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Global Health Headline Archives: July 2006 DDT returns to battle malaria in Africa (Reuters, July 31, 2006) PanAfrica: HIV virus plays hide and seek - study (allAfrica.com, July 31, 2006) Lack of aid 'weakening bird flu control in Asia' (SciDev.net, July 31, 2006) Kenyan parliament rejects changes in patent law that could decrease generic drug access (kaisernetwork.org, July 31, 2006) Kenya replaces sulphur-based drugs with ACTs to treat malaria (kaisernetwork.org, July 31, 2006) Malaria affects 72% of businesses in Africa (AngolaPress, July 31, 2006) International support important for Viet Nam's tuberculosis eradication (AntaraNews, July 31, 2006) China finally taking steps to fight its HIV problem: Methadone clinics, condoms in hotels, free testing offered (San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2006) HIV cases converting into TB at alarming rate (The Times of India, July 30, 2006) Polio making a comeback (News-Medical.net, July 30, 2006) Philanthropic Gates open to the world (Toronto Star, July 29, 2006) Malawi gains aid from ADB, World Bank (People's Daily Online, July 29, 2006) Uganda: Rights abuses threaten AIDS fight success (allAfrica.com, July 29, 2006) Center for Refugee and Disaster Response provides assistance to Middle East region (JHSPH News, July 28, 2006) A hard look at HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean (SciDev.net, July 28, 2006) India to claim bird flu-free status next month (India eNews, July 28, 2006) Kenya: Married adolescent girls missing out on the HIV message (IOL HIV/AIDS, July 28, 2006) Kenya: New malaria treatment gets under way (allAfrica.com, July 28, 2006) Business and malaria: A neglected threat? (PDF, World Economic Forum, July 28, 2006) Cote d'Ivoire: ARVs reduce deaths due to TB-HIV co-infection (IRIN, July 27, 2006) New bird flu vaccine has 80% protection rate (News-Medical.net, July 26, 2006) Hopkins' CCP launches new advocacy program to promote global action on malaria (JHSPH News, July 26, 2006) India may scrap gay sex law over HIV fears (The Washington Post, July 26, 2006) Thailand reports first bird flu death in over seven months (Yahoo! News, July 26, 2006) Family-planning, AIDS care should go hand in hand (The Baltimore Sun, July 26, 2006) Bird-flu vaccine may be ready by next year (AP, July 26, 2006) Gates Foundation pledges $665,000 to researchers developing net that kills mosquitos without insecticide (kaisernetwork.org, July 26, 2006) Namibia: We have won the polio battle, says government (allAfrica.com, July 26, 2006) Hunt for new WHO head heats up (The Scientist, July 25, 2006) International AIDS expert to head Duke institute on global health (AP, July 25, 2006) Study raises malaria block hopes (BBC News, July 25, 2006) Rwanda: Country to get $85 million to fight malaria (allAfrica.com, July 25, 2006) Annan pushes AIDS drug makers to bring down prices (Reuters UK, July 25, 2006) WHO seeks incentives for producers of mosquito nets (Angola Press, July 25, 2006) South Africa: When putting AIDS in the crosshairs, set targets (allAfrica.com, July 25, 2006) Distribution of more than 18 million malaria bednets in Africa (News-Medical.net, July 25, 2006) Development banks in Vietnam fund AIDS, Mekong health projects (Yahoo! News, July 24, 2006) Russian regional HIV vaccine center to cost $40 million (RIA Novosti, July 24, 2006) Women given key to curb deadly disease: Virus-fighting gels called microbicides could be ready to save lives in 4 years (Toronto Star, July 24, 2006) Wall Street Journal examines report that predicts potential impact of HIV on India's economic growth over the next decade (kaisernetwork.org, July 24, 2006) Fake malaria drugs threatening Africa, says WHO expert (Reuters, July 24, 2006) Launch of global early warning system for animal diseases transmissible to humans (WHO, July 24, 2006) Kenya: Wrong drugs causing high malaria mortality (allAfrica.com, July 23, 2006) Largess with clear limits: In Africa and elsewhere, Gates Foundation takes focused approach to giving (The Washington Post, July 23, 2006) South Africa: HIV rate stable in teens but increasing among older women (allAfrica.com, July 22, 2006) Over 300 million children chronically malnourished (bmj.com, July 22, 2006) South Africa: Spread of HIV may be cooling (allAfrica.com, July 22, 2006) Creaking health systems hampering AIDS battle: WHO (Reuters Health, July 21, 2006) Ugandan parliamentary Committee approves use of DDT to control malaria (kaisernetwork.org, July 21, 2006) As other Asian nations have moved to control bird flu, it is rapidly spiraling in Indonesia (The New York Times, July 21, 2006) Bali+ organization provides friends for people with HIV/AIDS (The Jakarta Post, July 20, 2006) Gates makes donation to African AIDS war (Reuters, July 20, 2006) Transgenic mosquitos enlisted in fight against malaria (IPS.com, July 20, 2006) Namibia: Polio round two impresses health officials (allAfrica.com, July 20, 2006) HHS Secretary Leavitt signs agreement on health and medical science with Vietnamese Minister of Health (HHS, July 20, 2006) Gates Foundation funds major new collaboration to accelerate HIV vaccine development (Gates Foundation, July 19, 2006) Plans launched to mitigate African brain drain (SciDev.net, July 19, 2006) Namibia: Low polio turnout worries health officials (allAfrica.com, July 19, 2006) Namibia: AIDS impacts on elderly (allAfrica.com, July 19, 2006) Combination anti-retroviral therapies associated with reduced infections in HIV-infected children (eurekAlert!, July 18, 2006) G8 leaders adopt final communique pledging to finance fight against infectious diseases, prevention programs, vaccine research (kaisernetwork.org, July 18, 2006) Rwanda: Bill Gates to set up $900,000 research centre (allAfrica.com, July 18, 2006) PanAfrica: AIDS, our latest security threat (allAfrica.com, July 18, 2006) Clinton Foundation seals deal in Nigerian AIDS fight (News-Medical.net, July 18, 2006) What's happening in HIV vaccine research? (aidsmap, July 18, 2006) Clinton launches AIDS program in Ethiopia (Todayonline.com, July 17, 2006) G8 leaders pledge to fight infectious diseases, prioritize HIV/AIDS treatment, vaccine research (kaisernetwork.net, July 17, 2006) South African health facilities lack mechanisms to prevent spread of MDR-TB (kaisernetwork.org, July 17, 2006) UN commission to study HIV/AIDS in Asia-Pacific (SciDev.net, July 17, 2006) Vietnam must reduce HIV/AIDS stigma, address high risk groups, report says (kaisernetwork.org, July 17, 2006) India develops local bird flu vaccine (News-Medical.net, July 17, 2006) Travel Warning: Lebanon (U.S Department of State, July 17, 2006) South Africa slow to encourage circumcision to curb HIV (The Washington Post, July 16, 2006) Monkey meat and its hazards: Hopkins researchers in Cameroon try to stop emerging viruses in their tracks (The Baltimore Sun, July 16, 2006) Over-hunting is emptying African forests (The Baltimore Sun, July 16, 2006) Global health funding: a glass half full? (The Lancet, July 15, 2006) Please note: link will only work on JH networks International assistance for HIV/AIDS in the developing world: Taking stock of the G8, other donor governments and the European Commission (Kaiser Family Foundation, July 14, 2006) South Africa: Clinton to take war on HIV to next level (allAfrica.com, July 14, 2006) Breaking the silence on developing-world science (SciDev.net, July 14, 2006) Kenya: Battling malaria in western region (IRINnews.org, July 13, 2006) Gates discusses HIV/AIDS with South African President Mbeki (kaisernetwork.org, July 13, 2006) Putting your computer to work to fight against malaria in Africa (Science Daily, July 13, 2006) FDA approves Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb once-a-day combination antiretroviral pill (kaisernetwork.org, July 13, 2006) Aurobindo Pharma receives tentative FDA approval to produce chewable tablets of generic didanosine for PEPFAR (kaisernetworh.org, July 13, 2006) Rwanda: Poverty, landlessness exacerbating impact of HIV (IRIN PlusNews, July 12, 2006) 3.5 million Angolan children targeted for measles vaccination in UN-backed campaign (UN News Service, July 12, 2006) Philippines DOH strengthens anti-malaria program (PIA Information Service, July 12, 2006) Fresh calls for data sharing after bird flu mutations (SciDev.net, July 12, 2006) Nigeria government institutes DOTS in HIV treatment centers (Vanguard, July 12, 2006) Greater efforts needed in AIDS control, experts say (People's Daily Online, July 11, 2006) Malaria tripartite to spend R18m for eradication (SABC News, July 11, 2006) Gateses assess TB-related projects in South Africa (kaisernetwork.org, July 11, 2006) Male circumcision could save millions from HIV/AIDS (SciDev.net, July 11, 2006) Avian influenza still expanding in Africa (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, July 10, 2006) Tanzania: Zanzibar sprays households in anti-malaria effort (Spero News, July 10, 2006) Hospice 'angels of death' become partners in survival (Boston Globe, July 10, 2006) Pediatricians wanted: Baylor's clinics helping to keep much-needed doctors in Africa (chron.com, July 9, 2006) In a land of disease, some find hope and a future (Boston Globe, July 9, 2006) AIDS and malnutrition inextricably linked (bmj.com, July 8, 2006) Mozambique: UN envoy warns of 'terrible price to pay' for AIDS (CPA News, July 7, 2006) Global Fund programs have helped reduce malaria prevalence in South Africa, Mozambique; South Africa, Australia pledge more money to fund (kaisernetwork.org, July 7, 2006) Partners team up in Kenya to fight measles and malaria (Biotech Intelligence, July 7, 2006) Asia Pacific countries at risk of HIV epidemic among IDUs, UNAIDS official says (kaisernetwork.org, July 7, 2006) Ghana making progress in treating tuberculosis (VOANews.com, July 6, 2006) Free State launches plan to improve TB cure rate (BUA News, July 6, 2006) New AIDS pill to treat people in poor countries (The New York Times, July 6, 2006) No longer in shadow, Melinda Gates puts her mark on Foundation (The New York Times, July 6, 2006) Global Fund pledges $8M to Kenya for TB control (kaisernetwork.org, July 6, 2006) Perspectives: Best buys for global health (oneworld.net, July 6, 2006) Old and new drug mix could be 'radical' malaria cure (SciDev.net, July 5, 2006) Nigeria: Bird flu found at least three ways to enter country (Scidev.net, July 5, 2006) Infants exposed to DDT in utero can experience developmental delays, study finds (kaisernetwork.org, July 5, 2006) Mali: New centre to tackle bird flu across Africa (IRIN News, July 4, 2006) Health leaders welcome infectious disease focus at G8 (World Health Organization, July 4, 2006) "Eau de human" repellent aims to deter mosquitos (Reuters Health, July 4, 2006) Periodic antimalarials 'safe and effective' for infants (SciDev.net, July 4, 2006) Aurobindo Pharma receives tentative FDA approval to produce oral formulations of genetic antiretroviral stavudine for PEPFAR (kaisernetwork.org, July 3, 2006) Aurobindo receives tentative FDA approval to produce three-drug combination antiretroviral treatment for PEPFAR (kaisernetwork.org, July 3, 2006) Antihistamine identified as potential antimalarial drug (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, July 2, 2006) World's women have an advocate (Toronto Star, July 1, 2006) TB prevention fund needs $16M (VNS, July 1, 2006) Dangling a carrot for vaccines (Scientific American, July 2006) |
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