The Daily: Global health security experts meet in Kane Hall to save the world “[University of Washington] Provost Mark Richards joined Sen. Patty Murray [D-Wash.] and seven global health security experts in Kane Hall on Monday morning to discuss the future of global health in a violent world. The event…

Center for Global Development: Targeted Development with Sarah Bermeo – CGD Podcast In this podcast, Erin Collinson, director of policy outreach at CGD, speaks with Sarah Bermeo, political economist and professor of public policy and political science at Duke University, about “trends in targeted development, its pros and cons, and…

Center for Strategic & International Studies’ “Take as Directed”: Reflections on the 2018 International AIDS Conference — and Looking Ahead to 2020 In this podcast, J. Stephen Morrison, senior vice president and director of the Global Health Policy Center at CSIS, speaks with Owen Ryan, outgoing executive director of the…

Center for Global Development: PEPFAR’s New Targets for Local Implementation: Commendable in Theory, Complicated in Practice Rachel Silverman, senior policy analyst and assistant director of global health policy, and Sarah Rose, policy fellow, both at CGD, discuss recently announced PEPFAR targets for the funding of local implementation of HIV/AIDS efforts.…

Kaiser Family Foundation/Center for Strategic and International Studies: August 10 Event — AIDS 2018: What Happened and What’s Next? Earlier today, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Global Health Policy Center of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a briefing to assess the major outcomes of the…

Devex: PEPFAR reauthorization bill introduced “Despite concerns earlier in the year, a simple PEPFAR reauthorization bill has been introduced by a bipartisan group in the U.S. House of Representatives. The three-and-a-half page, straightforward bill called the PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018, would extend the mandate of the U.S. President’s Emergency…

Open Society Foundations’ “Voices”: The Fight to End HIV Is Also a Fight for Women’s Rights Julia Greenberg, director of governance and financing at the Open Society Public Health Program, discusses the implications of decriminalizing sex work and the expanded Mexico City policy for HIV/AIDS efforts and the health and…

The Intercept: Trump Administration Siding with Former Obama Aide at U.N. to Protect Industry Profits “The Trump administration, fresh off its battle against breastfeeding at the United Nations, is once again pressuring countries to revise a U.N. public health resolution, this time focused on tuberculosis. The U.S. is seeking to…

Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Faith-based coalition sends letters to Congress to champion the Global Fund “136 members of the faith-based coalition Hope Through Healing Hands, founded and chaired by former Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), sent letters to the chair and ranking member of the…

Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Back to School: Educating Girls to Fight HIV Aria Vyas, intern at Friends of the Global Fight, discusses the role of education in preventing HIV among girls. Vyas notes, “A quality education is essential for children, but for girls at…