For Businesses, Social, Economic Goals Must Overlap To Achieve Sustainable Development July 21, 2015 News Summary Forbes: How Do We Get Businesses Working Towards the Sustainable Development Goals? Bhaskar Chakravorti, senior associate dean of international business and finance at the Fletcher School at Tufts University “…With the majority of [future economic] growth expected from the developing world, self-interest may be the most compelling reason for businesses…
French Teenager Infected With HIV At Birth Has Undetectable Viral Level After Stopping Therapy 12 Years Ago July 21, 2015 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Teen in remission from HIV 12 yrs after stopping meds: researchers “A French teenager born with HIV has been in remission for 12 years after stopping her medication, a world-first that renews hope for the prospect of early treatment, researchers said Monday…” (Jones, 7/20). aidsmap: Young woman stays…
Open Data Systems Needed To Help End Extreme Poverty July 21, 2015 News Summary Washington Post: Data poverty makes it harder to fix real poverty. That’s why the U.N. should push countries to gather and share data. Rohini Pande, professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School and co-director of the Evidence for Policy Design Initiative, and Florian Blum, economics PhD student at the…
‘Science Speaks’ Reports From IAS 2015 Conference July 20, 2015 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Live from Vancouver: Breaking news and in-depth coverage of IAS 2015 Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” is reporting from the 2015 International AIDS Society conference taking place this week in Vancouver. So far, she has filed blog posts on…
PEPFAR Invests In Data Improvement To Achieve AIDS-Free Generation July 20, 2015 News Summary State Department’s “DipNote”: Using Data To Deliver an AIDS-Free Generation Deborah L. Birx, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and U.S. special representative for global health diplomacy, discusses PEPFAR’s efforts to improve data sources. “…As we advance our commitment to do the right things in the right places, PEPFAR will continue to…
Greater Investment In Health Systems, Workforce, Compassionate Role Models Necessary To Prevent Mistreatment During Childbirth July 20, 2015 News Summary Frontline Health Workers Coalition: Stronger Health Systems Could End Abuse during Childbirth Rebeccah Bartlett, a nurse and UNC-IntraHealth summer fellow, discusses volunteering in a maternity ward in 2013 in the Philippines, where “[w]hat troubled me most was the way the women were treated.” She recounts verbal and physical mistreatment of…
Clear Guidance, Strategy Needed To Effectively Deliver HIV Drugs July 20, 2015 News Summary PLOS “Speaking of Medicine”: Simple but elusive — why are we still talking about HIV drug delivery? Ahead of the 2015 International AIDS Society (IAS) conference, Helen Bygrave, general practitioner at Médecins Sans Frontières, “discusses her frustrations with the lack of implementation of simple, programmatic strategies for improving HIV care”…
British Columbia’s Success In Reducing HIV Incidence Serves As Model Of ‘Treatment As Prevention’ Strategy July 20, 2015 News Summary Vancouver Sun: B.C.’s success halting AIDS epidemic seen as a model for others “…[British Columbia’s] success in halting the HIV/AIDS epidemic is viewed as a model for other jurisdictions. It came about through a dedicated B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CFE) based at St. Paul’s Hospital. … Dr. Julio…
E-Book Examines Lack Of Compensation For West African Frontline Ebola Workers July 20, 2015 News Summary Newsweek Insights: Ebola’s unpaid heroes In a new e-book published by Newsweek Insights, freelance journalist Amy Maxmen discusses “how billions in aid skipped those at the frontline” during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa (July 2015).