NPR Examines Why Number Of New HIV Infections Worldwide Remains Around 2M Annually December 1, 2016 News Summary NPR: Why Can’t We Bring Down The Number Of New HIV Cases? “…The number of people getting infected with HIV each year peaked in 1997 at about 3.5 million. Prevention efforts … have slashed that figure dramatically. But progress stalled around 2010. Since then the world has tallied about two…
Europe Records High Number Of New HIV Cases In 2015; 1 In 7 In Region Unaware Of Status, Reports Show November 30, 2016 News Summary Deutsche Welle: New HIV infections on the rise in Europe: WHO “Europe registered the highest number of new HIV cases in a single year in 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, basing the figure on data from the 53 countries included in the U.N. agency’s definition of…
WHO Issues New Guidelines For Implementing HIV Self-Testing, Partner Notification Services November 30, 2016 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Almost half of HIV infections worldwide undetected: WHO “The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that nearly half of all people with HIV around the globe do not know they are infected, and called for broader access to at-home testing kits. The U.N. health agency said that 40…
Syringe Services Programs Can Help Reduce HIV Rates Among People Who Inject Drugs, CDC Says November 30, 2016 News Summary CNN: Syringe exchanges help reduce rates of HIV, CDC says “A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released Tuesday, finds that the use of syringe or needle exchanges has contributed to significant drops in the rates of HIV among African-American and Latino drug users…” (Kounang/Strickland,…
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Investments In Tobacco Control Help Protect Nearly 1.7M People, Most In LMICs November 30, 2016 News Summary Forbes: 10 Years Later: Bloomberg’s Big Bet on Tobacco Reduction “It comes out to less than a dollar a person: Since 2006, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ investment of more than $600 million to reduce tobacco use has helped protect nearly 1.7 billion people from smoking’s health hazards, primarily in low- and middle-income…
With Focus On Prevention, Cuban Health Care System Helps Residents Live As Long As Americans At Fraction Of Cost November 30, 2016 News Summary The Atlantic: How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost “…Cuba has long had a nearly identical life expectancy to the United States, despite widespread poverty. … All of this despite Cuba spending just $813 per person annually on health care compared with America’s $9,403.…
Nigeria Considering Innovative Financing Mechanism For Malaria Prevention November 30, 2016 News Summary Financial Times: World Bank health care social impact bond fundraising targets Africa malaria “Malaria may not seem an obvious focus for financial markets but Nigeria plans an ambitious new instrument to tackle the heavy burden of the disease. If it goes ahead, the Innovative Financing for Malaria Prevention and Treatment/Control…
In AEI Talk, Gates CEO Offers Global Health Advice For Trump Administration, Says Re-Emergence Of Polio In Nigeria ‘Biggest Disappointment’ November 30, 2016 News Summary Devex: Gates CEO says polio’s return to Nigeria is her ‘biggest disappointment’ “Sue Desmond-Hellman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said Tuesday that her ‘biggest disappointment’ since joining the foundation in 2014 was witnessing the re-emergence of polio in Nigeria after it had previously been thought to be…
Improving PEPFAR’s Performance, Achieving High Treatment Coverage, Better Prevention Critical To Ending AIDS November 30, 2016 News Summary Center for Global Development’s “Global Health Policy Blog”: PEPFAR is Life for Millions — But Without Better Prevention, the AIDS Burden Doubles Every 25 Years Mead Over, senior fellow at CGD, discusses PEPFAR’s accomplishments and progress in helping to end the global AIDS epidemic; explains the need for better HIV…