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Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has published Issue 386 of the ‘Global Fund Observer.’ The newsletter includes an analysis on the impact of school closures on the risk of unwanted pregnancy and HIV among adolescent girls and…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “The Optimist”: The pandemic is forcing us all online. Can self-help and savings groups for low-income women go digital, too? (9/11). Center for Strategic & International Studies: Coronavirus Crisis Update: Heidi Larson — Time to Reset our Thinking on Vaccines J. Stephen Morrison, senior vice…
Bloomberg: Latin America’s Teachers Are Pandemic’s Unsung Heroes Mac Margolis, Bloomberg Opinion columnist (9/9). Financial Times: What the campaign to eradicate polio tells us about Covid-19 David Pilling, Africa editor at the Financial Times (9/9). New York Times: Mr. Trump Knew It Was Deadly and Airborne Editorial Board (9/9). Wall…
Devex: U.S. Senate COVID-19 funding bill includes $4B for global response “The U.S. Senate’s coronavirus supplemental funding bill unveiled Monday includes only about $4.4 billion for global COVID-19 relief efforts, far less than advocates had pushed to include. Development experts have been pushing for about $20 billion in funding for…
Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Statement on Absence of Support for the Global Fund in Senate COVID-19 Supplemental In this statement, Chris Collins, president and CEO of Friends of the Global Fight, addresses the absence of support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis…
Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has published Issue 383 of the ‘Global Fund Observer.’ The newsletter includes a commentary on the complexities of COVID-19 and the potential lasting impacts, as well as articles examining the fund’s ranking…
Amnesty International: Global: Health workers silenced, exposed and attacked (7/13). Friends of the Global Fight: The Global Fund: At the Leading Edge of the Global Response to COVID-19 (7/13). PATH: Advocating in a ‘new normal’ (7/8). UNAIDS: Advancing TB services for people living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic (7/13).…
KFF: The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic This updated fact sheet provides the latest data on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, including impact by region, treatment and prevention efforts, and an overview of the U.S. and global responses to the epidemic (7/13).
Devex: Where does the HIV/AIDS movement go from here? “COVID-19 has disrupted the HIV/AIDS response, as it has done for so many other global health priorities. But the HIV/AIDS community wasn’t on track to hit its targets for 2020 even before the pandemic hit. … At the AIDS 2020 conference,…
Friends of the Global Fight: Friends applauds House Appropriations Committee for maintaining U.S. contribution to Global Fund, COVID-19 (7/9). Friends of the Global Fight: Private Sector Calls for Global Action on Pandemic in Next Supplemental Appropriation (7/9).