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Devex: Opinion: Why we must prioritize malaria treatment for children Pierre Hugo, senior director for access and product management at the Medicines for Malaria Venture, and Elizabeth Chizema, director of the National Malaria Elimination Centre at the Zambia Ministry of Health “…Although children are the main victims of malaria, few…
Devex: Q&A: How to integrate sexual and reproductive health services into broader health agendas (10/24). Devex: Pregnant women in Nigeria are shunning medical centers. Here’s why. (Adepoju, 10/25). Devex: Enabling people, transforming lives with assistive products (10/25). The Guardian: Child malaria deaths dramatically cut by suppository drug, shows Zambia study…
Quartz Africa: African scientists are closer than ever to developing a malaria vaccine Faith Osier, immunologist at the Wellcome Trust “…As an immunologist, I dream that one day we will have an effective vaccine that will help eliminate malaria. … In experiments conducted over 50 years ago, researchers showed that…
FT Health: The global scourge of mental ill health The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter highlights the issue of global mental health and features an interview with Chris Flowers, head of JC Flowers & Co. and co-founder of the JC Flowers Foundation, who discusses the…
The Lancet: The Global Fund as an ATM plus Sjoerd Postma, chief of party at the Health Sector Resiliency Project and focal point/expert for Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Independent Technical Review Panel “In his [July 7] comment, Richard…
AP: Ethiopia returns refugees who fled Tigray fighting, to alarm (Anna, 12/11). AP: India’s pandemic recovery plan could cost air quality goals (Ghosal, 12/11). Devex: U.S. election marks return to ‘climate responsibility,’ says Paris Agreement architect (Abrahams, 12/10). Devex: Q&A: Investing now in preparation for COVID-19’s successor (12/11). Forbes: A…
African Arguments: How can countries continue to combat malaria during a pandemic? Ciku Kimeria, communication consultant at Speak up Africa (11/11). BMJ Opinion: Pharma companies must open their books on the funding agreements for covid-19 vaccines Manuel Martin, medical innovation and access policy adviser for the Médecins Sans Frontières Access…
Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Faith Leaders & Philanthropists Address COVID-19’s Threat to Malaria “Friends of the Global Fight and the J.C. Flowers Foundation held a webinar focused on how faith leaders and philanthropists are partnering with national- and community-level health authorities in sub-Saharan Africa…
