Recent Releases In Global Health (Medical News Today)
Lancet Comment Asks: What's Next For Global Fund? Reflecting on the recent annual report by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a Lancet comment writes, "Two big challenges remain [for the Global Fund]: first, to show, reliably and independently, that the Fund's investments have delivered the benefits that it claims; and second, on the basis of those independent evaluations ...
Zimbabwe : Club Brings Relationship Hope to the HIV-Positive (AllAfrica.com)
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Downfall of Macquarie fund manager (Sydney Morning Herald)
Under investigation for suspicious trades, he tells court he's HIV positive and used drugs.
Mac banker's downfall (Sydney Morning Herald)
Former Macquarie fund manager under investigation for suspicious trades tells court he used cocaine and is HIV positive.
GLOBAL: Straight talk with Global Fund director Michel Kazatchkine (IRIN)
JOHANNESBURG, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - The executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Michel Kazatchkine, sat down with IRIN/PlusNews at the launch of the organization's 2010 report, where he answered some hard questions on what may be a turning point in HIV/AIDS funding.
Global Training Of HIV/AIDS Caregivers Assisted By Positive Prevention Toolkit (Medical News Today)
UCSF prevention experts have released the Positive Prevention Toolkit, a collection of resources designed to enable HIV/AIDS caregivers to provide prevention messages when interacting with HIV-positive patients. The goal is to help patients modify their behavior to reduce risk and decrease the spread of HIV. The toolkit, developed by the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, includes proven ...
Also In Global Health News: WFP In Somalia; South Africa's HIV/AIDS Plan; Zimbabwe's Food Needs; Medical Personnel ... (Medical News Today)
WFP Agrees To Cooperate With Probe Of Its Operations In Somalia The World Food Program (WFP) "said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a report found that up to half the food aid intended for the nation's hungry people does not reach its destination," the Associated Press reports. The agency has also agreed "not to engage with ...
Manager who tried to leave 'was distressed' (Brisbane Times)
A former Macquarie fund manager under investigation for suspicious trades has told a court he used cocaine, is HIV positive and was in a state of emotional distress when he tried to illegally leave the country to seek treatment earlier this month.
Global Fund hopeful about health targets Living with AIDS # 422 (Health-e)
Mother-to-child HIV transmission in the developing world could be eliminated by 2015 and so could malaria if rich countries and industry do not reduce or discontinue their funding, according to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
British Government, HIV/AIDS Advocates Warn Decreased Aid Budgets Could Lead To Reversals In HIV/AIDS Treatment Progress (Medical News Today)
Recent gains in the global fight against HIV/AIDS could be reversed as the "global economic downturn pinches poor countries' budgets and donors show signs of backing away from their promise to provide universal access to AIDS treatment," the British government together with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned Tuesday, Reuters AlertNet reports...
