlook examines fight against malaria in Uganda

Nature Outlook examines the fight against malaria in Uganda. "Uganda's tragic failure to abate malaria has numerous political, geographic, economic and social factors -- and illustrates the reality that it takes more than scientific breakthroughs and cheap drugs to solve this persistent menace," according to the article. Nat

27 Apr 2012

Blog posts report on International Treatment as Prevention conference in Vancouver

Two separate posts in the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog report on the International Treatment as Prevention conference in Vancouver. The first post recaps an update from Stephen Becker of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday "about the Foundation's treatment optimization activities," writing, "According to Becker, the Foundation acknowledges that treatment will be at the center of HIV prevention efforts, but 'no amount of treatment will obviate the need for primary prevention modalities.'"

27 Apr 2012

Reviewing changes at the Global Fund

"The newly appointed temporary General Manager Gabriel Jaramillo and his team has moved forward to 'transform' the Global Fund [to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria] with considerable speed and deftness, restoring confidence among bilateral donors such as Japan and several others and country recipients as well as improving morale among the Fund's staff," Victoria Fan, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD), writes in CGD's "Global Health Policy" blog.

27 Apr 2012

Report identifies strategies necessary to improve marketplace for LLINs

The universal coverage campaign for bed nets succeeded in dramatically extending access to these life-saving products, though recent gains may be in jeopardy unless rapid action is taken. Over 560 million long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) are required through 2015 alone to achieve and maintain universal coverage in Africa, at a total global cost of $2.4 billion.

26 Apr 2012

Weakened malaria control programs linked to majority of global resurgences

Funding cuts for malaria control are the single most common reason for the resurgence of the deadly disease, according to a new study that has linked overall weakened malaria control programs to the majority of global resurgences since 1930.

25 Apr 2012

UNAIDS welcomes new WHO guidelines for HIV testing, counseling, ART for couples

UNAIDS on Thursday "called on all countries to implement new WHO guidelines that encourage couples to go together for HIV testing to ascertain their status" and recommend offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) to people living with HIV who have a partner without HIV, "even when they do not require it for their own health," the U.N. News Centre reports.

21 Apr 2012

Need to invest in new HIV prevention methods remains 'urgent,' International Microbicides Conference hears

"Although the research for new HIV prevention technologies has indeed made some progress, ... a formidable way lies ahead to find enough money to finish the research and to make 'from discovery to delivery' a reality for those in need of protecting themselves from HIV," CNS/Scoop.co.nz reports.

21 Apr 2012

Blog examines potential effects of AIDS funding cuts, shortfalls

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog examines a memorandum from the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), distributed "to a targeted list of congressional leaders with jurisdiction over PEPFAR or the appropriations committees that fund it," "that makes the case for continued funding for the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program at least at fiscal year (FY) 2012 funding levels."

20 Apr 2012

Guardian blog examines potential impact of Global Fund reform on organization's future

In this post in her Global Health Blog, Guardian Health Editor Sarah Boseley examines the potential impact of reform within the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on the organization's future. She writes, "It's been only seven weeks since banker Gabriel Jaramillo took over as general manager of the fund, but it is already clear the worthy organization set up by Kofi Annan to channel money to treat and prevent diseases in poor countries is a leaner, meaner machine."

20 Apr 2012

G8 foreign ministers highlight global health, agriculture, nutrition in statement

The ONE blog examines how G8 foreign ministers "will additionally prioritize smart and effective global health, agriculture and nutrition plans at this year's [s]ummit."

19 Apr 2012

BuruliVac project getting closer to a vaccine

During a meeting in Lisbon, the partners of the BuruliVac research consortium found the project to be running smoothly, and getting closer to a vaccine against Buruli ulcer, a disfiguring and mutilating disease that causes a lot of suffering and now is difficult to treat. Several vaccine candidates work well in mice and are ready for further testing on blood of patients; one is ready for testing in mice.

19 Apr 2012

CSIS report examines future of global health agenda

In a new report examining the future of the global health agenda, published by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) on Tuesday, J. Stephen Morrison, director of the Center on Global Health Policy and a senior vice president at CSIS, writes, "The naught decade (2000–2009) saw remarkable, explosive growth, concentrated in low- and lower-middle-income countries, in dollars delivered to infectious diseases -- HIV/ AIDS, tuberculosis, along with maternal and child health, and health systems."

19 Apr 2012

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Latest Tuberculosis News and Research

Without sustained investment in malaria fight, world faces resurgence of disease

UCLA develops compact and cost-effective RDT-reading device

CityBusters battle illness on public transit

Five U.S. federal agencies provide significant contributions each year to global health R&D

IOM releases summary of workshop on drug-resistant TB in India

Global Fund Deputy GM says organization 'not in crisis' at roundtable discussion

Opinion pieces examine malaria fight in recognition of World Malaria Day

Blog continues coverage of International Treatment as Prevention conference in Vancouver

Nature outlook examines fight against malaria in Uganda

Blog posts report on International Treatment as Prevention conference in Vancouver

Reviewing changes at the Global Fund

Report identifies strategies necessary to improve marketplace for LLINs

Weakened malaria control programs linked to majority of global resurgences

UNAIDS welcomes new WHO guidelines for HIV testing, counseling, ART for couples

Need to invest in new HIV prevention methods remains 'urgent,' International Microbicides Conference hears

Blog examines potential effects of AIDS funding cuts, shortfalls

Guardian blog examines potential impact of Global Fund reform on organization's future

G8 foreign ministers highlight global health, agriculture, nutrition in statement

BuruliVac project getting closer to a vaccine

CSIS report examines future of global health agenda

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