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Xinhua: ASEAN officials discuss in Laos improvement of health services for needy “Senior officials from Laos and other ASEAN member countries are meeting in the Lao capital Vientiane this week to discuss the improvement of health services for ethnic communities and vulnerable populations in the region. The two-day regional workshop…
Thomson Reuters Foundation: OPINION: End epidemics by breaking down human rights barriers to health Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Antonio Zappulla, chief executive of the Thomson Reuters Foundation “…Human rights-related barriers to health, some explicit, others expressed in behaviors and…
Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has published Issue 369 of the ‘Global Fund Observer.’ The newsletter features articles on the latest actions of the Global Fund’s Board and Office of the Inspector General, and the release of…
Congresswoman Barbara Lee: Congresswoman Lee Applauds Renewed Commitment to the Global Fund “[Tuesday], Congresswoman Barbara Lee spoke on the House Floor in support of H.RES. 517, a resolution supporting the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria, which later passed the House on a bipartisan voice vote. ‘This important…
Center for Global Development: HIV Treatment in Rural South Africa Increases Employment among HIV-Negative Neighbors — Especially Women (Over/Kaufman, 12/2). Center for Strategic & International Studies: World AIDS Day: Big Questions on the Eve of HIV’s Pivotal Year (Allinder, 11/26). Friends of the Global Fight: Elton John and other leading…
KFF: The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) (11/25). KFF: The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (11/26).
IPS: Community Efforts are Key When Addressing HIV/AIDS Ifeanyi Nsofor, medical doctor, CEO of EpiAFRIC, and director of policy and advocacy for Nigeria Health Watch “…The first of December is celebrated globally as World AIDS Day. The theme of the 2019 celebration is, “communities make the difference“. This reminds us…
Friends of the Global Fight: Key Takeaways from the Global Fund’s 42nd Board Meeting This piece outlines issues highlighted at the Global Fund’s recent board meeting, held November 14-15 in Geneva, Switzerland, including the Fund’s sixth replenishment, which secured $14 billion for the 2020-2022 period, and the programming of those…
Project Syndicate: The most important story you missed in 2019 Mark Suzman, chief strategy officer and president of Global Policy and Advocacy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “…Each of us probably overlooks tens of thousands of important news stories every year. But the biggest one that people missed…
Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has published Issue 368 of the ‘Global Fund Observer.’ The newsletter features articles on outcomes of the Global Fund’s 42nd Board Meeting and an interview with Dianne Stewart, head of the fund’s…