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Outcomes and prognosis
Anti-HIV drug effort in South Africa yields dramatic results

An intensive campaign to combat HIV/AIDS with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has increased life expectancy by more than 11 years and significantly reduced the risk of infection for healthy individuals, according to new research.

Published
22 February 2013
From
Los Angeles Times
Global health initiatives
Desmond Tutu: End of AIDS a worthy legacy for Obama

The president made a bold claim in his State of the Union that the end of AIDS is within our reach. Now is not the time to pull back. We are in the endgame of AIDS and Obama can help the world triumph.

Published
21 February 2013
From
USA Today
Global health initiatives
U.S. Government's AIDS Relief Program Receives High Marks

A massive report released today by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has high praise for President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. government's 10-year-old effort to help 31 "partner countries" treat their HIV-infected people and slow the spread of the virus. The report also challenges PEPFAR to better monitor the impact of its assistance, more aggressively promote prevention efforts, and develop a "comprehensive plan" to help partner countries sustain the response with their own resources.

Published
21 February 2013
From
Science
Global health initiatives
New IOM report highlights PEPFAR's successes

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has saved and improved millions of lives worldwide and offered proof that HIV/AIDS services can be effectively delivered on a large scale even in countries with high rates of disease and resource constraints, says a new congressionally mandated evaluation conducted by the Institute of Medicine.

Published
20 February 2013
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Finance and funding
The Effect of Budget Sequestration on Global Health: Projecting the Human Impact in Fiscal Year 2013

Applying sequestration cuts to US government global health programming would have minimal impact on deficit reduction, but would be devastating to the lives of many thousands of people globally.

Published
19 February 2013
From
AmFAR
Global health initiatives
What George W. Bush Did Right

The 43rd president of the United States did a great thing for humankind - but most Americans have no idea.

Published
15 February 2013
From
Foreign Policy `Democracy Lab` blog
Global health initiatives
Obama Seeks 'AIDS-Free Generation' in State of the Union

Advocates applauded the inclusion of AIDS in the speech. However, they urged Obama not to make expected huge cuts to global HIV funding, which they claim would undermine the goal of an AIDS-free generation.

Published
14 February 2013
From
Poz magazine news
Access to medicines and treatment
Letter Shows US Pressure On Global Fund For Compulsory Licensing, Generics

A 2011 letter from the top Republican on the United States Senate Finance Committee condemned efforts by the Global Fund to train public health officials on the use of flexibilities to the patent system contained in international trade rules.

Published
14 February 2013
From
Intellectual Property Watch
Finance and funding
Global health spending wanes, but abides, while not always following disease

Drops in donor spending on global health in 2011 were not as steep as expected and were part of a shift, that while reflecting the impact of the global economic crisis, also indicated recognition of the need to support health and health systems worldwide.

Published
12 February 2013
From
Science Speaks
Global health initiatives
Global Fund resumes funding of a full-scale HIV programme in Mali

The Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé was in the Malian capital Bamako over the weekend. He was there to take part in a ceremony marking the reinstatement of funding by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for a full-scale HIV programme in Mali.

Published
12 February 2013
From
UNAIDS
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