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President of Tanzania emphasizes on health care in Global Health Grand Rounds lecture

President Jakaya Kikwete of the United Republic of Tanzania spoke at Weill Cornell Medical College today. In his Global Health Grand Rounds lecture, President Kikwete discussed the most significant challenges facing Tanzania, with a particular focus on health care and the advances made during his first term.

17 Apr 2010

Opinion: After health reform, U.S. should focus on responding to global health needs

"Now that the Obama administration has delivered on health care in the United States, we should think about families around the globe who suffer from malnutrition and lack access to basic maternal and child health-care services, including family planning," Thomas Lovejoy of Population Action International and Jim Harkness, president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, write in a MinnPost.com opinion piece that examines the health needs of people living in developing countries and ways Congressional leaders can respond.

17 Apr 2010

Novel instrument may help limit spread of diarrhoea-causing bacteria

New strains of Clostridium difficile are making the diarrhoea-causing bacteria a global health problem. In hospitals especially, the bacteria can be extremely harmful. But a new instrument devised by Professor Chris Probert at The University of Bristol and Norman Ratcliffe from the University of the West of England (UWE) may help limit its spread.

16 Apr 2010

Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes legislation to create USAID Office of Water

"The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved legislation [by voice vote] Tuesday launching a government effort to provide 100 million people in the world's poorest countries with first-time access to safe drinking water and modern sanitation," CongressDaily reports.

16 Apr 2010

Regulus Therapeutics' metabolic disease program data presented at Diabetes Keystone Symposium

Regulus Therapeutics Inc. today announced that new data from its metabolic disease program were presented at the "Diabetes" Keystone Symposium held April 12-17 in Whistler, British Columbia. The new pre-clinical research findings showed that therapeutic oligonucleotides targeting microRNA are able to improve insulin resistance and normalize plasma glucose in mouse models of diabetes while having no significant effect on glucose or insulin levels in normal mice.

16 Apr 2010

Obama administration officials reflect on details, implementation of Global Health Initiative

Three senior Obama administration officials with global health-related portfolios spoke about the details and implementation of President Barack Obama's Global Health Initiative during a forum Wednesday at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C.

15 Apr 2010

M2010 to encompass broader spectrum of HIV prevention research

HIV prevention researchers, policy makers and community advocates from more than 35 countries will be in Pittsburgh, May 22-25 to attend the 2010 International Microbicides Conference.

15 Apr 2010

Guardian examines Africa's health worker shortage

The Guardian's "Katine Chronicles" blog examines the global shortage of health workers. According to the U.K.'s Department for International Development (DfID), more than 50 countries have a "critical shortage" of health workers and Africa needs an additional 800,000 health workers by 2015.

15 Apr 2010

Boston Globe examines how PEPFAR budget pressures are affecting AIDS clinics in Africa

"U.S. officials have asked some AIDS clinics overseas to stop enrolling new patients in a U.S.-sponsored program that provides lifesaving antiretroviral drugs, in a bid to stem the rising costs of one of the most ambitious US assistance programs, according to interviews with doctors and official correspondence," the Boston Globe reports.

13 Apr 2010

Pregnancy-related deaths dropped by 35%: IHME study

The number of women dying from pregnancy-related causes has dropped by more than 35 percent in the past 30 years - from more than a half-million deaths annually in 1980 to about 343,000 in 2008, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington and collaborators at the University of Queensland.

13 Apr 2010

Alere Health to lead series of key panel discussions at World Health Care Congress

Highlighting what employers and health plans can do to increase participation and results in health and wellness programs, Alere Health, LLC, a leader in personal health support solutions, will be leading a series of key panel discussions with prominent Alere clients including Blue Shield of California, Tufts Health Plan and Union Bank at the 7th annual World Health Care Congress.

12 Apr 2010

Study finds overall increase in developing country domestic health spending, some countries have reduced health budgets as donor funding increases

Researchers on Friday released a study in the Lancet that found while "[m]ost countries in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East doubled their health budgets," countries in sub-Saharan Africa appear to have trimmed their health spending as donors have boosted their health aid, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

12 Apr 2010

IHME researchers advocate greater transparency in financial reporting

The commitment to health by country governments in the developing world has grown dramatically over the last two decades, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington and Harvard Medical School.

12 Apr 2010

Inovio Biomedical receives $2.8M grant to develop DNA vaccine for HCV

Inovio Biomedical Corporation, a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that the company and its collaborators from Drexel University, Cheyney University, and the University of Pennsylvania have received a $2.8 million grant to develop a DNA vaccine to treat hepatitis C virus.

9 Apr 2010

Diabetic Connect moved onto Alliance Health Networks' new social networking platform

Alliance Health Networks has moved Diabetic Connect onto its new advanced social networking platform where Alliance Health's newer properties like Sleep Connect, Health Exchange, Arthritis Connect and several other health-focused social networking sites now operate.

8 Apr 2010

USAID: World Health Day 2010 focuses on world's growing urban population

This year the focus of World Health Day is on the world's growing urban population. The theme, "1000 cities, 1000 lives" provides an opportunity to highlight the work that is being done to improve health in urban settings. The unprecedented rate of urban growth has far outstripped the ability of these cities to provide infrastructure for new residents.

8 Apr 2010

Dubai conference calls for more coordinated approach to global health

Marking the conclusion of the three-day Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development (DIHAD) conference Tuesday, conference attendees called for humanitarians to adopt a more coordinated approach to tackling global health needs, the National reports. "Speakers, including health professionals and officials from international organisations, stressed the need to share medical knowledge and innovations during a crisis, citing the recent Haiti earthquake," the newspaper writes.

8 Apr 2010

Cities, leaders worldwide mark World Health Day

Cities throughout the world are marking World Health Day today by promoting urban health, as part of the WHO's "1,000 cities, 1,000 lives" campaign, CNN reports (Shaikh, 4/7).

8 Apr 2010

UCSF, SEEK Development launch international partnership to improve global health

UCSF and SEEK Development, a global health and development consulting group based in Berlin, Germany, have launched an international partnership that aims to improve global health by helping to turn scientific evidence into policy and action. The Evidence-to-Policy Initiative, or E2Pi, officially launches this week in San Francisco and Berlin, Germany.

7 Apr 2010

NNIT selects Verizon Business to manage global communications infrastructure for Novo Nordisk

NNIT, a leading Danish IT consultancy, has chosen Verizon Business to deploy and manage a global communications infrastructure for Novo Nordisk, the global health care company. A fully managed Verizon Private IP solution will provide secure, scalable and flexible connectivity for 75 of Novo Nordisk's locations around the world, helping the company to streamline its global operations, while also realizing cost and management efficiencies.

7 Apr 2010

Global Health News and Research

President of Tanzania emphasizes on health care in Global Health Grand Rounds lecture

Opinion: After health reform, U.S. should focus on responding to global health needs

Novel instrument may help limit spread of diarrhoea-causing bacteria

Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes legislation to create USAID Office of Water

Regulus Therapeutics' metabolic disease program data presented at Diabetes Keystone Symposium

Obama administration officials reflect on details, implementation of Global Health Initiative

M2010 to encompass broader spectrum of HIV prevention research

Guardian examines Africa's health worker shortage

Boston Globe examines how PEPFAR budget pressures are affecting AIDS clinics in Africa

Pregnancy-related deaths dropped by 35%: IHME study

Alere Health to lead series of key panel discussions at World Health Care Congress

Study finds overall increase in developing country domestic health spending, some countries have reduced health budgets as donor funding increases

IHME researchers advocate greater transparency in financial reporting

Inovio Biomedical receives $2.8M grant to develop DNA vaccine for HCV

Diabetic Connect moved onto Alliance Health Networks' new social networking platform

USAID: World Health Day 2010 focuses on world's growing urban population

Dubai conference calls for more coordinated approach to global health

Cities, leaders worldwide mark World Health Day

UCSF, SEEK Development launch international partnership to improve global health

NNIT selects Verizon Business to manage global communications infrastructure for Novo Nordisk

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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