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Finance and funding
Malaria and HIV Spike as Greece Cuts Healthcare Spending

Greece's budgetary ax fell unduly hard on its healthcare sector, which was slated to grow at around 4 percent annually, but which has instead been jolted by a series of wage freezes, firings, and drug rationing programs.

Published
16 May 2013
From
The Atlantic
Global health initiatives
Canada commits cash to Global Fund against AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria

Canada’s Minister of International Co-operation Julian Fantino on Monday provided another $20 million to the Global Fund to support affordable medicines facilities for malaria.

Published
15 May 2013
From
Toronto Star
Malaria
Malaria Bednet Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa Is About Half of What Is Needed

Of the approximately 80 million insecticide-treated nets distributed through Global Fund–supported programmes in 2012, about 66 million (73%) went to sub-Saharan African countries. This is well below half the 150 million insecticide-treated nets that the World Health Organisation estimates are needed annually to protect all populations at risk of malaria in this region.

Published
09 April 2013
From
Global Fund Observer
Malaria
Follow-up study describes declining efficacy of malaria vaccine candidate over 4 years

Long-term follow-up of a phase II study from KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Oxford University researchers in Kenya shows that the efficacy of a malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S, wanes over time and varies with exposure to the malaria parasite.

Published
21 March 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
HIV treatment in children
Lopinavir/ritonavir equivalent to nevirapine in Ugandan children

A ritonavir-boosted lopinavir (LPV/r)-based regimen achieved a comparable rate of virologic suppression when compared to a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based regimen in HIV-infected Ugandan children at 48

Published
14 March 2013
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Opportunistic infections
Continuing cotrimoxazole in children on ART reduces the risk of hospitalisation

Children on ART for more than two years who continued taking daily cotrimoxazole had significantly fewer hospitalisations for malaria as well as for non-malarial infections (notably pneumonia, sepsis

Published
06 March 2013
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Drug interactions and pharmacokinetics
Prezista (darunavir) label change - drug interaction information

The FDA recently approved changes to the Prezista (darunavir) label to reflect drug interaction information with artemether/lumefantrine. The specific changes are outlined below.

Published
02 March 2013
From
US Food and Drug Administration
Finance and funding
US budget cuts could jeopardize development of life-saving tools against major killers

Across-the-board cuts to US R&D programs could have a devastating impact on efforts to develop new drugs for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, the world's first malaria vaccine, and other vital global health products in development, according to a new report from a coalition of nonprofit groups focused on advancing innovation to save lives.

Published
27 February 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Malaria
Research suggests malaria can be defeated without a globally led eradication program

A researcher at the University of Southampton, working as part of a team from the UK and USA, believes the global eradication of malaria could be achieved by individual countries eliminating the disease within their own borders and coordinating efforts regionally. The team's findings have been published in the journal Science.

Published
27 February 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
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
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