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03.25.10
Also In Global Health News: Child, Maternal Mortality; AIDS 2010; Food Aid To N. Korea; Millennium Challenge Corporation; Family Planning Conference;

AU Summit To Examine Progress Toward Child, Maternal Mortality MDGs When leaders of African states gather for the African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda, in July, they will assess the continent's progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals relating to child and maternal mortality, Isaac Musumba, Uganda's state minister for foreign affairs said M...

03.25.10
Also In Global Health News: Child, Maternal Mortality; AIDS 2010; Food Aid To N. Korea; Millennium Challenge Corporation; Family Planning Conference;

AU Summit To Examine Progress Toward Child, Maternal Mortality MDGs When leaders of African states gather for the African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda, in July, they will assess the continent's progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals relating to child and maternal mortality, Isaac Musumba, Uganda's state minister for foreign affairs said M...

11.18.09
Thalidomide: Solving The 50-Year-Old Puzzle

Research into the controversial drug thalidomide reveals that the mechanism through which the drug causes limb defects is the same process which causes it to damage internal organs and other tissues. The article, published in Bio-Essays, outlines the challenges surrounding thalidomide research and claims that confirmation of a 'common mechanism' could lead to new treatments for Leprosy, Crohn's Disease, AIDS and some forms of cancer.

11.16.09
Global Fund Approves $2.4B For Ninth Round Grants

During its recent board meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved $2.4 billion for the three diseases, PlusNews reports. The money is for the fund's "ninth round of grants, bringing the total amount of approved funding since its inception in 2001 to $18.4 billion," according to the publication.

06.29.09
Global AIDS Coordinator Goosby Discusses Slowing Spread Of Disease Among Pregnant Women

Eric Goosby, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and administrator of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, said that slowing the spread of HIV among pregnant women is one of his top priorities, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

06.26.09
HIV-Positive Students In Taiwan; U. K. Commitment To Zimbabwe; Scientists Discover Faster, Cheaper HIV Test, How Schistosomiasis Drug Works

Taiwan Marks Increased Numbers Of HIV-Positive Students The Taiwan AIDS Foundation said that according to Department of Health's Centers for Disease Control statistics, the average age of HIV positive people in the country is getting younger, the China Post reports.

06.16.09
South African AIDS Advocate Who Created Radio Diaries Dies Of Drug-Resistant TB

South African AIDS activist Thembi Ngubane recently died of drug-resistant tuberculosis at the age of 24, the AP/Washington Post reports (Nullis, AP/Washington Post, 6/14). According to the

04.13.09
Kenyan University Launches Program To Address HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma

The AIDS Control Unit at Maseno University in Kenya has launched an initiative to address stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS by encouraging students to avoid offensive language regarding the disease, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Maurine Olel, coordinator of the control unit, said, "We are working with student clubs, students leaders and other partners to ensure that students are ...

04.13.09
PEPFAR One Of Bush Administration's 'More Positive Legacies,' Editorial Says

"One of the more positive legacies of the Bush administration is the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief," a Washington Post editorial says. According to the editorial, PEPFAR -- "the brainchild of President George W. Bush in 2003" -- is an "unprecedented multiyear and multibillion-dollar commitment by the United States to combat the epidemic's deadly march across Africa.

04.07.09
Bush's AIDS Treatment Program Saved 1.2 Million Lives In Africa

According to a new report, PEPFAR, President Bush's AIDS treatment program reduced the total number of AID/HIV deaths by 1.2 million from 2004 to 2007. PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) targeted Africa's most stricken countries. PEPFAR was launched by President Bush in 2003.

03.30.09
Mylan's Matrix receives tentative FDA approval under PEPFAR for generic Truvada

Mylan Inc. has announced that Matrix Laboratories Limited, its India-based subsidiary in which it holds a 71.2% controlling interest, has received the first tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Tablets, 200 mg/300 mg.

02.17.09
Gene therapy shows promise as weapon against HIV

DIVA new UCLA AIDS Institute study has found that gene therapy can be developed as a safe and active technique to combat HIV./DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVResearchers involved in this first-of-its-kind study found that cell-delivered gene transfer has the potential to be a once-only treatment that reduces viral load, preserves the immune system and avoids lifelong antiretroviral therapy. The study appears in the current online edition of the journal Nature...