HIV Prevention Study Using PrEP Should Be Replicated After Success In Australia’s NSW, Researchers Say October 18, 2018 News Summary The Guardian: Groundbreaking Australian HIV trial should be replicated, researchers say “High-income countries with people at high risk of HIV should replicate a groundbreaking trial in Australia, which has seen new infections [among men who have sex with men in New South Wales] fall by 25 percent in one year…
Letter To Editor Discusses Potential Impacts Of Mexico City Policy On Women’s Health October 18, 2018 News Summary Washington Post: Letter to the Editor: Trump’s health policy does not protect life Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity “In the Oct. 11 front-page [Washington Post] article … there was an essential breach between the Trump administration’s words and the effect of its foreign policy. ……
Eliminating TB Requires Innovative Tools, Approaches, More Ambition October 18, 2018 News Summary The Conversation: To eliminate TB we need imagination and ambition Madhukar Pai, director of global health and professor at McGill University “…The fact that we are still using century-old tools to tackle the biggest killer infection betrays a complete lack of ambition. So, before we can eliminate TB, we must…
New Roadmap Offers Path To Finding Better Ways To Prescribe Antibiotics In Effort To Help Address Resistance October 18, 2018 News Summary Nature: Progress on antibiotic resistance Editorial Board “…Speeding up [the process of ensuring a patient who is ill receives effective treatment] will require major advances in what microbiologists call antimicrobial susceptibility testing. … Advances in genomics mean that rapid DNA sequencing can identify bacteria within hours. It can also quickly…
Aidspan Publishes New Issue Of ‘Global Fund Observer’ October 18, 2018 News Summary Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, published Issue 344 of the ‘Global Fund Observer.’ The newsletter includes articles on various topics, including the release of a report on the 2017 Office of the Inspector General advisory review on…
CSIS Podcast Episode Features Interview With Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands October 18, 2018 News Summary Center for Strategic & International Studies’ “Take as Directed”: Executive Director of The Global Fund Discusses Next Steps In this podcast, Sara Allinder, executive director and senior fellow at the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, speaks with Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands “about his reflections on his first seven…
Co-Chairs Of CORE M&E Working Group Discuss Observational Bias In Health Quality Research October 18, 2018 News Summary IntraHealth International’s “Vital”: Hiding Outside the Spotlight: Don’t Miss the Real Impact of Your Development Efforts Allison Annette Foster, senior adviser for human resources for health at IntraHealth International; Mai-Anh Hoang, public health specialist at Chemonics; and Todd Nitkin, senior adviser at World Vision International, all co-chairs of the CORE…
U.S. Ambassador To Holy See Discusses U.S. Efforts To Address Human Trafficking, Involvement Of Survivors October 18, 2018 News Summary U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: The Power of Heroes in the Fight against Human Trafficking Callista L. Gingrich, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, discusses U.S. efforts to address human trafficking, writing, “Leveraging input from human trafficking survivors is critical to combating human trafficking. … Pope Francis has called for…
Public-Private Partnerships Can Help Address Health Challenges Worldwide October 18, 2018 News Summary Devex: Opinion: How public-private partnerships can tackle global health challenges Damian Halloran, Abbott’s vice president of infectious disease in emerging markets and rapid diagnostics “…[I]f the business community is going to help scale up efforts to deliver real progress [on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)], it’s crucial that it look…
NIH Highlights R&D On Lassa Fever Vaccine, Genomic Analysis October 18, 2018 News Summary NIH: Scientists develop novel vaccine for Lassa fever and rabies “A novel vaccine designed to protect people from both Lassa fever and rabies showed promise in preclinical testing, according to new research published in Nature Communications. … There are currently no approved Lassa fever vaccines…” (10/11). NIH: Genomic analysis offers…